Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tareq A. Almunais Author-Name: Mishari M. Alfraih Author-Name: Faisal M. Alharbi Title: Determinants of Accounting Students Performance Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore determinants of accounting students’ performance at the College of Business Studies at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training in Kuwait. To accomplish this, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to second-year accounting students. The regression results show that the factors of gender, high school major, age, frequency of doing homework, participation in class discussion, engaging in peer interaction, and number of days studying before exam are significantly and positively related to students’ performance in accounting. Results further reveal that high school major (scientific versus humanities) has the strongest impact on students’ performance, followed by participation in class discussion. Findings of this study offer an important contribution to accounting education literature. In addition, the findings have important implications for university administrators, accounting instructors, and accounting students. Classification-JEL: M41, I23 Keywords: Accounting, College, Students’ Performance, Grade Point Average, Kuwait Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 1-9 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-1.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:1-9 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Don Altmyer Author-Name: Sheng-Ping Yang Author-Name:Ken Schallenkamp Author-Name: Ron DeBeaumont Title: Student Ethical Awareness as Affected by Gender and Grade Point Average Abstract: An ethics survey of business students was conducted over a nine-semester period in a variety of business courses at a regional state university in the Midwest. The university’s business program has adopted an across the curriculum approach to ethical instruction and has mandated a one-semester ethics course for all business majors. The purpose of the study was to determine if gender or academic success, as measured by cumulative grade point average, affects ethical awareness scores. The results of the survey revealed that students who had completed the one-semester ethics course achieved higher ethical awareness scores than those who had not. Although no correlation between class level and ethical awareness was discovered, gender appeared to have a limited impact on ethical awareness. While all students demonstrated a significant increase in ethical awareness after completing the ethics course, the demonstrated increase in awareness was stronger for females. Finally, the survey revealed that both high and low GPA students demonstrated increased ethical awareness after completing the ethics course. This suggests that a standalone ethics course does improve ethical awareness for all students and that the benefit is not limited to females or high GPA students. Classification-JEL: I21 Keywords: Ordered Logit Model, Student Ethical Awareness Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 11-22 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-2.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:11-22 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marietta Kiss Author-Name: Agnes Kotsis Author-Name: Andras Istvan Kun Title: The Relationship between Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Personality Styles and Academic Success Abstract: This paper assesses the effects of general and emotional intelligence and personality preferences on academic performance. The question is examined using surveys among students in economics at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. In our examination we primarily used regression analysis. With our results we answer the question of what kind of relationship exists between the aforementioned variables and academic performance. Based on our findings we can conclude that academic performance was significantly influenced by the sex, intellectual intelligence, introvert or extrovert orientation, thinking or feeling personality preference and, in some parts of the sample, by the emotional intelligence, and perceiving or judging personality preference of the student. Classification-JEL: A22 Keywords: Higher Education, Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Personality Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 23-34 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-3.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:23-34 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Deneb Magana-Medina Author-Name: Norma Aguilar-Morales Author-Name: Pedro Sanchez-Escobedo Title: Burnout Among Research Teams: Evidence from Mexican 'Cuerpos Academicos' Abstract: Several studies provide evidence on how burnout hinders academic performance in teaching, research and technologic development activities among Mexican professors. The aim of this work was to determine the extent of Burnout in teams of researchers, organized in newly created structures called Cuerpos Academicos (CAs), in public Universities in Mexico. We use a mixed approach to better understanding this phenomenon. In the first phase, a paper and pencil questionnaire was administered to 234 academics. Twenty one percent of teachers indicated signs of stress and burnout. Only women and single persons showed differences having higher scores in the instrument results. In the second phase, a qualitative analysis of professor perceptions was conducted by organizing nine focus groups, one for each academic division. Overall factors related to stress and eventual burnout could be associated to fatigue due to work overload, lack of time to fulfill assigned tasks, perceived pressure in the work environment and others. The homologation of multiple systems for teacher evaluation and a reduction of non-essential administrative demands and procedures may be efficient policies that may reduce stress and prevent burnout in these academics. Classification-JEL: I23 Keywords: Burnout, Research Teams, Mexico, Higher Education Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 35-46 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-4.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:35-46 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sarah J. Marsh Author-Name: Terrence R. Bishop Title: Competency Modeling in an Undergraduate Management Degree Program Abstract: Competency models have been adopted in many organizations to focus systems for employee selection, training and development, and work engagement on the competencies identified by the organization as most important to its operations and strategic direction. Similarly, competency models can be employed in business schools to guide the development of students with the goal of developing their abilities consistent with demands in the marketplace. In this paper, we draw on the literature on competency models in the human resource management field and higher education to demonstrate that competency models can be helpful in developing the knowledge and abilities of business students. We also discuss the experience of developing of a competency model for an undergraduate business program and the benefits and challenges of moving to a competency-based approach. Classification-JEL: M10 Keywords: Business Education, Competencies, Student Learning, Assessment Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 47-60 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-5.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:47-60 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Yasine A. Qandile Author-Name: Natalia Oganesyants Title: Positioning for International Market Segments in Higher Education: Evidence from Saudi Arabia Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative research was to identify target segments to achieve objectives related to the recruitment of high performance international students and distinguished faculty in higher education sector of Saudi Arabia. Based on the premise that internal communicative branding activities are vital for educational institutions, the study examined faculty’s perceptions of relevant positioning attributes for Saudi Arabia to compete in the global academic marketplace. Analysis of 92 faculty’s responses helped to develop awareness of a perceived added value to occupy a niche in the higher education market. The findings highlighted distinctive positioning strengths to brand higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia. However, it can be implied that Universities should strategize their internal values rather than factors of the external environment to capitalize on these assets in the long run. Classification-JEL: M30 Keywords: Positioning, International Target Segments, Higher Education Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 61-69 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-6.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:61-69 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Diaeldin Osman Author-Name: Conor O'Leary Author-Name: Mark Brimble Title: Model to Evaluate Attrition/Retention Decisions by Accountancy Diploma Students: Case Study Evidence from Sudan Abstract: Research to date which has analyzed attrition at universities and community colleges has tended to focus on clusters of factors which may or may not impact attrition. This paper extends the current literature and develops a model to evaluate attrition. Three core groups of factors which impact attrition are developed into a model. These are external factors, internal faculty factors, and demographic factors. The model was then tested on accounting students and the departmental head of a public institution offering accounting diploma programs in Sudan. The model identified many impacting factors from the three core groups. Satisfactory explanations were also available as to why other factors were not found significant, in this particular testing environment. Classification-JEL: I20, I29, M10 Keywords: Attrition, Accountancy Diploma Students, Attrition Model, Sudan Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 71-88 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-7.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:71-88 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Siu-Kay Pun Title: Pedagogy for Creative Collaboration Abstract: In an increasingly globalized and knowledge-based economy, graduates with creative minds and able to collaborate will have a clear competitive edge over their peers. This paper examines the pedagogy used in an elective course aimed to raise the creative design literacy of nondesign students who were mostly Business students. Students in this course learned to think creatively and worked collaboratively in small groups to solve design problems. The positive results in this study strongly suggest the pedagogical model employed is well suited to prepare Business students to be better future promoters and consumers of design. Classification-JEL: I230 Keywords: Collaborative Learning, Group Creativity, Group Dynamics, Design Making Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 89-98 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-8.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:89-98 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Karen Starr Title: Implications of Radically Transformational Challenges Confronting Education Business Leadership Abstract: This paper highlights the radical and rapid changes occurring at all levels of education that are having a profound impact on educational leadership, governance, business and administration. These far-reaching transformations include: competition from a rapidly expanding unregulated private sector; the international impact of de-regulation; the demise of union power, secure education jobs, time-honored hours and working conditions; constant, rapid education policy change and the proliferation of open access technologies which are rendering physical education campuses less relevant or obsolete. The paper suggests that at this stage in history we are witnessing game-changing forces that are fundamentally altering educational provision, the nature of education work, the education workforce, educational outcomes, educational leadership, governance and business. Most importantly, it argues that educational leaders and education business managers need to be ready for them and more instrumental in policy debates arising in their wake. The paper concludes with ideas for responsive action from education business leaders. Classification-JEL: H830, I210, O33 Keywords: Education Game-Changers, Education Business, Educational Change Journal: Business Education & Accreditation Pages: 99-110 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Year: 2014 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/beaccr/bea-v6n2-2014/BEA-V6N2-2014-9.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:beaccr:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:99-110