Thuthuka students' perceptions of factors influencing success

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences

 
 
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Title Thuthuka students' perceptions of factors influencing success
 
Creator De Jager, Eloise
 
Subject Thuthuka; student perceptions; success factors; transformation; black students; chartered accountant; support
Description South Africa has a shortage of black (African and coloured) chartered accountants. The Thuthuka Project, initiated by the South African Institute for Chartered Accountants (SAICA), aims to increase the number of black accounting students. The Thuthuka Project includes funding, as well as a comprehensive support programme, for black students to study BCom Accounting (or equivalent) at a SAICA-accredited university. This article reports on research into the factors that promote and hinder the academic success of Thuthuka students. The findings of this study might help other students to achieve success and may assist in the transformation of the chartered accountancy profession. A questionnaire was used to gather data on the perceived success factors of Thuthuka students (from all the SAICA-accredited universities in South Africa). It was found that Thuthuka students believed that support was the main factor contributing to their success, followed by individual commitment.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2014-04-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jef.v7i1.130
 
Source Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences; Vol 7, No 1 (2014); 53-72 2312-2803 1995-7076
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Eloise De Jager https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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