Communication apprehension and accounting education

The Routledge Companion to Accounting Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 166-176

  Hassall, Trevor ^a   Arquero, José L ^b   Joyce, John ^a   González, José M ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203593493-22     Document Type: Chapter

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