Openness to context-based research: The gulf between the claims and actions of Big Six firms in the USA

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-196

  Gendron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Auditors; Disclosure; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082587     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570010323335     Document Type: Article

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