Adventures in Social and Environmental Acccounting and Auditing Research: A Personal Reflection

The Real Life Guide to Accounting Research: A Behind-the-Scenes View of Using Qualitative Research Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 23-36

  Owen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-008043972-3/50004-9     Document Type: Chapter

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