'Elevating the profession': The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and the implementation of social closure strategies 1888-1909

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-59

  O'Regan, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chartered accountants; Closure; Ireland; Professional project; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249109970     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200701824740     Document Type: Article

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