A salient stakeholder-driven model for integration of sustainability education into the accounting curriculum in Jordan
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description: This thesis examines the perceptions of salient stakeholders in Jordan towards the importance of integrating sustainability education into the accounting curriculum. Employing salient stakeholder theory as a lens the thesis seeks to explore the possible integration of sustainability education into the Jordanian tertiary accounting curriculum. This study attempts to answer four research questions: 1. How important is it to integrate sustainability education into the Jordanian accounting curriculum? 2. What do salient stakeholders expect to find in the Jordanian accounting curriculum with regard to sustainability education? 3. What are the challenges and benefits of integrating sustainability education into the accounting curriculum of Jordanian business schools? 4. How can an integrated sustainability accounting education model be developed in the Jordanian accounting curriculum? This study adopts a mixed method approach. It first uses a quantitative research method to investigate the perceptions of a wide group of salient stakeholders in Jordan. A total of 966 questionnaires were distributed to five different groups of salient stakeholders (educators, students, practitioners, the government, and the accounting profession). There were 702 final usable responses with a response rate of approximately 72.6%. The data collected was analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v.22 software. The study then attempted to gain insight into and understanding of the issue under investigation. Thus, the study adopted a qualitative research method and used semistructured interviews to understand the perceptions of 46 participants who reflected the same groups of stakeholders surveyed in the quantitative part of this study. A thematic analysis approach was used to analyse these 46 interviews. Nvivo 12 was used for this purpose. The study finally triangulated the quantitative and qualitative findings to develop a salient stakeholder driven-model for sustainability accounting education in Jo…
abstract: This thesis examines the perceptions of salient stakeholders in Jordan towards the importance of integrating sustainability education into the accounting curriculum. Employing salient stakeholder theory as a lens the thesis seeks to explore the possible integration of sustainability education into the Jordanian tertiary accounting curriculum. This study attempts to answer four research questions: 1. How important is it to integrate sustainability education into the Jordanian accounting curriculum? 2. What do salient stakeholders expect to find in the Jordanian accounting curriculum with regard to sustainability education? 3. What are the challenges and benefits of integrating sustainability education into the accounting curriculum of Jordanian business schools? 4. How can an integrated sustainability accounting education model be developed in the Jordanian accounting curriculum? This study adopts a mixed method approach. It first uses a quantitative research method to investigate the perceptions of a wide group of salient stakeholders in Jordan. A total of 966 questionnaires were distributed to five different groups of salient stakeholders (educators, students, practitioners, the government, and the accounting profession). There were 702 final usable responses with a response rate of approximately 72.6%. The data collected was analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v.22 software. The study then attempted to gain insight into and understanding of the issue under investigation. Thus, the study adopted a qualitative research method and used semistructured interviews to understand the perceptions of 46 participants who reflected the same groups of stakeholders surveyed in the quantitative part of this study. A thematic analysis approach was used to analyse these 46 interviews. Nvivo 12 was used for this purpose. The study finally triangulated the quantitative and qualitative findings to develop a salient stakeholder driven-model for sustainability accounting education in Jo…
author: Al Hazaima, Huthaifa
keywords: Sustainability accounting, Corporate practices, Sustainability education, Accounting education, Salient stakeholder, Developing countries
license: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/65c89c1a-748b-4c35-989b-edbdf88cc25d/download
date published: 2021
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:57:18Z
provider: University Waikato
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: The University of Waikato