A successful competency-based writing skills development programme: Results of an experiment

Accounting Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-278

  Craig, Russell ^a   McKinney, C Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Competency; Development; Experiment; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960028150     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280903157012     Document Type: Article

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