Traditional accountants and business professionals: Portraying the accounting profession after Enron

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-376

  Carnegie, G D ^a   Napier, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951204891     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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