An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman

Information age in the 21st century is witnessing the dramatic increase in computerrelated jobs. Many employers are now recruiting candidates who have knowledge and experience in information technology or those who are computer literate. Therefore, potential candidates should master at least some le...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Zawawi, Siti Noor Hayati, Abdul Rahman, Rashidah
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Accountancy 2003
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11677/
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description Information age in the 21st century is witnessing the dramatic increase in computerrelated jobs. Many employers are now recruiting candidates who have knowledge and experience in information technology or those who are computer literate. Therefore, potential candidates should master at least some level of computer literacy. Thus, the main objective of this study is to analyse the level of computer literacy among graduating Bachelor of Accountancy students in Malaysian public higher institutions. Based on the findings, computer literacy can be group into basic, advanced, self-efficacy and technical level. Evidence shows that, graduating accountancy students are computer literate at the basic, advanced and self-efficacy level. Significant difference is also found in the students' perceptions on Accounting Information System (AIS) suggesting that the educators should give due attention to AIS courses, particularly in enhancing students' computer literacy level. There are also evidence that the level of basic and advanced computer literacy of male students are significantly higher than female students; those who owned computers are significantly more computer literate in terms of basic and advanced computer literacy than those who did not own computers; and finally, previous computer experience is not generally related to computer literacy achievement, except for self-efficacy computer literacy level.
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spelling uitm-116772016-09-20T09:11:24Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11677/ An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman Mohamed Zawawi, Siti Noor Hayati Abdul Rahman, Rashidah Institutions of higher education Graduate education Malaysia Computer literacy Information age in the 21st century is witnessing the dramatic increase in computerrelated jobs. Many employers are now recruiting candidates who have knowledge and experience in information technology or those who are computer literate. Therefore, potential candidates should master at least some level of computer literacy. Thus, the main objective of this study is to analyse the level of computer literacy among graduating Bachelor of Accountancy students in Malaysian public higher institutions. Based on the findings, computer literacy can be group into basic, advanced, self-efficacy and technical level. Evidence shows that, graduating accountancy students are computer literate at the basic, advanced and self-efficacy level. Significant difference is also found in the students' perceptions on Accounting Information System (AIS) suggesting that the educators should give due attention to AIS courses, particularly in enhancing students' computer literacy level. There are also evidence that the level of basic and advanced computer literacy of male students are significantly higher than female students; those who owned computers are significantly more computer literate in terms of basic and advanced computer literacy than those who did not own computers; and finally, previous computer experience is not generally related to computer literacy achievement, except for self-efficacy computer literacy level. Faculty of Accountancy 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11677/1/AJ_SITI%20NOOR%20HAYATI%20MOHAMED%20ZAWAWI%20NARJ%2003%201.pdf Mohamed Zawawi, Siti Noor Hayati and Abdul Rahman, Rashidah (2003) An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman. (2003) National Accounting Research Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/National_Accounting_Research_Journal.html>, 1 (1). pp. 81-104. ISSN 1675-753X
spellingShingle Institutions of higher education
Graduate education
Malaysia
Computer literacy
Mohamed Zawawi, Siti Noor Hayati
Abdul Rahman, Rashidah
An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_full An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_fullStr An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_full_unstemmed An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_short An empirical study on computer literacy among Bachelor of Accountancy graduating students in Malaysian public higher institutions / Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi and Rashidah Abdul Rahman
title_sort empirical study on computer literacy among bachelor of accountancy graduating students in malaysian public higher institutions / siti noor hayati mohamed zawawi and rashidah abdul rahman
topic Institutions of higher education
Graduate education
Malaysia
Computer literacy
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11677/