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Akredytacja ACCA w Polsce – perspektywa edukatorów rachunkowości
The ACCA accreditation in Poland – accounting educators’ perspective

Author(s): Michał Biernacki, Joanna Krasodomska, Ewelina Zarzycka
Subject(s): Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: accounting education; accreditation; ACCA

Summary/Abstract: Organizations certifying accountants, such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), play an important role in strengthening their professional status. Being accredited by them has recently become the goal of many institutions which offer accounting programs. Our paper aims to investigate the impact of ACCA accreditation on the accounting education in Poland, as well as to identify the important aspects of the collaboration between ACCA and accounting educators. The findings are based on a survey conducted among 50 faculty members from seven Polish universities. According to the respondents the accreditation increases the prestige of the offered teaching programs and has an important impact on the organization of exams taken by the students participating in accredited courses. The ACCA engagement in collaboration with universities consists mostly in promotion of the accredited programs. Despite some limitation the study provides new insights into the problem of accounting education in the accreditation processes context.

  • Issue Year: 24/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1-9
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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