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Papageorgiou, Elmarie; Callaghan, Chris William – Accounting Education, 2020
This paper uses data from 4745 first-year accountancy students of a large South African university, for a 7-year period (2011-2017), to understand how certain skills endowments and individual attributes have changed in their contributions to student's performance over time. To do so, the variance associated with an external shock to the learning…
Descriptors: Accounting, Professional Education, Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis
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Douglas, Shonagh; Gammie, Elizabeth – Accounting Education, 2019
Non-technical skills are essential for today's professional accountant who operates in a dynamic socio-technical environment. Accounting degrees have continued to be criticised for failing to develop these skills to the required level. In the Scottish location of this study, employers have responded by seeking out graduates from non-accounting…
Descriptors: Accounting, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Decision Making