The winnowing away of behavioral accounting research in the US: The process for anointing academic elites

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 783-818

  Williams, Paul F ^a   Jenkins, J Gregory ^b   Ingraham, Laura ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750108703     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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