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Volume 21, Issue 1
4 January 2008
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Lee Parker;
Lee Parker
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Viewpoint| January 04 2008

No time

Les Hardy
Les Hardy
Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Churchill, Australia
Les Hardy can be contacted at: les.hardy@buseco.monash.edu.au
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Les Hardy can be contacted at: les.hardy@buseco.monash.edu.au
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4205
Print ISSN: 1368-0668
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2008
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (2008) 21 (1): 105.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570810842340
Purpose

Reflection on the life cycle of an accountant.

Design/methodology/approach

Fictional poem.

Findings

A lack of time permeates the human condition

Research limitations/implications

Professional achievements need to be held in appropriate tension with times relentless march.

Originality/value

Reflection on the finite resource of time helps to sharpen multiple perspectives.

Keywords: Fiction, Reflective listening
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2008
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