The employment landscape for accounting graduates and work experience relevance

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-351

  Cheng, Mandy ^a   Kang, Helen ^a   Roebuck, Peter ^a   Simnett, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 73449101475     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2009.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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