COVID-19 and digitizing accounting education: empirical evidence from GCC

Purpose – The main objective of the study is to investigate the effect of COVID-19 on accounting education in the higher education (public and private universities) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Design/methodology/approach – The study is explorative in nature conducted with quantitative sur...

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Main Authors: Adel Sarea, Abdulla Alhadrami, Ghilan Al-Madhagy Taufiq-Hail
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:PSU Research Review
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Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PRR-10-2020-0034/full/pdf?title=covid-19-and-digitizing-accounting-education-empirical-evidence-from-gcc
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description Purpose – The main objective of the study is to investigate the effect of COVID-19 on accounting education in the higher education (public and private universities) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Design/methodology/approach – The study is explorative in nature conducted with quantitative survey approach and using purposive techniques in collecting data. The sample focuses on the teaching staff at public and private universities in (GCC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar during the COVID-19. Findings – This study presumed to highlight some of the emergent issues faced during the pandemic pertaining the aspects of the COVID-19 and digitizing accounting education and its effect on future direction of digital education. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first academic paper to study the effect of COVID-19 on accounting education in the higher education in the GCC.
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spelling doaj.art-0ddaf402703840569fd8f864bd97ed782022-12-22T03:49:01ZengEmerald PublishingPSU Research Review2399-17472398-40072021-06-0151688310.1108/PRR-10-2020-0034659581COVID-19 and digitizing accounting education: empirical evidence from GCCAdel Sarea0Abdulla Alhadrami1Ghilan Al-Madhagy Taufiq-Hail2Department of Accounting and Economics, College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University, Manama, Kingdom of BahrainDepartment of Business Administration, University College of Bahrain, Manama, Kingdom of BahrainDepartment of Computing, College of Arts and Sciences, University Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, MalaysiaPurpose – The main objective of the study is to investigate the effect of COVID-19 on accounting education in the higher education (public and private universities) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Design/methodology/approach – The study is explorative in nature conducted with quantitative survey approach and using purposive techniques in collecting data. The sample focuses on the teaching staff at public and private universities in (GCC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar during the COVID-19. Findings – This study presumed to highlight some of the emergent issues faced during the pandemic pertaining the aspects of the COVID-19 and digitizing accounting education and its effect on future direction of digital education. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first academic paper to study the effect of COVID-19 on accounting education in the higher education in the GCC.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PRR-10-2020-0034/full/pdf?title=covid-19-and-digitizing-accounting-education-empirical-evidence-from-gccgcccovid-19digitizing accounting education
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