The field researcher as authorwriter

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-121

  Modell, Sven ^a   Humphrey, Chris ^a   Baxter, Jane ^b   Fong Chua, Wai ^b  

^a University of New South Wales ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Management accounting; Narratives; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992963217     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090810888917     Document Type: Article

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