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Information technology in the British and Irish undergraduate accounting degrees

Amr Kotb, Magdy Abdel-Kader, Amir Allam, Hussein Halabi Orcid Logo, Ellie Franklin

Accounting Education, Pages: 1 - 20

Swansea University Author: Hussein Halabi Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09639284.2019.1588135

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Using an online questionnaire and a series of semi-structured interviews, this study seeks the perceptions ofaccounting educators and professional accounting bodies in the UK and Ireland on the status quo of technologicaldevelopments within accounting curricula and the factors influencing this statu...

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Published in: Accounting Education
ISSN: 0963-9284 1468-4489
Published: 2019
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49091
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Abstract: Using an online questionnaire and a series of semi-structured interviews, this study seeks the perceptions ofaccounting educators and professional accounting bodies in the UK and Ireland on the status quo of technologicaldevelopments within accounting curricula and the factors influencing this status quo. Findings suggest a fairlywidespread view that technological developments represent an important area that should be covered acrossaccounting curricula, to expose changes in the marketplace and to enhance the employability of graduates.However, it is still a peripheral component in accounting curricula, with no clear agenda for change. Professionalaccounting bodies seem to play a hegemonic inhibiting role through accreditation requirements although otherinhibitors were reported such as lack of competent/interested staff and lack of time/space in already overloadedsyllabi.
Keywords: IT, accounting curricula, professional accounting bodies, accreditation, hegemony, ideology
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Start Page: 1
End Page: 20

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