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Professionalisation or incarceration? Household engineering, accounting and the domestic ideal

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  • Walker, Stephen P., 2003. "Professionalisation or incarceration? Household engineering, accounting and the domestic ideal," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 28(7-8), pages 743-772.
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