Accountability of accounting educators and the rhythm of the university: Resistance strategies for postmodern blues

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-171

  Craig, Russell ^a   Amernic, Joel ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accounting; Audit; Critical; Education; Globalization; Ideograph; Ideology; Internet; Market; Metaphor; Rhetoric; Strategy; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066182038     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963928021000031772     Document Type: Article

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