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Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Chinese Post-Secondary and Part-Time Students' Motivation to Learn Accounting in Hong Kong
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Pong, Hok-Ko; Leung, Chi Hung; Cheung, Ho Yin – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In the current research, we developed and validated a questionnaire to measure Chinese working adults' motivation to study accounting on a path of lifelong learning in Hong Kong, China. We conducted individual in-depth interviews with adult learners (n = 30) and professionals (n = 12) in study 1 and study 2. Qualitative analysis showed six…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Foreign Countries, College Students
A Question-Based Approach to the Design of a Successful "Finance for Non-Financial Managers" Executive Education Program
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Frank, Mary Margaret; Haskins, Mark E.; Lynch, Luann J. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
Many successful non-financial managers aspire to contribute at the larger table of management decision making. To do so necessitates broadening their skills to include financial acumen. For non-financial managers, learning new financial constructs can be daunting, and knowing when to use which tool is challenging. We describe a…
Descriptors: Management Development, Business Administration Education, Instructional Design, Minicourses
Using Accounting Department Advisory Councils and Higher Quality Continuing Education Requirements to Improve the Accounting Profession's Ethical Reasoning Skills
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Alan Reinstein; Natalie Tatiana Churyk; Eileen Z. Taylor; Paul F. Williams – Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, 2019
Despite formal ethics education and ethics-related continuing professional education (CPE) requirements, professional accountants continue to play a central role in enabling corporations to make unethical business decisions and take unethical business actions. Several jurisdictions in the United States require ethics education for licensure, but…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Departments, Advisory Committees
Transformative Learning in Healthcare and Helping Professions Education: Building Resilient Professional Identities. Adult and Higher Education Alliance Proceedings (45th, Virtual, March 11-12, 2021)
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Olson, Joann S., Ed.; Elufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Murray-Lemon, Lauren, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2021
The 45th annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held virtually in March 2021. Papers in these proceedings include the following: (1) An Analysis of the Role of Communities of Practice in Transformational Learning during a Pandemic (Nighet Ahmed and Ava Tabb); (2) Using Children's Literature to Create a Culturally…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Communities of Practice
Motivating Adult Learners: Exploring the Emergence of Adult Business Students in an East Texas University
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Luke, Douglas; Justice, Madeline – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2016
Adult enrollment in higher education institutions has grown significantly during the last decade, with students aged 25 and older attending 4-year institutions at higher rates than before. In the 21st century, few can improve their socioeconomic status or advance professionally without higher education. Colleges and universities must consider this…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Business Administration Education, Accounting, Finance Occupations