Qualitative management accounting research: Rationale, pitfalls and potential: A comment on Vaivio (2008)

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Lillis, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management accounting; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993111610     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090810910236     Document Type: Article

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