Constituting the academic performer: The spectre of superficiality and stagnation in academia

European Accounting Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-127

  Gendron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 42449157655     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180701705973     Document Type: Article

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