Be(com)ing the chief financial officer of an organisation: Experimenting with Bourdieu's practice theory

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-230

  Baxter, Jane ^a   Chua, Wai Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chief financial officer; Disposition; Habitus; Position; Practice theory; Turnaround strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749109815     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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