Photo-elicitation: An ethno-historical accounting and management research prospect

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1111-1129

  Parker, Lee D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting history; Photographs; Research methods; Visual media

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349623260     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570910987439     Document Type: Article

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