Writing an article for a refereed accounting journal

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 324-350

  de Villiers, Charl ^a,b   Dumay, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic article framework; Academic publishing; Novelty; Rigour; Writing style

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047075873     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/PAR-08-2012-0033     Document Type: Article

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