An exploration of student failure on an undergraduate accounting programme of study

Accounting Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-107

  Gracia, Louise ^a   Jenkins, Ellis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic Performance; Accounting Education; Experiential Perspective; Semistructured Interviews; Student Reflections On Failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242601126     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280210153290     Document Type: Article

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