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Group work and undergraduate accounting students: a Bourdieusian analysis. / Teviotdale, Wilma W.; Clancy, David; Fisher, Roy et al.
In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, Vol. 22, No. 3, 31.12.2017, p. 334-354.

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Teviotdale, WW, Clancy, D, Fisher, R & Hill, P 2017, 'Group work and undergraduate accounting students: a Bourdieusian analysis', Research in Post-Compulsory Education, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 334-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2017.1358513

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Teviotdale, W. W., Clancy, D., Fisher, R., & Hill, P. (2017). Group work and undergraduate accounting students: a Bourdieusian analysis. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 22(3), 334-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2017.1358513

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Teviotdale WW, Clancy D, Fisher R, Hill P. Group work and undergraduate accounting students: a Bourdieusian analysis. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 2017 Dec 31;22(3):334-354. Epub 2017 Dec 18. doi: 10.1080/13596748.2017.1358513

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Teviotdale, Wilma W. ; Clancy, David ; Fisher, Roy et al. / Group work and undergraduate accounting students : a Bourdieusian analysis. In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 2017 ; Vol. 22, No. 3. pp. 334-354.

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