2016
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2016.1258663
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The New Generation of Auditors Meeting Praxis: Dual Learning’s Role in Audit Students’ Professional Development

Abstract: This paper explores whether and in what way "dual learning" can develop understanding of the relationship between structure/judgement and explores audit student's perceptions of the audit profession. Work Integrated Learning (WIL) module, serving as a tool of enabling dual learning, represents the context for this exploration. The study is based on a focus group and individual interviews conducted with students performing their WIL. Our data and its analysis indicates that when in a WIL context, students devel… Show more

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“…Agevall, Broberg, & Umans, 2016; cf. Lease, 1999; Petersen, 2011; Salmela-Aro, Tolvanen, & Nurmi, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Agevall, Broberg, & Umans, 2016; cf. Lease, 1999; Petersen, 2011; Salmela-Aro, Tolvanen, & Nurmi, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When an auditor performs field work such as assessing risk, setting materiality limits, evaluating and testing internal controls, identifying strengths and weaknesses. They must comply with Auditing Standards, which require: auditors to use professional judgment [30]. The dimensions of professional development are knowledge, skills and competence.…”
Section: Professional Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whereas the student and the university are appreciative of making a connection with the real-life environment and future employers, businesses are reluctant to allocate time and attention to WIL students, as they take time away from production (Rook and McManus, 2016;Agevall et al, 2018). Business recruitment bases are satisfactory due to their access to pools of qualified employment seeking graduates, fuelled by existing high numbers of unemployed graduates (Govender and Taylor, 2015).…”
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