The impact of background factors on the performance of nonspecialist undergraduate students on accounting modules - A longitudinal study: A research note

Accounting Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-118

  Lane, Alison ^a   Porch, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonspecialist; Performance; Undergraduate Accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242601114     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280210153308     Document Type: Article

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