Are Soft Skills Required for Accounting Students in Future Careers?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syaiful Baharee Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Accounting Students

scholarly journals THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACCOUNTING STUDENTS’ SOFT SKILL THROUGH EFFECTIVE TEAM BUILDING

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Surjawati Surjawati ◽  
Dian Indriana Tri Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Group Performance ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Output Stage ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Effective Teams ◽  
Output Stages

An accounting education graduate is required to master hard skills and soft skills. In terms of mastering soft skills in the accounting profession, it means to work together as a team. This soft skill provision is obtained through effective learning methods by forming a team that is given the assignment to solve a problem and accounts for it through presentations. The purpose of this study is to provide guidelines for lecturers to build effective teams for students. This study uses a descriptive experimental approach conducted by researchers in 5th semester students with Business Mixing Accounting courses. Team formation refers to McGrath’s Model framework. This model includes the input, process, and output stages. The input phase emphasizes the quality of the teams from various inputs. The larger the team, the more personality types, and time variations will be accommodated and the more conflicts that will be faced. The stage of the process includes how members deal with conflict and make conflict a success. The output stage includes criteria for measuring group performance results and other measures such as member performance satisfaction, group cohesiveness at the end of the task, and changes in member behavior to be better

scholarly journals Student-centred, lecturer-centred, and hybrid teaching methods: Impacts on accounting students' technical and soft skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-92
Author(s):  
Noor Adwa Sulaiman ◽  
Suhaily Shahimi ◽  
Zarina Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Public University ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Hybrid Teaching ◽  
Modelling Procedure ◽  
Research Findings

Research aim: This study examines the impacts of teaching methods: student-centred, lecture-centred, and hybrid (lecture-student) on technical and soft skills of accounting students. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: The impacts are assessed via a structural modelling procedure using Smart PLS based on survey data gathered from accounting students in one public university in Malaysia. Research findings: Results show the lecturer-centred method impacting the students’ technical skills, and the hybrid method impacting students’ technical and soft skills. It is evident from the analysis that there is minimal impact of the student-centred teaching method on technical and soft skills and of the lecturer-centred teaching method on soft skills of the accounting students. The results suggest that the hybrid teaching method is the most effective teaching method in enhancing accounting students’ technical and soft skills. Practitioner/ Policy implication: This research could assist universities and policymakers to formulate relevant teaching strategies and approaches to enhance accounting students’ competency. Limitation/ Implication: The findings in this study is revisiting and revising the current teaching methods is necessary to prepare future accountants for a career in accounting.

Assessment of Soft Skills that Foster Practical Skills in Accounting Course

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1185-1190
Author(s):  
Uvathi Mariappan Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Accounting Software ◽  
Grade Average

Accounting subjects in a matriculation college focused on knowledge and practical skills, with less attention to the elements of soft skills. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the level of soft skills among accounting students attending Perlis Matriculation College. A total of 250 students in the first semester, comprising 80 male and 170 female students took part in the study, which was based on assessments using individual and group assignments. Students used the Mr. Accounting software for individual assignments and case studies during group assignments. The study was carried out throughout a semester, which was 16 weeks. A soft skills assessment tool was adapted from the Integrated Cumulative Grade Average Grade (iCGPA), which was used by lecturers in the college to assess the competencies of the students. The soft skills were evaluated through observations during the assignments by the lecturers using the soft skills rubrics, which had 38 items that represented six learning outcomes based on the Malaysian Qualifications Framework. The data collected were analysed descriptively. The findings showed that the overall elements of the learning outcomes had a high mean score, which suggested that students practised these sets of soft skills in the learning process. The domain with the highest score was on social responsibilities, while critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Developing soft skills (also known as pervasive skills)

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Albertus Viviers ◽  
Jacobus Paulus Fouché ◽  
Gerda Marié Reitsma
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness of an educational game to develop soft skills (also known as pervasive skills), from the perspectives of three groups of role-players (student participants, student committee members and employer companies). The game was designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop soft skills and to determine whether students applied the pervasive skills required by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. Design/methodology/approach Action research was conducted according to a parallel convergent mixed-method research design. Both qualitative and quantitative data were gathered using questionnaires and focus group interviews to determine the usefulness of the educational game. Findings All three groups perceived the educational game to be effective in requiring students to apply the full spectrum of soft/pervasive skills. Although all the pervasive skills were perceived to be present in the game, teamwork, communication (listening and verbal) and time management skills were perceived to be most prominent, while written communication, professionalism and ethical awareness were found to be less prominent. Overall, this game can be recommended as an effective and innovative teaching method that can positively contribute to the pervasive skills development of accounting students. Originality/value The need to deliver well-rounded accounting graduates demonstrating core technical and soft skills (or pervasive skills and competencies) calls for new and innovative teaching methods. Accounting educators and programmes are continuously challenged regarding which methods to apply to meet these outcomes and substantiate their usefulness.

Analisis Perspektif Fraud Pentagon pada Terjadinya Kecurangan Akademik Mahasiswa Akuntansi

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Dian Oktarina
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Academic Cheating ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Character Building ◽  
Personal Ethics

The purpose of this research is to show the fraud pentagon perspective on academic cheating in accounting students. The independent variabels in this research are pressure, opportunity, rationalization, capabilities, and personal ethics, while dependent variabel is academic cheating. This research used primary data on online questionnaire. The sample of this research used purposive sampling with criteria of STIE Perbanas Surabaya active accounting students until 2019 and willing to fill out a questionnaire. The research used multiple linear regression. The result is pressure, opportunity, rationalization, and capabilities no effect on cheating academic, while personal ethics negative effect on cheating academic. This is because STIE Perbanas Surabaya has character building activities namely Super Soft skills Mentoring (SSM) which makes the students have good personal ethics, so that minor academic cheating occurs.

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