Communication apprehension of South African accounting students: The effect of culture and language

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 505-525

  Coetzee, Stephen A ^a   Schmulian, Astrid ^a   Kotze, Lizette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communication apprehension; Cultural diversity; Language of instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922321346     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50850     Document Type: Article

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