The effect of IFRS adoption on financial reporting pedagogy in South Africa

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-251

  Coetzee, Stephen A ^a   Schmulian, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Framework based teaching; IFRS adoption; IFRS teaching; Rule based teaching; SA GAAP; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878423015     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50386     Document Type: Article

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