Evaluating the verbal, quantitative, and problem-solving skills of students entering the accounting curriculum

Management Research News

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 22-27

  Sneed, J ^a   Ace Morgan, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting training; Communications; Problem solving; Skills; Universities; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848873863     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409179910781643     Document Type: Article

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