A Note on the Readability of Professional Materials for Management Accountants

Advances in Management Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue , 2007, Pages 311-318

  Phillips Jr , Thomas J ^a   Daily, Cynthia M ^a   Luehlfing, Michael S ^a  

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EID: 33947725273     PISSN: 14747871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-7871(07)16011-1     Document Type: Review

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