Future economic professionals: development of practical skills and competencies in higher education from the point of view of international employers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61384399:31110/19:00054391 RIV/71226401:_____/19:N0100275

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21003/ea.V176-09" target="_blank" >10.21003/ea.V176-09</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Future economic professionals: development of practical skills and competencies in higher education from the point of view of international employers

Original language description

The authors aim to determine the importance of practical preparation of future accountants, auditors and entrepreneurs during the study both from the point of view of the companies with transnational scope of activity that belong to the group of the Czech Republic’s most attractive employers and from the point of view of the students of the University of Economics in Prague (Czech Republic) in the field of accounting and financial management, who very often gain positions in such companies. Another aim is to verify what emphasis the practice in the international context places on providing the students with knowledge of business and market laws in relation to the abovementioned professions. The research was conducted by using a questionnaire survey at the beginning of 2018. The chi-square test of independence was used in view of the categorical variables. Practical preparation is important for both groups of respondents (i.e. 139 students and 24 relevant companies-employers). During the study, it was established that most students are already employed (75% of the bachelor and 95% of the master programmes students), which shows that the students in the accounting and corporate financial management field of study have a very close contact with practice. Although most students at both levels of education are already employed (88%), only 52% of them work in the field which is identical to their educational programme. Satisfaction of companies with students is conditioned by their practical preparation during the studies, which, however, is most often non-existing. The companies’ representatives, as well as students, recommend that practical subjects be incorporated in the course of study. Also, emphasis should be placed on the development of professional competences of auditors and accountants, as well as on entrepreneurships’ training, which should be in the form of simulated professional environment during the classes. Taking into consideration the results of the new research and scientific studies, we consider the recommended procedures to be justified and relevant internationally.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50103 - Cognitive sciences

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Economic Annals

ISSN

1728-6220

e-ISSN

1728-6220

Volume of the periodical

176

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3-4

Country of publishing house

UA - UKRAINE

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

91-98

UT code for WoS article

000489686000009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85072712914