MacKenzie Gallagher

Using Mullins Library to Find Articles Assignment

Part A:

Part B:
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Part C:

Theses/Dissertation One:
1.   Author: Suzanne L. Cercone
2.   Name: Measuring the Perceived Value of a Business Accounting Degree: A Qualitative
Case Study
3.   Year: April 2014
 4.   School: Capella University
5.   Purpose: Address a gap in the literature regarding accounting graduates and perceived
degree quality.
6.   Conclusion: This study specifically looks at an accounting degree and how it should be
preparing graduates more fully to complete real world tasks and handle real life business
problems and accounting practices. In order to prepare these students there needs to be a
continuous dialogue between education, administration, and practitioners. Curriculum
changes are inevitable in the near future to make sure students are receiving the education
they want, need and deserve.
7.   Importance: This study shows the importance in an Accouting degree in a students
undergrad degree, this is important to the field of business and accounting because
accounting is the stem of most businesses, many companies need more accountants, but
this study is also looking at the way that universities can help to keep students in the field
of study that they major in. This is important because studies show that many students
waiver from their original major, whether in jobs or in education to follow, which hurts
many fields of business, mainly focusing on accounting.
8.   This study is very interesting to me, because it talks about a very real college experience:
choosing a major, for me that happened to be Business, focusing on accounting, which is
the subject this article focusing on. I would personally do somethings differently for me, I
would focus more on the benefits of someone continuing with the degree, post school, it
was much more numerical and while that is benefitical, the author is obvious in her
opinion, that accounting majors should continue with accounting in their career paths, I
would have outline some clear benefits of doing so. I would have also allowed the
limitation of people still having time to change their major, people who switch in and out
of accounting as a limitation because that may effect how involved they are with that
certain major.

Theses/ Dissertation Two:

1.   Dr. Thomas Hayes, currently in his Accounting II class this semester
2.   Year: May 2006
3.   Name: An Examination of the Factors that Influence an Auditor’s Decision to Use a
Decision and in their Assessment of Management Fraud
4.   Institution: University of North Texas
5.   Conclusion: The current study extends the decision aid reliance literature in two
important ways. First, the study shows the perceived usefulness, a signifigant construct
from the TAM literature, is also a significant factor in determining decision aid usage and
reliance. Second, the study further delineates the relationship between factors, such as
perceived usefulness, and decision aid reliance. Namely, the results show that decision
aid usage mediates that relationship.