Doing qualitative field research in management accounting: Positioning data to contribute to theory

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 819-841

  Ahrens, Thomas ^a   Chapman, Christopher S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749655750     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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