The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore.
This study seeks to determine if undergoing internship affects the professional development of Accountancy students, through the exploration of different facets of internship experience. These facets are identified as: exposure to accounting profession, exposure to accounting work, expos...
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| author | Hong, Keat Win. Siow, Pei Ling. Yeo, Keng Soon. |
| author2 | Chan Kim Yin |
| author_facet | Chan Kim Yin Hong, Keat Win. Siow, Pei Ling. Yeo, Keng Soon. |
| author_sort | Hong, Keat Win. |
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| description | This study seeks to determine if undergoing internship affects the professional
development of Accountancy students, through the exploration of different facets of
internship experience. These facets are identified as: exposure to accounting profession,
exposure to accounting work, exposure to professional challenges and dilemmas, formal
training received; supervisory support received, and organizational climate. For the
purpose of this study, we have focused on three main dimensions of professional
development, namely attitudes toward a profession, professional motivation, and
professional identification. A survey was administered to 209 students who were
pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Double Degree in Accountancy &
Business in Nanyang Technological University. Of the 209 students surveyed, 122 of
them had completed a pre-internship survey. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), paired
sample test, correlation analyses and multiple regression analyses were used to study the
quantitative and qualitative data collected. Using the data, we investigated the
relationships between the different facets of internship experience and changes in the
dimensions of professional development. Contrary to our research questions, there was
no support for the relationship proposed. Nonetheless, recommendations were provided
for the universities on how the internship programme can be reshaped, in order to
leverage on its benefits and enhance the professional development of students. Finally,
limitations of this study and room for future research were also discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/481012023-05-19T06:16:16Z The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. Hong, Keat Win. Siow, Pei Ling. Yeo, Keng Soon. Chan Kim Yin Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession This study seeks to determine if undergoing internship affects the professional development of Accountancy students, through the exploration of different facets of internship experience. These facets are identified as: exposure to accounting profession, exposure to accounting work, exposure to professional challenges and dilemmas, formal training received; supervisory support received, and organizational climate. For the purpose of this study, we have focused on three main dimensions of professional development, namely attitudes toward a profession, professional motivation, and professional identification. A survey was administered to 209 students who were pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Double Degree in Accountancy & Business in Nanyang Technological University. Of the 209 students surveyed, 122 of them had completed a pre-internship survey. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), paired sample test, correlation analyses and multiple regression analyses were used to study the quantitative and qualitative data collected. Using the data, we investigated the relationships between the different facets of internship experience and changes in the dimensions of professional development. Contrary to our research questions, there was no support for the relationship proposed. Nonetheless, recommendations were provided for the universities on how the internship programme can be reshaped, in order to leverage on its benefits and enhance the professional development of students. Finally, limitations of this study and room for future research were also discussed. BUSINESS 2012-03-16T02:45:39Z 2012-03-16T02:45:39Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48101 en Nanyang Technological University 110 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession Hong, Keat Win. Siow, Pei Ling. Yeo, Keng Soon. The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. |
| title | The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. |
| title_full | The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. |
| title_short | The impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in Singapore. |
| title_sort | impact of internship on the professional development of accountancy undergraduates in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48101 |
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