Transitioning to IFRS in Australian classrooms: Impact on teaching approaches

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-275

  Jackling, Beverley ^a   de Lange, Paul A ^b   Natoli, Riccardo ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Curriculum; Financial accounting; IFRS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871541442     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50358     Document Type: Article

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