Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study
Although a great deal of studies on skills expected of accounting graduates have been conducted in industrially advanced countries, interest of researchers in developing economies is recent.Accordingly, this study explores measures of career success and the perceptions regarding the level of emphas...
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| author | Mustafa, Murtala Oladimeji Abioye Shittu, Abdul Jaleel Kehinde |
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| description | Although a great deal of studies on skills expected of accounting graduates have been
conducted in industrially advanced countries, interest of researchers in developing economies is recent.Accordingly, this study explores measures of career success and the perceptions regarding the level of emphasis given to both technical and generic skills in Nigerian tertiary institutions from the perspective of accounting graduates.The study is motivated by concerns of scholars and call by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.Based on data obtained from 192 graduates, salary and frequency of promotion are perceived to be stronger measure of career success while technical skills; business, computing and ethical skills; interpersonal and problem solving skills
as well as communication skills emerged as four components of skills taught and it was found that more emphasis was placed on technical skills at the cost of other skills.The findings from this study will have implications for accounting education in developing countries in general and Nigeria especially. |
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| spelling | uum-206902017-01-18T08:24:34Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20690/ Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study Mustafa, Murtala Oladimeji Abioye Shittu, Abdul Jaleel Kehinde HF5601 Accounting Although a great deal of studies on skills expected of accounting graduates have been conducted in industrially advanced countries, interest of researchers in developing economies is recent.Accordingly, this study explores measures of career success and the perceptions regarding the level of emphasis given to both technical and generic skills in Nigerian tertiary institutions from the perspective of accounting graduates.The study is motivated by concerns of scholars and call by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.Based on data obtained from 192 graduates, salary and frequency of promotion are perceived to be stronger measure of career success while technical skills; business, computing and ethical skills; interpersonal and problem solving skills as well as communication skills emerged as four components of skills taught and it was found that more emphasis was placed on technical skills at the cost of other skills.The findings from this study will have implications for accounting education in developing countries in general and Nigeria especially. Institute for Management and Business Research (IMBRe), Universiti Utara Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20690/1/JBMA%202%202%202012%2049%2064.pdf Mustafa, Murtala Oladimeji Abioye and Shittu, Abdul Jaleel Kehinde (2012) Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study. Journal of Business Management and Accounting (JBMA), 2 (2). pp. 49-64. ISSN 2231-9298 http://imbre.uum.edu.my/images/jbmavol2dis/Graduates-perception-of-career-success-and-skill.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HF5601 Accounting Mustafa, Murtala Oladimeji Abioye Shittu, Abdul Jaleel Kehinde Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study |
| title | Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study |
| title_full | Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study |
| title_short | Graduates’ perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in Nigerian institutions: An exploratory study |
| title_sort | graduates perception of career success and skill emphasis in accounting programme in nigerian institutions an exploratory study |
| topic | HF5601 Accounting |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20690/1/JBMA%202%202%202012%2049%2064.pdf |
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