The importance of soft skills in accounting: student's and employer's expectations

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/acta.2024.004" target="_blank" >10.32725/acta.2024.004</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The importance of soft skills in accounting: student's and employer's expectations

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The trend of new information and communication technologies, the increase in globalization and competitiveness leads to the need and to the increase of the importance of new skills that are placed on employees. In different sectors of the economy, there is a need to develop different skills of employees. For this reason, universities face the challenge of ensuring that their graduates have the required skills. This article deals with research on soft skills in accounting and is aimed at the perspective of future graduates of accounting and finance programs and employers. The aim of the article is to explore how employers and future graduates perceive the importance of soft skills in accounting. The research questions were &quot;Which soft skills do students and employers perceive as important?&quot; &quot;How are soft skills developed according to students&apos; and employers&apos; opinions in universities?&quot; &quot;What are the differences between students&apos; and employers&apos; perceptions of soft skills?&quot; A questionnaire survey which was conducted was attended by 101 future graduates from universities in the Czech Republic and 44 employers in the Czech Republic. It was found that team work is the most important skill for employers. While for students it was problem solving ability. Overall, the opinions of students and employers do not differ much, but even so, certain differences can be seen between them in the case of soft skills.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The importance of soft skills in accounting: student's and employer's expectations

Popis výsledku anglicky

The trend of new information and communication technologies, the increase in globalization and competitiveness leads to the need and to the increase of the importance of new skills that are placed on employees. In different sectors of the economy, there is a need to develop different skills of employees. For this reason, universities face the challenge of ensuring that their graduates have the required skills. This article deals with research on soft skills in accounting and is aimed at the perspective of future graduates of accounting and finance programs and employers. The aim of the article is to explore how employers and future graduates perceive the importance of soft skills in accounting. The research questions were &quot;Which soft skills do students and employers perceive as important?&quot; &quot;How are soft skills developed according to students&apos; and employers&apos; opinions in universities?&quot; &quot;What are the differences between students&apos; and employers&apos; perceptions of soft skills?&quot; A questionnaire survey which was conducted was attended by 101 future graduates from universities in the Czech Republic and 44 employers in the Czech Republic. It was found that team work is the most important skill for employers. While for students it was problem solving ability. Overall, the opinions of students and employers do not differ much, but even so, certain differences can be seen between them in the case of soft skills.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50200 - Economics and Business

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales

ISSN

1212-3285

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

27

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

42-57

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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