Understanding the Intentions of Accounting Students in China to Pursue Certified Public Accountant Designation

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wen ◽  
Qian Hao ◽  
Danlu Bu
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Students ◽  
Certified Public Accountant ◽  
Public Accountant

Perception and awareness of Islamic accounting: student perspectives

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dodik Siswantoro
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Certified Public Accountant ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Courses ◽  
Sample Test ◽  
Narrow Gaps ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Public Accountant

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception and awareness of Islamic accounting of undergraduate accounting students at Universitas Indonesia. The Indonesian Institute of Accountants has an Islamic Accounting Certification and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) test, meaning that the course’s competency should satisfy both Islamic and CPA certification standards to be effective. Design/methodology/approach – The researcher used primary data obtained from a questionnaire. This research was based on the students’ understanding of Islamic accounting at the beginning of the class and at the middle of the semester. The sample test included questions based on the course’s syllabus. Each statement in the questionnaire represented the main topic of each week of the class. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and tests of differences between groups of the sample. Findings – The results showed that few students were aware of Islamic accounting, but the course effectively improved comprehension. In general, respondents believed that Islamic accounting has better norms and value than conventional accounting. In fact, Muslims’ marks in the midterm test are lower than non-Muslims’ marks. This was unexpected, as Muslims had learned similar concepts about Islamic teaching. The students assumed that the course covered only common concepts, not dogma. Research limitations/implications – The sample was limited to students taking an Islamic accounting course at Universitas Indonesia. The results cannot be generalized to other cases. Practical implications – This research can narrow gaps between the needs of the accounting profession and the content of the Islamic accounting academic courses taken by students. To minimize fraud and emphasize Islamic teaching, the curriculum should feature strong and inherent Islamic principles. Originality/value – This may be the first paper to describe students’ perception and awareness of Islamic accounting after taking a course on this topic. Education on this subject should be incorporated into professional training where appropriate.

scholarly journals Understanding the Intentions of Accounting Students to Pursue Career as a Professional Accountant

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Kiky Srirejeki ◽  
Saras Supeno ◽  
Agus Faturahman
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Intrinsic Factor ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Certified Public Accountant ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Public Accountant

The aim of this research was to investigate the contributing factors that influenced the intentions of accounting students in Indonesia to pursue a career as a professional accountant. The researchers applied a quantitative method to present a descriptive analysis of accounting students perception. The researchers collected 439 questionnaires from accounting students across universities in Indonesia with simple random sampling technique. The findings show that the intrinsic factor (attitude) and parental or peers influence (subjective norm) affect the students’ intention to pursue a career as a professional accountant. The results of this research are expected to give insights to university’s accounting department and professional bodies such as Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountant and Institute of Certified Public Accountant to formulate strategies to achieve the desired number of accountants in Indonesia. In addition, regulatory agencies can use these findings as a basis to develop policies that guide universities or professional bodies to make the accounting profession more desirable.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Amendment of Taiwan’s Certified Public Accountant Act in 2007 on Large Accounting Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1229
Author(s):  
Chung-Cheng Yang ◽  
Jianxiong Chen ◽  
Wen-Chi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implications ◽  
Certified Public Accountant ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Survey Report ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Theory Of Law ◽  
Revenue Function ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Accountant

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission of the Executive Yuan promulgated the fully amended Certified Public Accountant Act in 2007, which directly led to significant changes in accounting law. From the perspective of the economic theory of law, this study investigates the amendment of the Certified Public Accountant Act resulting in an increase or decrease in the overall revenue and different revenue shares of accounting firms, and puts forward measures that should be taken by accounting firms and stakeholders. We focus on large accounting firms and divide the sample period into before and after 2008. This study uses the translog revenue function and revenue share functions of the public accounting industry, and based on the 1989–2017 Survey Report of Audit Firms in Taiwan, and we find that the amendment of the Certified Public Accountant Act has had a positive effect on overall revenue, increasing overall revenue and the overall management advisory services shares, and in reducing the overall accounting and auditing shares and tax services shares of large accounting firms. Additional analyses provide regulators with public policy implications and provide accounting firms with managerial information.

Habilidades profesionales y certificaciones internacionales del área contable

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
osmária Lima Ribeiro de Oliveira ◽  
Victor de Melo Avila ◽  
Luciano Couto Luiz
Keyword(s):  
Certified Public Accountant ◽  
Management Accountant ◽  
Desarrollo Profesional ◽  
Competencias Profesionales ◽  
Sobre Todo ◽  
Public Accountant

El ejercicio de la profesión contable es reconocido históricamente por su control de acceso y ejercicio, con el fin de certificar la calificación del candidato en el área. A nivel internacional, respondiendo a las necesidades de las empresas auditoras, se formaron asociaciones con el objetivo de acreditar a los candidatos que se proponen ejercer la función. Hoy en día, la armonización contable, el mayor acceso a la información y el posible tránsito de profesionales entre países, han llevado a los jóvenes a someterse a certificaciones internacionales en busca de oportunidades de carrera internacional o incluso para su desarrollo profesional en Brasil. El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar los exámenes recientes de las entidades certificadoras internacionales —Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) yAssociation of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)— desde la perspectiva de las competencias profesionales en relación con la lista de competencias de Le Boterf, integrada a la estrutura de la taxonomía de Bloom. La adopción de estándares internacionales, sobre todo dictados por lasNormas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIIF), requiere que los estudiantes y profesionales se sometan a exámenes promovidos por entidades certificadoras reconocidas internacionalmente para el pleno ejercicio de sus atribuciones con miras a una carrera exitosa. Así, a través de la investigación documental realizada en las pruebas anteriores —CMA 2017, CPA 2019 y ACCA 2020— en base a los modelos antes mencionados, se rastreó el nivel de demanda y competencias relacionadas que pueden servir de guía para futuros candidatos. Los resultados revelan que las competencias más demandadas son aquellas que abordan perspectivas intelectuales y técnicas. A partir del material analizado, el 75% de las preguntas están estructuradas para respuestas únicas y el 25% para respuestas de ensayo. Se observó que el 64% de las preguntas se ubican en niveles intermedios de la taxonomía de Bloom: aplicar y analizar. En comparación con los exámenes brasileños, los exámenes internacionales tienen un mayor nivel de complejidad y requieren una preparación a niveles adecuados.

The Effect of Type A Personality and Public Accountant Law Perception on Career Interests as Public Accountants

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Sri Rahayu Damayanti ◽  
I Gde Agung Wira Pertama
Keyword(s):  
Data Distribution ◽  
Type A ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Career Interests ◽  
High Achievement ◽  
Public Accountants ◽  
Type A Personality ◽  
Accounting Student ◽  
Public Accountant

Individuals with type A personalities are people with high achievement-oriented, competitive, and fast workers. They are considered qualified to be public accountants. However, the perceptions of public accountant laws influence their career interests. The purpose of the research is to investigate the influence of type A personality and perception of public accountant law on career interests of accounting students as public accountants. The data were collected by disseminating questionnaires to respondents of 94 accounting students of the 7th semester and above at the private universities in Denpasar. All instruments are valid and reliable. Data distribution has been freed from classical assumptions. The findings indicate that type A personality and the perception of public accountant laws have positive and significant effects on accounting student career interests as public accountants.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Jordanian Certified Public Accountant JCPA Examination in Comparison to the International Accounting Education Standards and the Best International Practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Nassar ◽  
Husam Aldeen AL-Khadash
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Education ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
Certified Public Accountant ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Accounting Practice ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Specific Material ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Public Accountant

This study aims to highlight the experiences of Jordanian Certified Public Accountant (JCPA) exam that started with the establishment of the Legal Accounting Profession organisation law in June 2006. This study is considered the first study in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that looks at the evaluation of the Jordanian Chartered Public Accountant exam, in comparison to the requirements of international accounting education standards. Furthermore, this study focuses on the sixth standard IES6 that relates to the assessment of professional accountants and that is based on the best practices in professional accounting examinations in the world. This current study has adopted the method of distribution of questionnaires to gather information from those who participated in taking the exam, with the group of those who were successful, and others that were not so lucky. The accounting practice analysis was based on the standards, the best accounting practices, and the results of the interviews, which when were completed produced a number of recommendations. The recommendations or results found, push for the further development of the JCPA exam and improves the quality of the exam, to advance to the universal level of professional examinations. Of the most important recommendations is to work on increasing the number of times the exam is held annually, which can be done easily if the exam becomes computer based. It’s also important to develop specific firm dates for the JCPA exam or to announce the dates at the beginning of each year, and not to announce the exam time two months prior to the exam as it is currently. Finally, the announcement and clarification of specific percentages given to specific material included in the exam such as dedicating 25% of the examination to International Auditing Standards and so on.

scholarly journals Analysis of Factors that Influence Accounting Students Choose Career As A Public Accountant

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Fu'at Hasim ◽  
Novi Darmayanti ◽  
Alfian Manaf Dientri
Keyword(s):  
Social Values ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Career Selection ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
College Career ◽  
Career Options ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Public Accountant

The selection of a career for students of accounting was the initial stage of the establishment of a career. After completion of the period of study College, career options for graduates in accounting not addressed only on the accounting profession but there were also other options for a career. There were several factors that affect students' career selection accounting for a career in public accounting. A sample of 115 students accounting for UNISDA and UNISLA. Methods of analysis used was logistic regression with SPSS version 22. The type of data being used was the primary data obtained from the questionnaire respondents. From the results of testing hypotheses obtained that the factors of financial rewards and social values significantly influential partially against the interest of the students in the choosing a career as a public accountant.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Educators, Accounting Students and Accountants Public Accountant against Ethics of Financial Statement Preparation (Studies at University and KAP in Semarang)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Imam Prayogo ◽  
Teuku Afrizal
Keyword(s):  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Public Accounting Firms ◽  
Public Accountant

This study aims to examine differences in perceptions between teaching accountants, accounting students, and accountants on the ethics of preparing financial statements. Ethical indicators for the preparation of financial statements are represented in earnings management, misstatements, disclosures, cost-benefits, and responsibilities. This research was conducted at universities and public accounting firms in Semarang. This research was conducted with a survey method of 70 respondents from teaching accountants, 75 accounting students, and 40 accountants respondents at universities and public accounting firms in Semarang. As an analysis tool, ANOVA is used for hypotheses H1, H2, H3, and H4. Before testing the hypothesis, first the validity and reliability tests are carried out for all the questionnaires that have been collected. Validity and reliability tests show that all data are valid and reliable. Then the questionnaire was tested by ANOVA and strengthened by the Independent Sample T Test. Anova results show that there are differences in perceptions between teaching accountants, accounting students and accountants. However, there was no difference in perceptions between teaching accountants and accountants. Therefore it can be concluded that there are differences in perceptions between teaching accountants, accounting students, and accountants on the ethics of preparing financial statements.

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