Establishing an eMentor program: Increasing the interaction between accounting majors and professionals

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-59

  Wilburn, Nancy L ^a   Amer, T S ^a   Kilpatrick, Bob G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84897586135     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2009)0000010004     Document Type: Article

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