The expectation performance gap in accounting education: A review of generic skills development in UK accounting degrees

J Webb, C Chaffer - Accounting Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Accounting educators are criticised for a focus on the development of technical skills at the
expense of generic employability skills. This study considers the perspective of UK …

Accounting education literature review (2006–2009)

B Apostolou, JM Hassell, JE Rebele… - Journal of Accounting …, 2010 - Elsevier
This review of the accounting education literature includes 330 articles published over the 4-
year period, 2006–2009, in six journals:(1) Journal of Accounting Education,(2) Accounting …

Financial crisis and the silence of the auditors

P Sikka - Accounting, organizations and society, 2009 - Elsevier
Against the backdrop of the current financial crisis, this paper seeks to stimulate debates
about contemporary auditing practices. It notes that many financial enterprises have sought …

The dark side of transfer pricing: Its role in tax avoidance and wealth retentiveness

P Sikka, H Willmott - Critical perspectives on accounting, 2010 - Elsevier
In conventional accounting literature,'transfer pricing'is portrayed as a technique for optimal
allocation of costs and revenues among divisions, subsidiaries and joint ventures within a …

Motivations, expectations and preparedness for higher education: A study of accounting students in Ireland, the UK, Spain and Greece

M Byrne, B Flood, T Hassall, J Joyce, JLA Montano… - Accounting Forum, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper compares the motives, expectations and preparedness of a sample of students
commencing the study of accounting in higher education in four European countries. The …

Taking the pulse of accounting education reform: Liberal education, sociological perspectives, and exploring ways forward

G Boyce, V Narayanan, S Greer, B Blair - Accounting Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the 'state of play'with regard to accounting education reform, which has
been advocated for decades but is notable for having failed to produce significant change …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of AI in accounting education: Threat and opportunity

J Ballantine, G Boyce, G Stoner - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2024 - Elsevier
In this essay, we contribute to the limited literature that has critically examined the potential
implications of generative AI on the accounting academy and accounting education (AE) …

The hand of accounting and accountancy firms in deepening income and wealth inequalities and the economic crisis: Some evidence

P Sikka - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper looks at the economic crisis in the UK. It argues that everyday accounting
practices are deeply implicated in the inequitable distribution of income and wealth, a major …

Incorporating sustainability into accounting curricula: Lessons learnt from an action research study

J Hazelton, M Haigh - Liberalising the Accounting Curriculum …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This paper chronicles the journey of two projects that sought to incorporate principles of
sustainable development into predominantly technical postgraduate accounting curricula …

Making accounting degrees fit for a university

T Hopper - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2013 - Elsevier
This contribution is a commentary on the paper by Chabrak and Craig (2013) that calls for
accounting pedagogy reforms that place accounting within its socio-economic context and …