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  • Azleen Ilias

    • UNITEN-Campus Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Muadzam Shah, Pahang, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Mohd Zulkeflee Abd Razak

    • UNITEN-Campus Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Muadzam Shah, Pahang, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Nek Kamal Yeop Yunus

    • Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malaysia, Perak, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Siti Fara Fadila Abd Razak

    • UNITEN-Campus Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Muadzam Shah, Pahang, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

Abstract

This study mainly research on soft skills pertaining Teamwork Skills. The main objective of this paper is to examine the relationship among all six dimensions of teamwork skills (coordination, decision making, leadership, interpersonal skills, adaptability and communication). Furthermore, the study is to investigate the different of perception toward teamwork skills (coordination, decision making, leadership, interpersonal skills, adaptability and communication) among final year accounting students. The study also shows main top important skills which are accounting knowledge, professionalism, oral communication, problem solving, time management, auditing, ability to memorize, work well with others, written communication, leadership ability, computers, economic, and the last is business law. In addition, the study shows the inter-correlation between six dimensions ranged from 0.836 to 0.943. The results also show a significant difference between female and male for leadership and adaptability. Finally, the findings are discussed to recommend in improving education curricular in university and educations institutional.

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Ilias, A., Abd Razak, M. Z., Yeop Yunus, N. K., & Abd Razak, S. F. F. (2012). How Accounting Students Perceived Towards Teamwork Skills. Journal of Education and Vocational Research, 3(12), 387-398. https://doi.org/10.22610/jevr.v3i12.94

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Vol. 3 No. 12 (2012) Language, Communication & Professional Skills View issue contents

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2012-12-15

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