Awareness, Motivations and Readiness for Professional Accounting Education: A Case of Accounting Students in UiTM Johor

AbstractThis study intends to investigate the awareness, motivation and readiness for professional accounting education among accounting students in Malaysia. Adopting a qualitative method, this exploratory case study focuses on the awareness, motivation and readiness for professional accounting education among accounting students in UiTM Johor. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews. Key informants are the final semester of the Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) students from the Faculty of Accountancy, UiTM Johor. Case evidence indicated the importance of marketing programs, colleagues during practical training, and lecturers in creating awareness about professional accounting education among students. In addition to extrinsic and intrinsic motivations, readiness is an important factor to influence students’ decision in pursuing professional accounting education. A broad-based study involving public universities in Malaysia could contribute a better picture of the local students’ awareness, motivation and readiness to pursue professional accounting education. There is limited extant study on students’ awareness, motivation and readiness for professional accounting education in Malaysia. The present study attempts to fill this gap in the literature

Working capital management performance of firms listed on Bursa Malaysia / Abu Thahir Abdul Nasser ... [et al.]

This research paper investigated the working capital management (WCM) performance of 252 firms listed on Bursa Malaysia and identifed practices and policiesfor WCM to enhance efficiency in cash flow from operations. It also determined whether the size, profitability, inventory, and the current assets financing policy could enhance the WCM performance. The variables were 'Cash Conversion Efficiency' (CCE), afinancial performance measure, and 'Overall Working Capital Performance Ranking', a non-financial performance indicator. The findings revealed that the inventory, size, and profitability had significantly influenced the WCM performance. It was also identified that there was a mild positive relationship between the aggressive methodofworking capital financing and the CCE; and the ideal WCM practices and working capital (WC)financing policies to be adopted in firms to maximise the wealth ofthe shareholders