Accountants' perceptions of the effectiveness of mandatory continuing professional education

Accounting Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-378

  Wessels, Susan B ^a  

^a MEREDITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing professional education; CPE effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349197145     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280701646539     Document Type: Article

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