Accounting, love and justice

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-360

  McKernan, John Francis ^a   Kosmala Maclullich, Katarzyna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Authority; Christian theology; Ethics; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156119     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410545777     Document Type: Article

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