Attitudes towards accounting: Differences between Australian and international students

Accounting Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-130

  Jackling, Beverley ^a,b   De Lange, Paul ^b   Phillips, Jon ^c   Sewell, James ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountants' work; Accounting; Attitudes; Attitudes to accounting; Australia; International students; Intrinsic motivation; Motivation (psychology); Students; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869188301     PISSN: 10309616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10309611211287305     Document Type: Article

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