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Quality of Accounting Graduates and Employers' Expectations in Ghana
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Kwabena Agyarko Gyekye; Ophelia Amo – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the skills expected by employers and the skills demonstrated by accounting graduates with data from 160 employers of accounting graduates in Ghana. From the perspective of employers, the authors compare the expected skills to the skills demonstrated by accounting graduates and identify any significant gaps.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Accounting, Business Administration Education
Experiences and Expectations of Hard of Hearing Students Who Use Hearing Aids
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Obed Appau; Richard Adade; Ruth Swanwick; Samuel Asiamah; Daniel Fobi; Cyril Nusinyo Abutiate; Emmanuel Kwasi Acheampong; Ebenezer Ofori Atta; Success Money Bright Kwaku – Cogent Education, 2024
Studies on hard of hearing students who use hearing aids as a medium of learning in post-secondary education is scarcely investigated in the global south. Most of the studies on the use of hearing aids and the experiences its users have focused on the elderly population in the global north, hence outside the educational settings. An empirical…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, Student Attitudes
Career Adaptability: The Role of Developmental Leadership and Career Optimism
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Delle, Eric; Searle, Ben – Journal of Career Development, 2022
Researchers suggest contextual and personal factors may interact to predict career adaptability and that antecedents of career adaptability have received less research attention. Consequently, we examined the relationship between developmental leadership, career optimism, and career adaptability, and the potential moderating role of career…
Descriptors: Vocational Adjustment, Positive Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Leadership Role
Does Higher Education Equip Graduate Students with the Employability Skills Employers Require? the Perceptions of Employers in Ghana
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Damoah, Obi Berko Obeng; Peprah, Augustine Awuah; Brefo, Kwabena Osei – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Recent changes in the labour market and higher education sector have placed graduates' employability on the agenda of researchers, policymakers and employers in both advanced and developing economies. Yet, the question of whether higher education equips graduate students with the employability skills employers require remains under-studied…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employer Attitudes
Pre-Service Teachers' Intention to Use Learning Management System: An Integration of UTAUT and TAM
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Buabeng-Andoh, Charles; Baah, Charles – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to develop and test a research model to explore the factors that influence pre-service teachers' intention to use learning management system (LMS). Design/methodology/approach: A cross-section study was conducted. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from participants. The total number of participants was 361…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Intention, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Integration
What Influences the Course Major Decision of Accounting and Non-Accounting Students?
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Owusu, Godfred Matthew Yaw; Bekoe, Rita Amoah; Okyere, Sarah Anobil; Welbeck, Edem Emerald – Journal of International Education in Business, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the course major decisions of accounting and non-accounting students. Design/methodology/approach: A set of questionnaires was developed and administered to 550 undergraduate business students from the University of Ghana Business School. Statistical tests were…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Course Selection (Students), Decision Making, Accounting