The concept of empowerment was introduced into the accounting education research by Zraa, Imran, Kavanagh, and Morgan (2011). The authors' purpose is to compare Libyan and Australian students' perceptions of empow...The concept of empowerment was introduced into the accounting education research by Zraa, Imran, Kavanagh, and Morgan (2011). The authors' purpose is to compare Libyan and Australian students' perceptions of empowerment in accounting courses and to investigate their relationships with classroom instruction. This study involves a survey of 409 students, who are studying the first-year business degree at institutions in Libya and Australia. Observations and interviews are also conducted. Data are analyzed using reliability tests, factor analysis, t-tests, and correlations. The results indicate that Australian students are more empowered than Libyan students. In addition, the result reveals that classroom instruction methods influence students' empowerment.展开更多
文摘The concept of empowerment was introduced into the accounting education research by Zraa, Imran, Kavanagh, and Morgan (2011). The authors' purpose is to compare Libyan and Australian students' perceptions of empowerment in accounting courses and to investigate their relationships with classroom instruction. This study involves a survey of 409 students, who are studying the first-year business degree at institutions in Libya and Australia. Observations and interviews are also conducted. Data are analyzed using reliability tests, factor analysis, t-tests, and correlations. The results indicate that Australian students are more empowered than Libyan students. In addition, the result reveals that classroom instruction methods influence students' empowerment.