The lure of permanent residency and the aspirations and expectations of international students studying accounting in Australia

People and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 31-41

  Jackling, Beverley ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 35648934534     PISSN: 10394788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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