Professional skills and capabilities of accounting graduates: The New Zealand expectation gap?

Accounting Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 403-420

  Wells, Paul ^a   Gerbic, Philippa ^a   Kranenburg, Ineke ^a   Bygrave, Jenny ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting education reforms; Professional capabilities; Teaching and learning quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960762132     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280902719390     Document Type: Article

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