An Examination of Nontraditional Accounting Students' Communication Apprehension and Ambiguity Tolerance

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-41

  Elias, Rafik Z ^a  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4344570660     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832329909598988     Document Type: Article

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