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This chapter explores the figured worlds and identity development of accounting postgraduates, studying in a university business school. Marshall and Case (2010) argue that study in higher education involves taking on a ‘new identity in the world’.
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Hughes, J. (2016). Figured Worlds and Identity Development in Academic Accounting. In: Surian, A. (eds) Open Spaces for Interactions and Learning Diversities. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-340-7_13
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