Do students' perceptions matter? A study of the effect of students' perceptions on academic performance

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-231

  Ferreira, Aldónio ^a   Santoso, Andrijani ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Management accounting; Structural equation model; Students perceptions; Students performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649086564     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2007.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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