Gender-related differences in the occupational aspirations and career-style preferences of accounting students: A cross-sectional comparison between academic school years

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-149

  Danziger, Nira ^a   Eden, Yoram ^a  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Accounting; Career development; Education; Gender; Israel; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947157649     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710733622     Document Type: Article

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