Student career aspirations and perceptions: The case of Israeli accounting students

Accounting Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-134

  Danziger, Nira ^a   Eden, Yoram ^a  

^a The College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Accounting education; career aspirations; perceptions; reality shock; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949220606     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/06939280600579412     Document Type: Article

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