Figure 1
The vertical axis ranges from 1.00 to 5.00 in increments of 0.50 units. The horizontal axis is labeled with “Skill categories” and includes five skill groups from left to right as follows: “Technical accounting skills”, “Management accounting skills”, “I T skills”, “Intellectual skills”, and “Communication and social skills”. Each skill category has four vertical bars. A legend at the bottom shows the following: the blue bar labeled “Future importance (Practitioners)”, the orange bar labeled “Current level (Practitioners)”, the blue striped bar labeled “Future importance (Employers)”, and the orange striped bar labeled “Current level (Employers)”. The data for the bars are as follows: Technical accounting skills: Future importance (Practitioners): 4.66 Current level (Practitioners): 4.10 Future importance (Employers): 4.19 Current level (Employers): 3.79. Management accounting skills: Future importance (Practitioners): 4.10 Current level (Practitioners): 3.13 Future importance (Employers): 4.24 Current level (Employers): 3.58. I T skills: Future importance (Practitioners): 3.98 Current level (Practitioners): 2.92 Future importance (Employers): 3.52 Current level (Employers): 2.64. Intellectual skills: Future importance (Practitioners): 4.50 Current level (Practitioners): 4.17 Future importance (Employers): 4.19 Current level (Employers): 3.50. Communication and social skills: Future importance (Practitioners): 4.56 Current level (Practitioners): 4.10 Future importance (Employers): 4.00 Current level (Employers): 3.50. Note: All numerical data values are approximated.Skill gaps perceived by practitioners and employers