Influences on undergraduate students' intentions to become qualified accountants: Evidence from Australia

Accounting Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-438

  Jackling, Beverley ^a   Calero, Claude ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Government of Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

course satisfaction; gender; intrinsic and extrinsic interest; Perceptions of accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649012693     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280601011115     Document Type: Article

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