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Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants

This paper proposes twelve propositions on the work environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning activities amongst accountants in public accounting firms. The inhibitors are lack of time due to heavy work-loads, far away from colleagues’ working areas, absence of experts, lack of meaningf...

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Main Authors: Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Syahir, Selamat, Mohamad Hisyam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Business Institute 2011
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HF5601 Accounting
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/3686/1/S.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.36862016-04-21T06:10:38Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/3686/ Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Syahir Selamat, Mohamad Hisyam HF5601 Accounting This paper proposes twelve propositions on the work environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning activities amongst accountants in public accounting firms. The inhibitors are lack of time due to heavy work-loads, far away from colleagues’ working areas, absence of experts, lack of meaningful rewards for learning, lack of funds for learning and lack of proximity to learning materials. Other inhibitors include lack of access to computer technology, limited power in organizational affairs, reluctance of others to support learners, working policies discourage learning, structural inhibitors and mistakes are not tolerated during learning or early application of new ideas and skills. From the discussion, it is suggested that the firms and professional accounting bodies should have robust strategies to overcome those inhibitors. This is important to create a conducive environment for informal work-place learning activities and, in turn, increases accounting professionalism. World Business Institute 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/3686/1/S.pdf Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Syahir and Selamat, Mohamad Hisyam (2011) Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants. Global Review of Accounting and Finance, 2 (1). pp. 57-72. ISSN 1838-1413 http://www.wbiaus.org/5.%20Syahir-FINAL.pdf
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Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Syahir
Selamat, Mohamad Hisyam
Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants
description This paper proposes twelve propositions on the work environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning activities amongst accountants in public accounting firms. The inhibitors are lack of time due to heavy work-loads, far away from colleagues’ working areas, absence of experts, lack of meaningful rewards for learning, lack of funds for learning and lack of proximity to learning materials. Other inhibitors include lack of access to computer technology, limited power in organizational affairs, reluctance of others to support learners, working policies discourage learning, structural inhibitors and mistakes are not tolerated during learning or early application of new ideas and skills. From the discussion, it is suggested that the firms and professional accounting bodies should have robust strategies to overcome those inhibitors. This is important to create a conducive environment for informal work-place learning activities and, in turn, increases accounting professionalism.
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author Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Syahir
Selamat, Mohamad Hisyam
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title Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants
title_short Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants
title_full Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants
title_fullStr Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants
title_full_unstemmed Proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst Malaysian accountants
title_sort proposing work-environment inhibitors to informal work-place learning amongst malaysian accountants
publisher World Business Institute
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