Beyond the boring grey: The construction of the colourful accountant

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1296-1320

  Jeacle, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountancy career; Accountancy recruitment; Accounting stereotype; Goffman; Identity construction; Impression management; Stigma management

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449111090     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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