Students' perceptions of work-based training and examination-based learning relating to the professional competence of auditors and the impact of regulatory changes on audit training in the UK

Accounting Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-151

  Marriott, Neil ^a   Telford, Brian ^b   Davies, Marlene ^b   Evans, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit training; Examination based learning; Firm size; Work based training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959500747     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2011.557488     Document Type: Article

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