Saudi labour market is unique in nature due to a number of aspects. It provides a picture of increas-ing job opportunity and, at the same time, higher level of youth unemployment. Like other countries, the employability of accounting graduates of Saudi Arabia is also subject to doubts. The present study assesses the convenience of accounting education for the unique requirements of Saudi labour market. The study collects data from 914 respondents from the three main stakeholders–students, faculty and accounting practitioners. The study finds that all the three stakeholders were of the opinion that the education was capable of meeting the unique requirements of the labour market in Saudi Arabia. A few suggestions are also presented, which would help improve the outcomes of the accounting programs and make the graduates employable.

Accounting education is the main factor that is influencing the improvement of the state of accounting services and the quality of accounting. The XXI century has influenced great changes in different fields, applying different tools of technology and for this reason, the field of accounting education has faced reforms and adaptation to new forms of application. The adaptation of accounting education to ISCE is a very important factor in the adaptation of accounting services worldwide. For this reason, research was presented, which measured the impact of accounting education reforms on accounting services in Kosovo, i.e. the adaptation of accounting education programs to ISCE and curricula. Professors from accounting universities and professors of accounting in high schools in Kosovo were surveyed for this. The sample was random, with one in three teachers selected. Data were analyzed through the SPSS program, while regression and correlation method was used to validate the hypothesis. Based on the results we see that the implementation of reforms in the framework of accounting education and adaptation to ISCE has an impact on the quality of accounting services at both university level (p-value ≤ 0.01) and secondary level (p-value ≤ 0.01). Correlation analysis shows that we have a significant relationship between the implementation of accounting education reforms and the quality of accounting services (rho = .628 **, p-value <0.01) at both university and secondary level (rho = .652 **, p-value <0.01). Finally, the implementation of accounting education reforms is well on the way to the development of accounting education in Kosovo, so we must have a proactive approach to the development of this field.

Accounting is part of everyone’s life and affects all stakeholders who are the users of the accounting information. Organizations are created to serve their stakeholders and governments are supposed to govern, regulate and safe guard the interests of these stakeholders. Whilst accounting frequently experiences behavioral and human governance issues, this study explores the level of ethical sensitivity and its relationship with religiosity among final year accounting students in Malaysia. This study addresses the lack and the need to inculcate religiously orientated topics to be embedded and inculcated in the syllabi of bachelor of accounting, because being intrinsically religious makes an individual ethical. A quantitative research method is applied where questionnaires are administered to final year undergraduate accounting students at selected public and private universities in Malaysia. This study utilized Shaub’s ethical sensitivity questionnaire to measure ethical sensitivity and Allport’s Religiosity Orientation Scale to measure religiosity. Students are found to be ethically sensitive and by using Binary Logistic Regression, it is concluded that ethical sensitivity is influenced by intrinsic religiosity but not influenced by social extrinsic religiosity and personal extrinsic religiosity and may give some insights to the prospective employer on the selection criteria of future accountants and auditors, with regards to ethical conduct.

Deep learning facilitates development of generic skills pertinent to prepare graduates for employment. Accounting education with syllabuses burdened with accounting standards to be memorized and regurgitated in examinations does little to promote deep learning. This study conducted a questionnaire survey to examine the extent to which accounting undergraduates at a public university in Malaysia adopt deep learning. This study demonstrates that deep learning is not readily attainable. Surface learning, which promotes rote memorization, constitutes a stepping stone towards deep learning. Having a preference or thirst for meanings is also pertinent to motivate undergraduates to move from rote memorization to seek meanings and thus deep learning. Female undergraduates have been found to be more inclined to adopt deep learning. Much is still to be learned on how best to promote deep learning as learning is a life-long process where everyday life experiences, both on and off-campus, facilitate learning and development.