Legitimacy and the capitalist corporation: Cross-cutting perspectives on ownership and control

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-702

  Rowlinson, Michael ^a   Toms, Steve ^b   Wilson, John ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Corporate legitimacy; Labor process; Managerialism; Ownership and control; The capitalist corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747109963     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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