Accounting Students’ Reflections on a Course to Enhance their Interpersonal Skills

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avondale-bepress.abstract<p>Communication skills are critical for an accountant's workplace success; however accounting education research to date has mainly focused on the writing and presentation skills aspects of communication skills. Research on developing accounting students' interpersonal skills has received scant attention. This paper provides an example of how to incorporate interpersonal skills into the accounting curriculum. Details are given on how to execute the course to promote effective, positive student outcomes. Examining students' learning journal responses to the initiated course highlights potential problems associated with teaching interpersonal skills to accounting students. This information may assist educators in avoiding common difficulties and in facilitating favourable student learning. The study finds students experienced initial apprehension and concern when practising their interpersonal skills. However as time elapsed, confidence grew, class dynamics changed, and significant improvements in students' communication and attitudes were evident. The importance of laying an appropriate foundation for interpersonal skills development is also discussed.</p>
avondale-bepress.articleid1032
avondale-bepress.authorsLyn Daff
avondale-bepress.context-key25154030
avondale-bepress.coverpage-urlhttps://research.avondale.edu.au/bit_conferences/32
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avondale-bepress.field.comments<p>Due to copyright restrictions this article is unavailable for download.</p> <p>Staff and Students of Avondale College may access this article via Avondale Library PRIMO search <a href="https://avondale-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?vid=AVN">here</a>.</p>
avondale-bepress.field.custom_citation<p>Daff, L. (2013). Accounting students’ reflections on a course to enhance their interpersonal skills. <em>Accounting Education, 22</em>(6), 563-581. doi:10.1080/09639284.2013.847322</p>
avondale-bepress.field.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2013.847322
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avondale-bepress.field.embargo_date2015-05-01T00:00:00Z
avondale-bepress.field.field_of_education08 Management and Commerce
avondale-bepress.field.issn1468-4489
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avondale-bepress.field.proceedingsRMIT 3rd Annual Accounting Educators' Education Conference
avondale-bepress.field.publication_date2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
avondale-bepress.field.source_fulltext_urlhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2013.847322
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avondale-bepress.keywordsAccounting education
avondale-bepress.keywordscommunication skills
avondale-bepress.keywordsinterpersonal skills
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avondale-bepress.publication-date2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
avondale-bepress.publication-titleBusiness Conference Papers
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avondale-bepress.submission-date2021-09-27T22:58:08Z
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avondale-bepress.titleAccounting Students’ Reflections on a Course to Enhance their Interpersonal Skills
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dc.contributor.authorDaff, Lyn
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:33:49Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:33:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-16
dc.date.submitted2021-09-27T22:58:08Z
dc.description.abstract<p>Communication skills are critical for an accountant's workplace success; however accounting education research to date has mainly focused on the writing and presentation skills aspects of communication skills. Research on developing accounting students' interpersonal skills has received scant attention. This paper provides an example of how to incorporate interpersonal skills into the accounting curriculum. Details are given on how to execute the course to promote effective, positive student outcomes. Examining students' learning journal responses to the initiated course highlights potential problems associated with teaching interpersonal skills to accounting students. This information may assist educators in avoiding common difficulties and in facilitating favourable student learning. The study finds students experienced initial apprehension and concern when practising their interpersonal skills. However as time elapsed, confidence grew, class dynamics changed, and significant improvements in students' communication and attitudes were evident. The importance of laying an appropriate foundation for interpersonal skills development is also discussed.</p>
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dc.identifier.citation<p>Daff, L. (2013). Accounting students’ reflections on a course to enhance their interpersonal skills. <em>Accounting Education, 22</em>(6), 563-581. doi:10.1080/09639284.2013.847322</p>
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2013.847322
dc.identifier.issn1468-4489
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/25154030
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.rights<p>Due to copyright restrictions this article is unavailable for download.</p> <p>Staff and Students of Avondale College may access this article via Avondale Library PRIMO search <a href="https://avondale-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?vid=AVN">here</a>.</p>
dc.subjectAccounting education
dc.subjectcommunication skills
dc.subjectinterpersonal skills
dc.titleAccounting Students’ Reflections on a Course to Enhance their Interpersonal Skills
dc.typeConference Publication
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