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Assessing the Impact of Accounting Perceptions on Accounting Major Choice Based on Students’ Personal Characteristics

By: Robert Horvat and  Nika Pučko  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2025-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2385-8052 | Journal ISSN: 0547-3101
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 62
Submitted on: Jan 1, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 1, 2025
Published on: Apr 3, 2025
Published by: University of Maribor
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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