The organizational context of professionalism in accounting

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 409-427

  Suddaby, Roy ^a   Gendron, Yves ^b   Lam, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 63749103541     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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