{"title":"A blockchain course for accounting and other business students","authors":"Myles Stern, Alan Reinstein","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100742","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100742","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We describe how accounting and other business professors can add blockchain as a separate course or an addition to an existing course. Based upon a popular, online course at Wayne State University (WSU), we provide examples of a course syllabus, suggested readings, group and individual assignments materials, and student comments. This course addresses two key features that Iansiti & Lakhan (2017) identified about blockchain: novelty and complexity. Given blockchain’s complexity and growing prominence in business, this course develops students’ knowledge, starting with understanding blockchain’s basic concepts and advancing to focus on business applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"56 ","pages":"Article 100742"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100742","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45622095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Penelope L. Bagley , Derek W. Dalton , C.Kevin Eller , Nancy L. Harp
{"title":"Preparing students for the future of work: Lessons learned from telecommuting in public accounting","authors":"Penelope L. Bagley , Derek W. Dalton , C.Kevin Eller , Nancy L. Harp","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100728","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100728","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic required essentially all public accounting professionals to telecommute. However, alternative work arrangements (AWAs) such as telecommuting have long been offered by accounting firms to mitigate work-family conflict and other concerns inherent to the public accounting profession. Prior research has examined attitudes and perceptions about AWAs, but relatively little is known from the AWA adopters themselves and those who work directly with them. Given the heavy reliance on teamwork, multiple supervisors, and multiple clients in public accounting, it is not clear how telecommuting impacts critical relationship dynamics. Accounting students, though experienced with remote learning, can learn from pre-COVID telecommuters’ insights and experiences. In this paper, we interview telecommuters in public accounting as well as a non-telecommuting teammate (subordinate or superior) to develop rich insights about telecommuting’s impact from multiple perspectives. Our findings present best practices and challenges regarding telecommuting implementation within a team setting. Our results are useful to accounting educators as they advise and mentor today’s students, who are likely to enter a workforce with increasing prevalence of telecommuting post-COVID.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"56 ","pages":"Article 100728"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100728","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49241433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara Apostolou , Jack W. Dorminey , John M. Hassell
{"title":"Accounting education literature review (2020)","authors":"Barbara Apostolou , Jack W. Dorminey , John M. Hassell","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100725","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This review of the accounting education literature includes 88 articles published during 2020 in five accounting education journals: (1) Journal of Accounting Education, (2) Accounting Education, (3) Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, (4) Issues in Accounting Education, and (5) The Accounting Educators’ Journal. We update 15 prior accounting education literature reviews by organizing and summarizing contributions to the accounting education literature made during 2020. Articles are categorized into five sections corresponding to traditional knowledge bases: (1) curriculum and instruction, (2) instruction by content area, (3) educational technology, (4) students, and (5) faculty. We summarize the research design of the empirical articles. Suggestions for research are presented. Articles classified as cases published in the same five journals during 2020 are tabulated in an appendix categorized by content area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100725"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100725","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137210921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"St. Hubertus Crossing: Revenue recognition under ASC 606 guidance","authors":"Larry R. Davis, Diane M. Matson","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100726","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100726","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The revenue recognition standard, ASU No. 2014-09--codified as ASC 606 Revenue Recognition, which replaces in its entirety ASC 605 Revenue Recognition and amends several other sections of the codification--is significantly affecting revenue recognition in many industries, including the construction industry. An actual construction project inspired this case. The contract for the project included the construction of a bridge over a river, highway bypasses, and a walking and bike path as well as environmental rehabilitation of riverbanks which had been cleared in the past. We provide background information on the need for a new bridge and the various governmental units involved, along with revenue and cost data, and a schedule for completing the various parts of the contract. You are asked to make multiple judgments related to the application of the guidance, including (1) whether the contract in question meets the requirements of a contract as specified in the guidance, (2) what the performance obligations embedded in the contract are, and (3) how revenue might be allocated to the performance obligations. You also must determine appropriate treatment for the changes to the contract and consider the possibility of acceleration of revenue recognition. The case is intended to make you aware that the application of the new guidance may require professional judgment in the face of ambiguous fact patterns and to provide them with experience in dealing with a more complex case than is typically provided in end-of-chapter problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100726"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100726","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46293374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women in the smart machine age: Addressing emerging risks of an increased gender gap in the accounting profession","authors":"Jillian Alderman","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Overall trends in the accounting profession worldwide suggest an increased risk of a widening gender gap due to rapid technological development in the Smart Machine Age (SMA). Women in accounting are overrepresented in positions most likely to be displaced by AI, and underrepresented in positions likely to be created or maintained in the SMA. In this article, educators and leaders in the profession are encouraged to address these risks by supporting and encouraging women to pursue advancements in technological literacy, and enhancement of emotional intelligence skills that are less likely to be replaced by machines, such as collaboration, teamwork, and ethical decision-making.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100715"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100715","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41594715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leslie H. Blix , Mark A. Edmonds , Kate B. Sorensen
{"title":"How well do audit textbooks currently integrate data analytics","authors":"Leslie H. Blix , Mark A. Edmonds , Kate B. Sorensen","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The auditing profession is undergoing a transformation, becoming heavily reliant on computerized systems to produce data analytic reports. As a result, the demand for accounting graduates with knowledge in data analytics (DA) has increased. Because textbooks remain the primary educational resource in a college classroom, we sought to determine the extent to which textbooks include DA content and provide a summary of our findings to assist auditing educators in locating this content. Our primary analysis includes the examination of the six most commonly used audit textbooks and one book on DA for accountants. For each text, we evaluated (1) the degree to which textbooks have integrated current and emerging technologies into the written chapter content; (2) the degree to which auditing textbooks have students perform specific DA activities, using DA software; and (3) the degree to which these problems follow the AICPA’s five-step process for planning and performing audit DA. We also provide a Detailed Analysis section for each text in which we summarize both in-chapter and end-of-chapter DA exercises. Recognizing the large amount of DA resources available online such as case studies and datasets, we also provide a review and summary of this content, thereby providing auditing educators a wide variety of options for including DA in their classroom. Finally, based on our review of these resources, we provide recommendations for educators, textbook authors, and publishers to consider when developing DA educational materials. Our purpose is to contribute to the discussion on auditing curriculum and whether trends in practice are reflected in the course resources.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100717"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100717","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47673910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions by employed accounting students of ethical leadership and political skill: Evidence for including political skill in ethics pedagogy","authors":"Donald L. Ariail , Amine Khayati , Tara Shawver","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100716","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100716","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using a sample of 703 full- or part-time employed students from two U.S. universities, we conducted an empirical investigation of the relation between perceptions of ethical leadership and perceptions of political skill. The sample was composed of 141 accounting majors and 562 non-accounting students. The results indicated that the two concepts were highly correlated. Our findings also indicate that perception of both ethical leadership and political skill significantly dropped with age and work experience. Moreover, accounting seniors who had previously completed a standalone ethics course had higher perceptions than their counterparts on both constructs, which were still highly correlated. This finding suggests that the ethics education of these students may not have positively impacted their discernment in the area of ethical sensitivity. Thus, accounting students may enter the workforce with inadequate ethical sensitivity, and entry-level accountants may therefore be prone to cognitively confuse the leadership attributes of political skills and ethics. The ability of accountants to differentiate between the ethical leadership and the political skill of leaders, and/or knowledge of how the political skills of leaders could mask their unethical guidance, is posited as an area of ethical sensitivity worthy of inclusion in accounting ethics pedagogy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 100716"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2021.100716","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43667763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How does experiential learning encourage active learning in auditing education?","authors":"Christina Chiang, Paul K. Wells, Gina Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2020.100713","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2020.100713","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There has been much criticism that audit education has failed to bring real-world experience into the classroom. This claim challenges audit educators to develop learning activities that provide students with the practical experience necessary to become active learners in auditing. This study investigates how students became active learners through the completion of a mini-audit assessment involving all four stages of the widely acknowledged experiential learning cycle (Kolb, 1984). The learning context involved class lectures, group work, teaching case studies, group discussions and a mini-audit assessment. Student feedback on this learning experience was collected from reflective journals completed by the students as a part of their coursework. This study confirmed that students, completing a mini-audit assessment were active participants in all four stages of the experiential learning cycle, which encouraged them to become active learners. These findings will be of interest to auditing educators seeking to provide their students with active learning opportunities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 100713"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2020.100713","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45329473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}