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Assessing the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education and students' academic performance in Oman

Assessing the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education and... This study aims to assesses the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education (DCBAE) and students' academic performance at Oman Universities.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper a questionnaire was used to collect data for a sample of students. Partial least squares (PLS) were used to assess the hypotheses and model.FindingsResults indicate that human factors and cultural and social factors have a direct positive effect on the DCBAE and students' academic performance.Practical implicationsThis study is carried out after five semesters since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it can help universities (accounting education in particular) in the Sultanate of Oman know the factors that affect the development of accounting education and adopt policies and strategies that depend on cloud computing in education operations, even after the COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this study is to evaluate the factors that affected the DCBAE and the academic performance of students in the Sultanate of Oman from March 15, 2020 to June 2022, a period that witnessed the application of cloud-based education, either in whole or in part using a questionnaire about the opinions of students. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research Emerald Publishing

Assessing the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education and students' academic performance in Oman

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Assessing the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education and students' academic performance in Oman

Tawfik, Omar Ikbal; Elmaasrawy, Hamada Elsaid
Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research , Volume 41 (2): 17 – Mar 23, 2023

Abstract

This study aims to assesses the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education (DCBAE) and students' academic performance at Oman Universities.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper a questionnaire was used to collect data for a sample of students. Partial least squares (PLS) were used to assess the hypotheses and model.FindingsResults indicate that human factors and cultural and social factors have a direct positive effect on the DCBAE and students' academic performance.Practical implicationsThis study is carried out after five semesters since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it can help universities (accounting education in particular) in the Sultanate of Oman know the factors that affect the development of accounting education and adopt policies and strategies that depend on cloud computing in education operations, even after the COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this study is to evaluate the factors that affected the DCBAE and the academic performance of students in the Sultanate of Oman from March 15, 2020 to June 2022, a period that witnessed the application of cloud-based education, either in whole or in part using a questionnaire about the opinions of students.

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Emerald Publishing
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1985-9899
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10.1108/agjsr-07-2022-0102
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Abstract

This study aims to assesses the factors that affected the development of cloud-based accounting education (DCBAE) and students' academic performance at Oman Universities.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper a questionnaire was used to collect data for a sample of students. Partial least squares (PLS) were used to assess the hypotheses and model.FindingsResults indicate that human factors and cultural and social factors have a direct positive effect on the DCBAE and students' academic performance.Practical implicationsThis study is carried out after five semesters since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it can help universities (accounting education in particular) in the Sultanate of Oman know the factors that affect the development of accounting education and adopt policies and strategies that depend on cloud computing in education operations, even after the COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this study is to evaluate the factors that affected the DCBAE and the academic performance of students in the Sultanate of Oman from March 15, 2020 to June 2022, a period that witnessed the application of cloud-based education, either in whole or in part using a questionnaire about the opinions of students.

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Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 23, 2023

Keywords: Cloud-based accounting education; Human factors; Cultural and social factors; Economic and technological factors; Oman

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