Educating and training accountants in Syria in a transition context: Perceptions of accounting academics and professional accountants

Accounting Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 345-368

  Gallhofer, Sonja ^a   Haslam, Jim ^a   Kamla, Rania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Syria; Transition perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054865939     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280903157988     Document Type: Article

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