Using writing assignments to inform students of career options in accounting

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-234

  Crosser, Rick L ^a   Laufer, Doug ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 80054870480     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1085-4622(07)08012-1     Document Type: Article

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