Jokes in popular culture: The characterisation of the accountant

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-718

  Miley, Frances ^a   Read, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountants; Commedia dell'arte; Jokes; Netnography; Popular culture; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860559455     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571211225105     Document Type: Article

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