Structuration theory and mediating concepts: Pitfalls and implications for management accounting research

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1122-1134

  Englund, Hans ^a   Gerdin, Jonas ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action; Duality; Institutional theory; Management accounting change; Modality; Routines; Rules; Scripts; Structuration theory; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449125176     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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