Strategies of resistance to internal control regulation

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 199-228

  Shapiro, Brian ^a   Matson, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

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EID: 37449011289     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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