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Mentoring and Work Engagement for Female Accounting, Faculty Members in Higher Education
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Whitten, Donna L. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2016
Women have comprised the majority of accounting graduates with bachelor and master degrees since the 1980s and 1990s, respectively, but currently only account for about 30% of doctoral students. Their representation in the accounting professoriate is essentially the same. Supportive strategies, such as mentoring, assist disciplines in which women…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Higher Education, Work Environment
Preparing Underprepared Students for Higher Education and Beyond: The Development and Implementation of an Integrated Project
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Mungal, Avika; Cloete, Melanie – Accounting Education, 2016
A current problem faced in South Africa is that university graduates are weak and underprepared for the work environment. The purpose of this study was to assist students in bridging the aforementioned gap and to ease the transition from theory to practice. The aim of the study was to critically analyse the development and implementation of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accounting, Foreign Countries, Program Development
Job Satisfaction among Accounting and Finance Academics: Empirical Evidence from Irish Higher Education Institutions
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Byrne, Marann; Chughtai, Aamir Ali; Flood, Barbara; Willis, Pauline – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
The central aim of the present study was to examine the levels of job satisfaction among accounting and finance academics in Irish higher education institutions. Additionally, this research sought to uncover the factors linked to the overall job satisfaction of these teachers. The findings showed that while, participants were generally satisfied…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Evidence, Accounting, Job Satisfaction
The Influence of Introductory Accounting Courses on Career Choices.
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Cangelosi, James S.; And Others – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1985
This study investigated what factors affect undergraduate students' consideration of careers in accounting as they matriculate through a typical sequence of introductory accounting courses. Findings indicate that students believe that accountants are likely to find secure positions, those positions are likely to provide healthy incomes, and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Career Choice, College Students, Higher Education
Should Accountancy Schools and Departments Adopt Theory Z for Their Faculties?
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Rayburn, L. Gayle – Journal of Education for Business, 1990
A study to determine if there are features within Japanese organizations that could be adapted to improve organization and working relations of schools of accountancy found university departments could not function with the job rotation found in Japanese organizations. However, there are other aspects of Theory Z management that could be adopted…
Descriptors: Accounting, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Introducing Expert Systems into the Business School Curriculum.
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Moen, David H.; And Others – Journal of Education for Business, 1992
States that the usefulness of expert systems has caused them to become more popular in the work environment. Discusses how to incorporate material on expert system concepts into introductory courses in accounting and statistics at the undergraduate level and in quantitative analysis at the graduate level. (Author)
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Expert Systems, Graduate Study