Are Negative Perceptions of the Accounting Profession Perpetuated by the Introductory Accounting Course? — an Australian Study

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 62-80

  Jackling, Beverley ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84993082496     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb060758     Document Type: Review

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