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Structure and agency in management accounting research: A response to Boland's interpretive act

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  • Scapens, Robert W.
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  • Scapens, Robert W. & Macintosh, Norman B., 1996. "Structure and agency in management accounting research: A response to Boland's interpretive act," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 21(7-8), pages 675-690.
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