Expectations and perceptions of overseas students in a post-graduate corporate accounting subject: A research note

Accounting Education

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 619-631

  Haman, Janto ^a   Donald, John ^b   Birt, Jacqueline ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate accounting; Expectations; Learning approaches; Learning environment; Overseas students; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959923204     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2010.502329     Document Type: Note

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