A review of literature on challenges in the development and implementation of generic competencies in higher education curriculum

CKY Chan, ETY Fong, LYY Luk, R Ho - International Journal of Educational …, 2017 - Elsevier
Generic competencies development in higher education curriculum involves many
unresolved issues concerning institutional and curriculum support, conceptualisation of …

Accounting education literature review (2010–2012)

B Apostolou, JW Dorminey, JM Hassell… - Journal of Accounting …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review of the accounting education literature includes 291 articles and 104 instructional
cases published over the 3-year period, 2010–2012, in six journals:(1) Journal of …

Professional skills required of accountants: what do job advertisements tell us?

LM Tan, F Laswad - Accounting Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the employability skills of accountants cited in job advertisements in
Australia and New Zealand, as they indicate the skills that are most valued by employers …

Educating digital natives for the future: accounting educators' evaluation of the accounting curriculum

K Al-Htaybat, L von Alberti-Alhtaybat… - Accounting …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The global digital revolution has irrevocably transformed societies and industries. The
accounting profession is predicted to experience a significant change in the future, due to …

The expectation performance gap in accounting education: A review of generic skills development in UK accounting degrees

J Webb, C Chaffer - Accounting Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Accounting educators are criticised for a focus on the development of technical skills at the
expense of generic employability skills. This study considers the perspective of UK …

Business simulation as an active learning activity for develo** soft skills

Y Levant, M Coulmont, R Sandu - Accounting Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Business simulations are innovative instruction models for active or cooperative learning. In
this paper, we look at the social constructionist roots of these education models in light of the …

Impediments and pressures to incorporate soft skills in Higher Education accounting studies

S Asonitou - Accounting Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the impediments and the pressures to establish the policy of introducing
skills and competencies in the Greek Higher Education (HE) accounting studies. Soft skills …

Addressing the expectation–performance gap of soft skills in management education: An integrated skill-development approach for accounting students

N Gunarathne, S Senaratne, R Herath - The International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous studies in management education have focused on the need for soft skill
development of students and the associated gaps in management education programmes …

“Big results require big ambitions”: big data, data analytics and accounting in masters courses

K Mcbride, C Philippou - Accounting Research Journal, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Accounting education is re-inventing itself as technology impacts the practical
aspects of accounting in the real world and education tries to keep up. Big Data and data …

Generic skills for graduate accountants: the bigger picture, a social and economic imperative in the new knowledge economy

D Bunney, E Sharplin, C Howitt - Higher Education Research & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The case for integrating generic skills in university accounting programmes is well
documented in the literature, but the implementation of strategies designed to teach generic …