Instructor-assigned and student-selected groups:Aview from inside

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-33

  Hilton, Sandy ^a   Phillips, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 79961097987     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace.2010.25.1.15     Document Type: Article

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