Knowledge and skills development of accounting graduates: The perceptions of graduates and employers in Ghana

Accounting Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 139-158

  Awayiga, Joseph Y ^a   Onumah, Joseph M ^b   Tsamenyi, Mathew ^c  

^a Bank of Ghana ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting curriculum change; Ghana; Less developed countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959533353     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280902903523     Document Type: Article

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