Personal skills development in the accounting curriculum

Accounting Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-78

  Gammie, Bob ^a   Gammie, Elizabeth ^a   Cargill, Erica ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dedicated Module; Graduate Skills

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EID: 0242685036     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280210153272     Document Type: Article

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