The accounting profession as a career choice for tertiary business students in Japan-A factor analysis

Accounting Education

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-272

  Sugahara, Satoshi ^a   Boland, Gregory ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA SHUDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting profession; Accounting students; Career choice; Certified public accountants (CPA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054846396     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280701820035     Document Type: Article

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