Determinants of accounting students' undergraduate learning satisfaction. (2nd March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adler, Ralph; Roberts, Helen; Crombie, Neil; Dixon, Keith
• Is Part Of: Accounting and finance. Volume 61:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 5231
• Page End: 5254
• Publication Date: 2021-03-02
• Subjects: Student learning satisfaction -- Accounting students -- Expectancy/disconfirmation paradigm -- Mixed methods -- Survey -- New Zealand; Accounting -- Periodicals; Finance -- Periodicals; 657.05
• DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12756
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0810-5391

Abstract

Abstract: This paper examines factors that influence the learning satisfaction of business school students in general and accounting students in particular. Guided by both the literature and the findings from a series of eight focus group sessions involving 43 university undergraduates, a research instrument capable of examining factors associated with student learning satisfaction was designed. Survey responses from 548 students generated seven factors of student satisfaction, with students attributing high importance to all seven factors. It was further found that gender and student major moderated the relationship between the seven factors and students' reported learning satisfaction.