Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia

This article reports on a study examining continuing professional development (CPD) programs for tax professionals.The aim of the study is to identify the important source of knowledge and the process of acquiring knowledge through CPD programs.Using a quantitative survey method, the views of CPD p...

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Main Authors: Mat Udin, Noraza, Abdul Manaf, Nor Aziah, Ishak, Zuaini, A.R., Rusniza
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Published: 2012
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spelling my.uum.repo.109672015-05-25T02:19:56Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/10967/ Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia Mat Udin, Noraza Abdul Manaf, Nor Aziah Ishak, Zuaini A.R., Rusniza HJ Public Finance This article reports on a study examining continuing professional development (CPD) programs for tax professionals.The aim of the study is to identify the important source of knowledge and the process of acquiring knowledge through CPD programs.Using a quantitative survey method, the views of CPD program participants were gathered.This study finds that CPD programs are no longer perceived as the main source of tax professionals’ knowledge enhancement.The ineffective programs lead tax professionals to search for knowledge through reading materials.Thus, this study suggests the needs to revise CPD programs in term of the contents and duration to re-attract tax professionals’ participation in the programs. By organizing suitable and effective CPD programs to the needs of tax professionals in various task environments, it is hoped that mismatch between the objective of CPD programs and tax professionals’ competencies is aligned. 2012-07-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/10967/1/CR178.pdf Mat Udin, Noraza and Abdul Manaf, Nor Aziah and Ishak, Zuaini and A.R., Rusniza (2012) Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia. In: Knowledge Management International Conference (KMICe) 2012, 4 – 6 July 2012, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
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Mat Udin, Noraza
Abdul Manaf, Nor Aziah
Ishak, Zuaini
A.R., Rusniza
Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia
description This article reports on a study examining continuing professional development (CPD) programs for tax professionals.The aim of the study is to identify the important source of knowledge and the process of acquiring knowledge through CPD programs.Using a quantitative survey method, the views of CPD program participants were gathered.This study finds that CPD programs are no longer perceived as the main source of tax professionals’ knowledge enhancement.The ineffective programs lead tax professionals to search for knowledge through reading materials.Thus, this study suggests the needs to revise CPD programs in term of the contents and duration to re-attract tax professionals’ participation in the programs. By organizing suitable and effective CPD programs to the needs of tax professionals in various task environments, it is hoped that mismatch between the objective of CPD programs and tax professionals’ competencies is aligned.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mat Udin, Noraza
Abdul Manaf, Nor Aziah
Ishak, Zuaini
A.R., Rusniza
author_facet Mat Udin, Noraza
Abdul Manaf, Nor Aziah
Ishak, Zuaini
A.R., Rusniza
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title Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia
title_short Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia
title_full Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia
title_fullStr Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (CPD) programs in Malaysia
title_sort tax professionals’ views on continuing professional development (cpd) programs in malaysia
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