The ERA: A brave new world of accountability for australian university accounting schools

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-37

  de Lange, Paul ^a   O'Connell, Brendan ^a   Mathews, M R ^a   Sangster, Alan ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952721245     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2010.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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