21 research outputs found
The learning organisation concept and its adaptation to teaching in an undergraduate accounting unit
Forensic accounting education: insights from academicians and certified fraud examiner practitioners
Motivations, expectations and preparedness for higher education: a study of accounting students in Ireland, the UK, Spain and Greece
This paper compares the motives, expectations and preparedness of a sample of students
commencing the study of accounting in higher education in four European countries. The
findings reveal that whilst all students are motivated to progress to higher education for
career-oriented reasons and to seek intellectual growth, considerable variation is observed
between the students in the four settings with regard to motives, confidence and perceptions
of preparedness for higher education. The implications of these findings, both in the
context of the alignment objectives of the Bologna process and the ongoing accounting
education change debate, are considered