Audit of accounting program on oral communications apprehension: A comparative study among accounting students

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 751-760

  Aly, Ibrahim M ^a   Islam, Majidul ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting; Communication skills; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986009687     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310500514     Document Type: Article

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