Disability and accounting firms: Evidence from the UK

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-157

  Duff, Angus ^a   Ferguson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting profession; Disability; Emancipation; Impairment; Social model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846175023     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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