Accounting Students' Perceptions of Important Skills for Career Success

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Usoff, Catherine ^a   Feldmann, Dorothy ^a  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84986156488     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832329809601633     Document Type: Article

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