Emotional Intelligence Tests: Potential Impacts on the Hiring Process for Accounting Students

Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-95

  Nicholls, Shane ^a   Wegener, Matt ^a   Bay, Darlene ^a   Cook, Gail Lynn ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

accounting education; accounting skills; Emotional intelligence; professional competencies; self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858299695     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2011.598709     Document Type: Article

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