Job perceptions and turnover behavior of tenure-track accounting educators

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-340

  Strawser, Joyce A ^a   Flagg, James C ^b   Holmes, Sarah A ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic accountants; Gender differences; Job dissonance; Job perceptions; Job satisfaction; Racial differences; Turnover behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042691526     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-5751(01)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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