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Student perceptions of the profession and its effect on decisions to major in accounting
Georgia Saemann,Karen J. Crooker +1 more
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In this article, the authors examine the relationship between students' inherent creativity, perceptions of the accounting profession, and decisions to major in accounting and examine the extent to which experience in an introductory accounting course changed students' perceptions and major choices.About:
This article is published in Journal of Accounting Education.The article was published on 1999-12-01. It has received 155 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Positive accounting & Population.read more
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The Expectation-Performance Gap in Accounting Education: An Exploratory Study
Binh Bui,Brenda Porter +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework of accounting education's expectation-performance gap (comprising an expectation gap, a constraints gap and a performance gap) is proposed based on a review of the literature.
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Fostering deep and elaborative learning and generic(soft) skill development: the strategic use of case studies in accounting education
TL;DR: In this paper, learning theory is used to provide a framework to support the use of case studies as a tool to promote appropriate learning styles and thereby enhance generic skill development, and the implications for accounting educators, which are significant, are discussed.
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Students' beliefs, attitudes and intentions to major in accounting
Lin Mei Tan,Fawzi Laswad +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of a sample of business students enrolled in an introductory accounting course in a New Zealand University was conducted to gather data about their intended academic majors, and their beliefs and attitudes towards majoring in accounting and non-accounting.
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Critical accounting education: teaching and learning outside the circle
TL;DR: In this paper, a case for broadening the accounting education curriculum is made, which adopts the heuristic of tangential thinking as a means of transcending narrowly constructed disciplinary boundaries.
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Influences on undergraduate students` intentions to become qualified accountants : evidence from Australia
Beverley Jackling,Claude Calero +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, first year commerce students in Australia were surveyed about their perceptions of their accounting studies and their perception of the attributes required of professional accountants, and the results showed that the perception of importance of generic skills, intrinsic interest in the discipline area, and course satisfaction were significant in determining intention to pursue a career as an accountant.
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Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of test theory models and their application in the field of mental test analysis. But the focus of the survey is on test-score theories and models, and not the practical applications and limitations of each model studied.
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Employee Creativity: Personal and Contextual Factors at Work
Greg R. Oldham,Anne Cummings +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the independent and joint contributions of employees' creativity-relevant personal characteristics and three characteristics of the organizational context were examined, i.e., job complexity, job complexity and suppor...
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A Creative Personality Scale for the Adjective Check List
TL;DR: The Adjective Check List was administered to seven male and five female samples comprising 1,701 subjects as mentioned in this paper, with a wide range of ages and kinds of work; criteria of creativity were also varied, including ratings by expert judges, faculty members, personality assessment staff observers and life history interviewers.
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Creative Problem Solving: Overview and Educational Implications
TL;DR: Creative Porblem Solving (CPS) as discussed by the authors is a framework which individuals or groups can use to formulate problems, opportunities, or challenges; generate and analyze many, varied, and novel options; and plan for effective implementation of new solutions or courses of action.
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