Employers' Perspectives of Accounting Graduates and Their World of Work: Software Use and ICT Competencies

Autor/in	Daff, Lyn
Titel	Employers' Perspectives of Accounting Graduates and Their World of Work: Software Use and ICT Competencies
Quelle	In: Accounting Education, 30 (2021) 5, S.495-524 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Daff, Lyn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-9284
DOI	10.1080/09639284.2021.1935282
Schlagwörter	Employer Attitudes; Accounting; Entry Workers; College Graduates; Computer Software; Technological Literacy; Job Skills; Soft Skills; Internet; Competence; Knowledge Level; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitgeberinteresse; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Technisches Wissen; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenz; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This study investigates students' learning needs to prepare them for workplaces characterised by rapidly changing information and communication technology (ICT) requirements. Interviews enabled employers to give their perspectives on the types and extent of software used by accounting graduates, their required workplace ICT competencies and the extent to which graduates met employers' ICT competency expectations. Overall, employers' expectations of graduates in the workplace are higher although they have mixed views about their ICT competencies. It remains essential for graduates to have a sound foundation of accounting skills. Graduates need to understand how transactions move through the accounting process so that they can evaluate the reasonableness of accounting information. The study highlights where enhancements can be made to courses. These findings can be used by accounting educators in the planning and delivery of accounting programmes to ensure that accounting graduates have the essential ICT competencies required for their future careers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01