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Accounting Graduate Employability: Employer Perspectives on Skills and Attributes of International Graduates
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de Lange, Paul; O'Connell, Brendan T.; Tharapos, Meredith; Beatson, Nicola; Oosthuizen, Heinrich – Accounting Education, 2023
This study investigates employers' perceptions of, and recruitment approaches for, accounting professionals using a survey of small to medium sized public accounting firms in Australia. We find that firms experience significant difficulties in sourcing high quality graduates and tend to hire a low proportion of international students. To explain…
Descriptors: Accounting, Employment Potential, Study Abroad, Foreign Students
Data Mining: Will First-Year Results Predict the Likelihood of Completing Subsequent Units in Accounting Programs?
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Sithole, Seedwell T. M.; Ran, Guang; de Lange, Paul; Tharapos, Meredith; O'Connell, Brendan; Beatson, Nicola – Accounting Education, 2023
This study introduces data mining methods to accounting education scholarship to explore the relationship between accounting students' current academic performance (grades), demographic information, pre-university entrance scores and predicted academic performance. It adopts a C4.5 classification algorithm based on decision-tree analysis to…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Predictor Variables, Accounting, Educational Attainment
Professional Accounting Body Affiliation in a Developing Country: The Case of Membership Attraction in Vietnam
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Bouilheres, Frederique; de Lange, Paul; Scully, Glennda; Yapa, Prem; O'Connell, Brendan – Accounting Education, 2022
Despite studies on the perceptions of benefits and costs of joining a professional body little empirical evidence is available on the deciding factors for joining one specific professional body, let alone multiple ones in an emerging economy. Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) theoretical lens, this paper investigates, through surveys,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Professional Education, Foreign Countries, Behavior Theories
Social Moderation, Assessment and Assuring Standards for Accounting Graduates
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Watty, Kim; Freeman, Mark; Howieson, Bryan; Hancock, Phil; O'Connell, Brendan; de Lange, Paul; Abraham, Anne – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
Evidencing student achievement of standards is a growing imperative worldwide. Key stakeholders (including current and prospective students, government, regulators and employers) want confidence that threshold learning standards in an accounting degree have been assured. Australia's new higher education regulatory environment requires that student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, College Graduates, Academic Standards
Professional Accounting Body Affiliation: Shifting Priorities in the Transition from Student to Practitioner
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Sidaway, Shannon; de Lange, Paul; Bouilheres, Frederique; Sangster, Alan – Accounting Education, 2013
Extending the scope of prior research, this study examines perceptions of the costs and benefits of professional accounting body affiliation in the transition from student to practitioner. The study employs data obtained from 275 students and 508 practitioners and reports differences in respect of the importance placed on various costs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Professional Associations, Group Membership
Accounting Students' Feedback on Feedback in Australian Universities: They're Less than Impressed
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Watty, Kim; de Lange, Paul; Carr, Rodney; O'Connell, Brendan; Howieson, Bryan; Jacobsen, Ben – Accounting Education, 2013
Undergraduate accounting students in Australian universities are dissatisfied with the feedback that they currently receive. Recent evidence from the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ, a national survey of Australian university graduates) suggests that the accounting discipline ranks poorly on assessment feedback when compared to other…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Feedback (Response)
"Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010" and "Challenges Facing Accounting Education in Australia"
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de Lange, Paul; Watty, Kim – Accounting Education, 2011
Of the various reports released in 2010, two purport to examine the state of accounting education in Australia. These are "Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010" and "Challenges Facing Accounting Education in Australia". Both were released as collaborations of the leading academic organisation, the Accounting and Finance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis