Fashioning the popular masses: Accounting as mediator between creativity and control

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-751

  Jeacle, Ingrid ^a   Carter, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting and popular culture; Control; Creativity; Fashion; Goffman; Mediating instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860562569     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571211225114     Document Type: Article

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