Gender counts: “work”, “life” and identity in accounting practice and education

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Ball, Amanda ^a   Brewis, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting firms; Child care; Family; Family friendly organizations; Sex and gender issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856262914     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140580810892436     Document Type: Article

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