Changing gender domination in a Big Four accounting firm: Flexibility, performance and client service in practice

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 775-791

  Kornberger, Martin ^a,b   Carter, Chris ^b,c   Ross Smith, Anne ^d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 78549258435     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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