Desired attributes of public accounting firms in the job selection process: An empirical examination of accounting graduates' perceptions

Accounting Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-327

  Chan, Siu Y ^a   Ho, Simon S M ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Desired Attributes Public Accounting Firms Job Selection Accounting Graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242432982     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280010010452     Document Type: Article

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