Labor and costing: The employees’ dilemma

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 35-62

  Walker, Stephen P ^a   Mitchell, Falconer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009431690     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.25.2.35     Document Type: Article

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