Personality preferences of accounting and non-accounting graduates seeking to enter the accounting profession

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-265

  Andon, Paul ^a   Chong, Kar Ming ^a   Roebuck, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting graduates; Accounting profession; Accounting stereotypes; Myers Briggs Type Indicator; Non accounting graduates; Personality preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950341698     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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