Rethinking creativity in the accounting profession: To be professional and creative

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-41

  Al Beraidi, Abdullah ^a   Rickards, Tudor ^b  

^a Buraydah College of Technology Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing; Creative accounting; Leadership; Motivation (psychology); Saudi Arabia; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012798     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910610654117     Document Type: Article

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