Greek students' perceptions of an introductory accounting course and the accounting profession

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-85

  Manganaris, Panayotis ^a   Spathis, Charalambos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 84897583724     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2012)0000013008     Document Type: Article

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