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Table 2

Extracted skill groups based on the principal component analysis

	Number of skill items	Cronbach alpha	Eigenvalue	Proportion	n
Current skill level
Technical accounting skills	4	0.79	1.09	0.044	344
Management accounting skills	3	0.88	1.87	0.075	344
IT skills	5	0.81	1.14	0.046	344
Intellectual skills	5	0.91	2.99	0.119	344
Communication and social skills	8	0.90	9.86	0.394	344
Future importance
Technical accounting skills	4	0.74	1.37	0.055	326
Management accounting skills	3	0.81	1.51	0.060	326
IT skills	5	0.78	1.87	0.075	326
Intellectual skills	5	0.85	2.66	0.107	326
Communication and social skills	8	0.90	8.54	0.342	326

	Number of skill items	Cronbach alpha	Eigenvalue	Proportion	n
Current skill level
Technical accounting skills	4	0.79	1.09	0.044	344
Management accounting skills	3	0.88	1.87	0.075	344
IT skills	5	0.81	1.14	0.046	344
Intellectual skills	5	0.91	2.99	0.119	344
Communication and social skills	8	0.90	9.86	0.394	344
Future importance
Technical accounting skills	4	0.74	1.37	0.055	326
Management accounting skills	3	0.81	1.51	0.060	326
IT skills	5	0.78	1.87	0.075	326
Intellectual skills	5	0.85	2.66	0.107	326
Communication and social skills	8	0.90	8.54	0.342	326

Note(s): n = number of observations

Source(s): Authors’ own work