Matching up the gap between perceived importance and knowledge for IT skills among Australian accountants

Pranish Rai

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2012.424

Matching up the gap between perceived importance and knowledge for IT skills among Australian accountants

Pranish Rai

Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance

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Abstract

This paper examines the gap between the perceptions of importance and knowledge in Information Technology (IT) skills among accountants in Australia. 165 accountants were surveyed in this study. The results indicate that accountants have a high IT knowledge in email and communication software, electronic spreadsheet and Internet search tools. As a whole, the perceived IT knowledge among Australian accountants is lower than their perceived importance of these technologies. The greatest match between importance and knowledge is in accounting software, while the biggest gap is in security management skills. Accountants perceive IT security as very important to their current roles; however, they view themselves to lack knowledge in this area. The results of this study can be used in IT knowledge-gap analysis and to further develop training programs to improve the relevant IT skills among accountants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Subtitle of host publication	(HICSS 2012) Maui, Hawaii, 4-7 January 2012
Editors	Ralph H. Sprague
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	3632-3640
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9780769545257
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.424
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (45th : 2012) - Maui, HI Duration: 4 Jan 2012 → 7 Jan 2012

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Conference	Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (45th : 2012)
City	Maui, HI
Period	4/01/12 → 7/01/12

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Rai, P. (2012). Matching up the gap between perceived importance and knowledge for IT skills among Australian accountants. In R. H. Sprague (Ed.), Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: (HICSS 2012) Maui, Hawaii, 4-7 January 2012 (pp. 3632-3640). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.424

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Rai, P 2012, Matching up the gap between perceived importance and knowledge for IT skills among Australian accountants. in RH Sprague (ed.), Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: (HICSS 2012) Maui, Hawaii, 4-7 January 2012. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 3632-3640, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (45th : 2012), Maui, HI, 4/01/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.424

Matching up the gap between perceived importance and knowledge for IT skills among Australian accountants. / Rai, Pranish.
Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: (HICSS 2012) Maui, Hawaii, 4-7 January 2012. ed. / Ralph H. Sprague. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012. p. 3632-3640.

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