The views of 'knowledge gatekeepers' about the use and content of accounting textbooks

Accounting Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-525

  Ferguson, John ^a   Collison, David ^b   Power, David ^b   Stevenson, Lorna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideology; Maximization of shareholders' wealth; Stakeholders; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959941949     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639281003594294     Document Type: Article

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