More than ‘continuing professional development’: a proposed new learning framework for professional accountants

Accounting Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Lindsay, Hilary ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountancy profession; career adaptability; continuing professional development; Continuing professional education; lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962622103     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1104641     Document Type: Article

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