The changing roles and skills gap in the accounting profession: an examination of practitioners in their first year of experience as a potential resource

Zijian Wang; Hsiu Sin

The changing roles and skills gap in the accounting profession: an examination of practitioners in their first year of experience as a potential resource

Zijian Wang, Hsiu Sin

Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

Abstract

The expansive roles of the accounting profession have presented a skills-gap problem in meeting the demand for suitably skilled practitioners. This study examines firstyear practitioners as a potential resource. Specifically, their experiences of critical thinking skills are investigated as these skills are essential for solving unstructured problems, strategic planning and value creation identified in these roles. Phenomenographic findings highlight a need to develop new practitioners' abilities to integrate the profession's fundamental values and ethics into practices towards achieving outcomes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	32nd Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association
Publisher	European Accounting Association
Pages	1-27
Number of pages	27
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association - Tampere, Finland Duration: 12 May 2009 → 15 May 2009

Conference

Conference	Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association
City	Tampere, Finland
Period	12/05/09 → 15/05/09

Keywords

skills gap
accounting profession
critical thinking skills
problem solving skills
ethics

Cite this

@inproceedings{2ebd913f26034c02a5f6390945318879,

title = "The changing roles and skills gap in the accounting profession: an examination of practitioners in their first year of experience as a potential resource",

abstract = "The expansive roles of the accounting profession have presented a skills-gap problem in meeting the demand for suitably skilled practitioners. This study examines firstyear practitioners as a potential resource. Specifically, their experiences of critical thinking skills are investigated as these skills are essential for solving unstructured problems, strategic planning and value creation identified in these roles. Phenomenographic findings highlight a need to develop new practitioners' abilities to integrate the profession's fundamental values and ethics into practices towards achieving outcomes.",

keywords = "skills gap, accounting profession, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, ethics",

author = "Zijian Wang and Hsiu Sin",

year = "2009",

language = "English",

pages = "1--27",

booktitle = "32nd Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association",

publisher = "European Accounting Association",

address = "Belgium",

note = "Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association ; Conference date: 12-05-2009 Through 15-05-2009",

}

The changing roles and skills gap in the accounting profession : an examination of practitioners in their first year of experience as a potential resource. / Wang, Zijian; Sin, Hsiu.

32nd Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association. European Accounting Association, 2009. p. 1-27.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - The changing roles and skills gap in the accounting profession

T2 - Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association

AU - Wang, Zijian

AU - Sin, Hsiu

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - The expansive roles of the accounting profession have presented a skills-gap problem in meeting the demand for suitably skilled practitioners. This study examines firstyear practitioners as a potential resource. Specifically, their experiences of critical thinking skills are investigated as these skills are essential for solving unstructured problems, strategic planning and value creation identified in these roles. Phenomenographic findings highlight a need to develop new practitioners' abilities to integrate the profession's fundamental values and ethics into practices towards achieving outcomes.

AB - The expansive roles of the accounting profession have presented a skills-gap problem in meeting the demand for suitably skilled practitioners. This study examines firstyear practitioners as a potential resource. Specifically, their experiences of critical thinking skills are investigated as these skills are essential for solving unstructured problems, strategic planning and value creation identified in these roles. Phenomenographic findings highlight a need to develop new practitioners' abilities to integrate the profession's fundamental values and ethics into practices towards achieving outcomes.

KW - skills gap

KW - accounting profession

KW - critical thinking skills

KW - problem solving skills

KW - ethics

M3 - Conference proceeding contribution

SP - 1

EP - 27

BT - 32nd Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association

PB - European Accounting Association

Y2 - 12 May 2009 through 15 May 2009

ER -

The changing roles and skills gap in the accounting profession: an examination of practitioners in their first year of experience as a potential resource

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Fingerprint

Cite this