Management control, culture and ethnicity in a Chinese Indonesian company

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-262

  Efferin, Sujoko ^a   Hopper, Trevor ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURABAYA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33845890536     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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