Women students and staff in accountancy: The Canterbury tales

Accounting History

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 529-558

  Lord, Beverley ^a   Robb, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic staff; accounting; gender; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149395201     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373210372956     Document Type: Article

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