New Zealand chartered accountants' work/family strategies and consequences for career success

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-137

  Whiting, Rosalind H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Careers; Family; Feminism; Gender; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953548092     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140580810892472     Document Type: Article

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