...Tytti Elo; Kaisu Puumalainen; Helena Sjögrén; Satu Pätäri Purpose Motivated by the growing significance of human capital in organisations operating in dynamic environments, as well as the evolving roles and skill requirements of accounting professionals, this exploratory study aims to examine...

...Jose Luis Arquero; Carmen Fernandez-Polvillo; Trevor Hassall Purpose Despite the institutional calls to include the development of non-technical skills as objectives in accounting curriculum and the attempts to do so, a gap between the level of skills exhibited by graduates and those needed...

...Nabil Ahmed Mareai Senan; M.M. Sulphey Purpose Globally, serious doubts are now expressed about the quality of accounting education, and employers are concerned about the lack of employability among graduates. There is a lack of a validated tool to measure employability in the Saudi Arabia context...

... education, and the potential impacts of intensive modes of teaching on student understanding of threshold concepts and development of threshold capabilities. Design/methodology/approach – The student experience of learning was studied in two business units: strategic management, and accounting...

... students enroled on differing degrees in term of motivation (accounting and nursing). Findings – The results reveal differences in the approaches to learning and motivation between nursing and accounting students. Nursing degree seem to attract more internally motivated students, presenting...

... gained through internships from the perspective of students, university and employers. Design/methodology/approach – A set of structured questionnaires was used to survey the perceptions of students, university and employers of an accounting internship. A total of 172 responses were analysed...

...David Yoon Kin Tong; Xue Fa Tong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore accountancy students’ pre‐employment decisions as regards pursuing a career after completing an internship. The paper aims to analyse the mediating effect of aspects of students’ training experience in firms as direct...

...Joan Ballantine; Patricia McCourt Larres Purpose The objective of this study is two‐fold. First, it provides guidance to educators and trainers on establishing a cooperative learning environment. Second, it examines final‐year undergraduate accounting students' opinions on the effectiveness...