Accounting department chairs’ perceptions of the importance of communication skills

Schmidt, Jacqueline J.; Green, Brian Patrick; Madison, Roland L.

doi:10.1108/s1085-4622(2009)0000010010

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“…This finding echoes the notion that people do not perceive ethics differently based on gender (e.g. Schmidt & Madison, 1998;Nguyen et al, 2013). This study found no statistically significant difference in mean scores between age groups of Thai working adults, though 26 and older group has a slightly higher mean score than the younger group.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Nevertheless, some studies found the opposite results and concluded that people do not perceive ethics differently based on gender. For example, in their research on the chairpersons of the 530 largest accountancy programs in North America, Schmidt and Madison (1998) found no differences in the perceived importance of ethics for either the accounting or business curricula between male and female chairs. Nguyen et al (2013) found no significant difference in the ethics scores between male and female business students at a state college in Florida.…”

Section: Gender and Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Business Ethics Perceptions of Working Adults

Nguyen

Lee

Mujtaba

et al. 2014

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management

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Businesses nowadays face urgent demands to act ethically and socially responsibly. Some believe that ethically responsible companies design and use corporate governance that serves all stakeholders' interests to achieve competitive advantage and maintaining ethical behavior is very important through corporate governance. Thus, an ethical business environment is critical and ethical behavior is expected of everyone in the modern workplace. Companies devote many resources and training programs to make sure their employees live according to the high ethical standards. This study used Clark and Clark's (1966) Personal Business Ethics Scores (PBES) measure to examine the relationship between gender, age, management experience, ethics course taken, and ethics training to ethical maturity of Thai working adults. This research surveyed 236 Thai working adults to measure their Personal Business Ethics Scores (PBES). Statistically significant differences were found in the variables of ethics course taken and ethics training. Gender, age, and management experience, however, did not lead to any significant differences. Consequently, Kohlberg's Cognitive Moral Development theory regarding ethical maturity is partly supported since respondents with more ethics education and training have higher business ethics scores than those without ethics education and training. In this study, Thai background and cultural dimension, as well as literature on moral development and ethics, are presented along with practical applications, suggestions and implications for educators, managers, and employees.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: Gender and Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Business Ethics Perceptions of Working Adults

Nguyen

Lee

Mujtaba

et al. 2014

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management

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“…The authors conclude that student assignments could improve technical writing over time. Schmidt, Green, and Madison (2009) report about a survey of 530 accounting program administrators (n = 122; 23% response rate) regarding the perceived importance of the following communication skills in the accounting and business curricula: writing, speaking, listening, interpersonal, and technological. All skills are rated as important (over 4.0 on a 5.0 scale) for both accounting and business majors, with listening rated as most important.…”

Section: Core Competenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accounting education literature review (2006–2009)

Apostolou

Hassell

Rebele

et al. 2010

Journal of Accounting Education

105

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“…We found that only one of the articles in this category focuses on interpersonal skills (Paguio and Jackling 2016), who concentrated their study on the teamwork skills employers expect graduates to have. All other articles (11) approached communication skills, primarily in a generic way Lin et al 2013;Schmidt et al 2009;Siriwardane et al 2015). Others studied oral communication skills (Gray 2010;Gray and Murray 2011), listening skills (Reddrop and Mapunda 2019;Stone and Lightbody 2012), writing skills (Irafahmi et al 2021;Riley and Simons 2016), and business communication skills (Oussii and Klibi 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Fifteen Years of Accounting Professional’s Competencies Supply and Demand: Evidencing Actors, Competency Assessment Strategies, and ‘Top Three’ Competencies

Kroon

Alves

2023

Administrative Sciences

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This paper reviews accounting education literature with a focus on the supply of and demand for an accounting professional’s competencies. Its main objective is to determine which actors are involved in the relationship, ascertain both sides’ perspectives, and evidence of competency supply and demand over the last 15 years. After a solid selection, the analysis includes 122 empirical articles from 2006 to 2021. The actors and competencies addressed in the relevant literature were identified and strategies used in their assessment were discovered. The identified competencies were then categorized and framed in the five constructs presented by Kroon and Alves. This approach evidenced that mismatches remain between competency expectations and competency supply in the accounting profession. Investigators may consider the results to improve the consistency of research in this field of study, contributing to a theory that is still lacking. Using the identified concepts and the constructs’ components, empirical studies can bring substantial practical implications to reduce or eliminate existing competency gaps. This study provides an integrated understanding of the literature on the fit between higher education institutions and the labor market of the accounting professional’s competencies. The framing of actors, strategies, and competencies will assist other researchers in augmenting knowledge in this area.

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Accounting department chairs’ perceptions of the importance of communication skills

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Business Ethics Perceptions of Working Adults

Business Ethics Perceptions of Working Adults

Accounting education literature review (2006–2009)

Fifteen Years of Accounting Professional’s Competencies Supply and Demand: Evidencing Actors, Competency Assessment Strategies, and ‘Top Three’ Competencies

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