Accounting and visual cultural studies: Potentialities, challenges and prospects

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-505

  Brown, Judy ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting; Research; Visual media

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952142529     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571011041598     Document Type: Article

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