(Re)figuring accounting and maternal bodies: The gendered embodiment of accounting professionals

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 328-348

  Haynes, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41149118635     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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