Curriculum for Accounting Education in Higher Education Institutions. An Exploratory Study of Professors’ Perceptions

The purpose of this study is to examine professors’ perceptionsPerceptions about curriculumCurriculum in accounting department of higher educationHigher education institutions in Greece. A structural questionnaire was used to reveal these perceptionsPerceptions using a sample of 69 professors. The teaching staffTeaching staff of educational programsEducational programs in accounting science in Greece believes that students receive sufficient knowledge, however, show deficiencies in their level of work preparedness. Professors support that social, technological, and participation skillsParticipation skills are crucial for their integration in the labor market. This study reveals the need to strengthen graduates’ competency developments improving accounting educationAccounting education and thus enhancing graduates’ employabilityEmployability.