Factors influencing students' choice of an accounting major in Australia

Accounting Education

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Sugahara, Satoshi ^a   Boland, Gregory ^b   Cilloni, Andrea ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA SHUDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accounting professions; Cognitive style; Major choice; Perception; Vocational expectation factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649089511     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280802009199     Document Type: Article

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