Using Group Work to Develop Intercultural Skills in the Accounting Curriculum in Australia

Accounting Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-40

  Daly, Anne ^a   Hoy, Simon ^a   Hughes, Mark ^a   Islam, Jesmin ^a   Mak, Anita S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

accounting; cultural learning; Intercultural competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927574585     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2014.996909     Document Type: Article

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