Bridging the gap between tertiary education and work: Situated learning in accountancy

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 779-799

  Stanley, Trevor ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Initial professional education; Internships; Professional accounting education; Qualitative research; Situated learning; Work placements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929948241     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-50527     Document Type: Article

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