Structuration and middle-range theory-A case study of accounting during organizational change from different theoretical perspectives

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-543

  Gurd, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Evolution; Organizational change; Structuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849106584     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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