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BUSINESS RESEARCH
HI6008
Assignment 1
Bridging the gap between academic accounting student's knowledge and their
practical performance
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0 Literature review
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1 Literature review scope
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2 Literature review objectives
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0 Literature review comparative analysis
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Ground for comparison
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Bridging the gap between academic accounting student`s knowledge and practical
performance
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Article 1 “GPA as a predictor of helpful behaviour: an accounting student sample” has a detailed
literature review, Article 2 “Factors Associated with Student Performance in Upper Level
Undergraduate Accounting Courses: An Empirical Comparative Study at Commuter and
Residential Schools” has limited sources and content for literature review and article 3
“Accounting Practitioners Reflect On Faculty Impact: Bridging The Gap Between Theory And
Practice” has no literature review because the article is short and concise
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Elements of literature scope are discussed for examining all three
articles literature review:
Content of the literature review: In article 1, researchers have focused on the background
of GPA, its importance in the society, link of GPA with the performance of the students,
role behaviour and task behaviour
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In article
2, researchers have collected all the factors that are linked with the performance of
accounting students providing empirical j
justification in various areas (Maksy and Zheng, 2016)
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Is the literature review in the article comprehensive: in article the literature review is
comprehensive using different headings of: influence and value of the GPA, helpful
behaviour of the employees and task environment (Lyons and Bandura, 2017)
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In article 3, no literature review
is present
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The literature review is intended in accordance with the methodology of research: in
article 1, researchers have covered some definitions and industry explanations and
literature review is in accordance with the methodology of the research
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In article 3, the content
covered is linked with methodology of research
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Different disciplines are explained in the literature: different disciplines are not explained
in the literature review of all three articles
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2 Literature review objectives
Literature review objectives in any research study are common but they may vary
according to the type of the study
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Example: covering explanations on GPA using the
examples of Google scholar
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This is not present in article 3 because there is no
defined literature review
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In article 3 the problems are defined and
explained in introduction section
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In article 2 previous studies are covered and properly linked with the research topic
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To examine the relationship between different variables of the research title: in article 1,
the researchers have covered all the variables and taken new paragraphs and headings for
explaining them
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To discover the regions for future research: In article 1, the researchers have explained
the impacts of GPA on the development of task behaviour of the students and discussed
as an issue for future research
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To get support from the literature for supporting the methodology of the research: in
article 1 and article 2 no support is taken from the literature for explaining the reasons
and justifications for selecting the particular research methodology
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The researchers however have used a combination of past and new sources for research
but the identification is not present
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Comparative analysis of all three articles is discussed with the help of various headings:
Frame for reference
this heading should be Australian acco
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write about core subjects and do their
comparison instead of GPA
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Problems, themes, theories and questions discussed in the literature
review examine the frame of reference
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In article 2, the main ideas discussed revolved around the factors associated with the
performance of the students and how it can bridge the gap between the theoretical information
provided to the students and their professional experiences
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In article 1, the main problem discussed was about impact of GPA and the concept
of GPA on the minds of students
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In article 2 factors identified by the
researchers examining the type and level of educational experiences discusses the issues (Maksy
and Zheng, 2016)
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ground must be based on accounting professional
Ground for comparison
skills, not about GPA
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All three articles have a basic level ground for comparison and explain the gaps between the
theoretical knowledge gained by the students and its practical examinations
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In article 1, researchers have focused on the background
of GPA, its importance in the society, link of GPA with the performance of the students, role
behaviour and task behaviour
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In the article the literature review is comprehensive using
different headings of: influence and value of the GPA, helpful behaviour of the employees and
task environment
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However, in article 2, the situation and topic is a little
different because the researchers have used factors associated with the performance of the
students making it different from article 1 where the main idea is to discuss about the GPA
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Researchers have collected all the factors that are linked with the performance of accounting
students providing empirical justification in various areas (Johnson, 2014)
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Similarities in the literature
Similarities are present in the literature of article 1 and article 2
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Structure of
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the literature review is somehow similar in both the articles
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In article 3 no
similarity is present, the researchers have designed article 3 according to the type of the
particular research study
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1 Different theme development
Theme for the selected topic is designed around the topic of “bridging the gap between
academic accounting student`s knowledge and practical performance” Hypotheses and objectives
are designed for examining the literature review in the selected articles
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Hypotheses developed are:
There is a difference between the actual performance and theoretical knowledge of the
accounting students
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A gap is present between the type of knowledge given to the students and the
professional knowledge
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To examine the content of all the selected articles by discussing the scope and objectives
of all the selected research articles
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In article 1 the researchers have used renowned journal
articles for explaining GPA and its impacts on the behavior of the students
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Researchers have used a
mixture of new and old research articles for blending the current knowledge and previous
knowledge of the researchers
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In article 2, the sources used by the
researcher are not effective because the researcher has used limited research articles and the
sources are old
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The
overall quality of the literature review is effective but the types of sources used by the researcher
are not effective (Maksy and Zheng, 2016)
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However, some limitations are always present in the content or findings of the research
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However, the context present in the literature review is not up dated
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In article 2, the researchers have targeted on the factors and
quality of the overall paper is effective
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Article 3 is short and effective and the overall
quality of the paper is good because the researcher has given emphasis on the findings of the
research and then explained the variables used in the research
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2 Currency of the paper
The currency of all three papers is medium because no research article has used latest set
of sources
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It is vital that the researcher uses the most basic set of information and
sources while developing the literature review
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In article 1, the currency of the paper is new because the
paper is published during 2016 but the sources used throughout the paper are not around 20152016
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In article 2 also the researcher has used a mix of old and new sources and currency of the
paper is not new
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Article 3 is published in 2014 and the currency
of the article is not new in comparison with other two articles
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The reliability and validity of the sources used can
be examined by measuring some elements of reliability and validity:
Where is the research given in the source coming from: in article 1 majority of the
sources used were taken from journal articles? In article 2, the sources used by the
researchers came from published articles, websites and books
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Is the source used coming from an educational institute: yes! all the sources used in all
three articles came from renowned journal articles and books
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Is the source used being passed by any editorial panel or peer reviewed journals?: all the
journal articles were peer reviewed and books came from good educational institutions
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Is the source reliable and accurate?: all the sources used are reliable and according to the
subject matter
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Contribution of article 1 in determining the main
research title is not high
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Article 3 has explained the research gaps by leaving strong points about
factual information used in class rooms and how can this information distract the students when
they enter in professional world
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0 Conclusion
Practical performance is different from the knowledge gained during the courses of
university, schools and colleges
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Three articles are selected
for the discussion
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Overall, these studies make it
clear that more symbolic relationship between the accounting practice and theory would likely
result in more skilled graduates , better career placement for fresh graduates and clear
understanding of teaching during academic course
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0 References
Johnson, R
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Accounting Practitioners Reflect On Faculty Impact: Bridging The Gap
Between Theory And Practice
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and Bandura, R
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GPA as a predictor of helpful behavior: an accounting student
sample
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280-291
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and Zheng, L
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Factors Associated with Student Performance in Advanced
Accounting and Contemporary Financial Accounting Issues: An Empirical Study in a
Commuter University
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57-79