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Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Watty, Kim ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic perceptions; Defining quality; Quality in accounting education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845518996     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320601051101     Document Type: Article

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