Sacred vestiges in financial reporting: Mythical readings guided by Mircea Eliade

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 476-497

  Davison, Jane ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial reporting; Myths; Philosophy; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986174537     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410545821     Document Type: Article

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