How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry

The purpose of this study is to evaluate performance of accounting education providers in Indonesia in producing graduates required by the industry. This study compares different perception between the employers, lecturers, junior auditors and students regarding: (1) auditors’ early employment prob...

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Main Authors: Dyah Setyaningrum, Ali Muktiyanto, Ancella A. Hermawan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Prasetiya Mulya Publishing 2015-04-01
Series:International Research Journal of Business Studies
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Online Access:http://www.irjbs.com/index.php/jurnalirjbs/article/view/1133
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spelling doaj-1a332010151f44a19bac9093b829f1cd2020-11-24T21:58:15ZengPrasetiya Mulya PublishingInternational Research Journal of Business Studies2089-62712338-45652015-04-018111110.21632/irjbs.8.1.78.1-11 How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The IndustryDyah Setyaningrum0Ali MuktiyantoAncella A. HermawanUniversitas IndonesiaThe purpose of this study is to evaluate performance of accounting education providers in Indonesia in producing graduates required by the industry. This study compares different perception between the employers, lecturers, junior auditors and students regarding: (1) auditors’ early employment problem; (2) university performance; and (3) university improvement. We employ quantitative methods to present descriptive analysis of different perceptions of stakeholders regarding university performance. The top early employment problem of the newly hires auditor is problems with orientation and adaptation with new working environment; technical competence and soft-skill problem. Although all respondent agree that university performed well in preparing graduates for the job market, but graduates still lacking in several factors (technical skills and soft-skills) that university need to overcome. Suggestions for university improvement in order to producing graduates required by the industry are: (1) incorporate internship as compulsory subjects; (2) partnership with public accounting firm in recruitment process; (3) practical training with real audit cases via seminar/workshop; (4) student-centered learning approach; and (5) regular updates of current audit practice to lecturer. http://www.irjbs.com/index.php/jurnalirjbs/article/view/1133early employment problememployabilitysoft-skillsuniversity performance.
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author Dyah Setyaningrum
Ali Muktiyanto
Ancella A. Hermawan
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Ali Muktiyanto
Ancella A. Hermawan
How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry
International Research Journal of Business Studies
early employment problem
employability
soft-skills
university performance.
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Ali Muktiyanto
Ancella A. Hermawan
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title How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry
title_short How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry
title_full How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry
title_fullStr How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry
title_full_unstemmed How Indonesian Accounting Education Providers Meet The Demand of The Industry
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publisher Prasetiya Mulya Publishing
series International Research Journal of Business Studies
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2338-4565
publishDate 2015-04-01
description The purpose of this study is to evaluate performance of accounting education providers in Indonesia in producing graduates required by the industry. This study compares different perception between the employers, lecturers, junior auditors and students regarding: (1) auditors’ early employment problem; (2) university performance; and (3) university improvement. We employ quantitative methods to present descriptive analysis of different perceptions of stakeholders regarding university performance. The top early employment problem of the newly hires auditor is problems with orientation and adaptation with new working environment; technical competence and soft-skill problem. Although all respondent agree that university performed well in preparing graduates for the job market, but graduates still lacking in several factors (technical skills and soft-skills) that university need to overcome. Suggestions for university improvement in order to producing graduates required by the industry are: (1) incorporate internship as compulsory subjects; (2) partnership with public accounting firm in recruitment process; (3) practical training with real audit cases via seminar/workshop; (4) student-centered learning approach; and (5) regular updates of current audit practice to lecturer.
topic early employment problem
employability
soft-skills
university performance.
url http://www.irjbs.com/index.php/jurnalirjbs/article/view/1133
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