Education in accountancy and social control: Questions and comments

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1059-1069

  Loeb, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870801504     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50239     Document Type: Article

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