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Motives Driving the Choice of a Business Concentration: A Four-Country Study of Marketing, Accounting and Finance, and Management Undergraduates
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Davies, Mark A. P.; Tikoo, Surinder – Journal of Marketing Education, 2019
This four-country study compares business students concentrating in marketing, accounting and finance (AF), and management with respect to five motives: lifestyle aspirations, reputational effects, relative ease of completion, career outcomes, and developmental skills. We find that, except for the developmental skills motive, the importance of…
Descriptors: Marketing, Accounting, Finance Occupations, Cognitive Style
Finance Graduates' Knowledge and Skills Development: Graduate and Employer Perceptions in United Arab Emirates
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Al Shayeb, Abdulrahman Mohamed – Journal of Education for Business, 2013
There has been considerable debate over the past decades concerning the extent to which finance education has fulfilled employers' and graduates' expectations related to knowledge and skills needed in a changing and challenging business environment. This study seeks to examine whether there are significant differences in expectations between…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Interdisciplinary Approach
Predictors of Academic Performance for Finance Students: Women at Higher Education in the UAE
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El Massah, Suzanna Sobhy; Fadly, Dalia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The study uses data drawn from a senior finance major cohort of 78 female undergraduates at Zayed University (ZU)-UAE to investigate factors, which increase the likelihood of achieving better academic performance in an Islamic finance course based on information about socioeconomic background of female students. The paper aims to discuss…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Females, Academic Achievement
Academic Performance of Business Students in Quantitative Courses: A Study in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the UAE University
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Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2011
This article aims to investigate the academic performance (measured by quality points) of the business students in quantitative courses. It also explores the impact of a number of factors on the academic performance of business students in these courses. A random sample of 750 third- and fourth-level business students at the United Arab Emirates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Business Administration Education, Academic Achievement