Trainee Accountants’ Perceptions of the Current State of the Accountancy Profession in South Africa and their Responses Based on the EVLN Model
Keywords:
accounting scandals; EVLN model; perceptions; South African accountancy profession; trainee accountantsAbstract
This article investigates the current state of the accountancy profession in South Africa in light of
the recent accounting scandals and how these negative perceptions impact the response of Trainee
Accountants’ (TAs). An anonymous questionnaire was directed to TAs affiliated with two local professional
accounting organisations. Results were generalised using descriptive statistics which followed a deductive
approach. Findings suggest that majority of TAs were influenced by the current state of the profession. These
recent scandals have created negative perceptions of the profession as TAs indicated that these reports make
them ‘pessimistic’. Analysis of the EVLN (Exit, Voice, Loyalty and Neglect) employee behavioural response
model suggests that TAs with negative perceptions were more inclined to demonstrating E and V rather than
L and N.
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auditors/
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Journal of Accounting education, 10(1), pp. 1-24.
Crane, A.; Henriques, I.; Husted, B. W. & Matten, D. (2016). What constitutes a theoretical contribution in the business and
society field? Business & Society, 55(6), pp. 783-791.
Creswell, & Creswell, J. (2017). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage
publications.
Crutchley, C. E.; Jensen, M. R. & Marshall, B. B. (2007). Climate for scandal: corporate environments that contribute to
accounting fraud. Financial Review, 42(1), pp. 53-73.
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vbs-2017-financial-results.
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Accounting and Management(3), pp. 27-37.
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programs and state CPA societies. Issues in accounting Education, 12(2), p. 299.
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university press.
Hopwood, A. G. (1987). The archeology of accounting systems. Accounting, organizations and society, 12(3), pp. 207-234.
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Leedy, P. D. & Ormrod, J. E. (2014). Practical research. Pracfical research: Planning and design, pp. 141-172.
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Lord, R. G.; Diefendorff, J. M.; Schmidt, A. M. & Hall, R. J. (2010). Self-regulation at work. Annual review of psychology,
61, pp. 543-568.
Low, M.; Davey, H. & Hooper, K. (2008). Accounting scandals, ethical dilemmas and educational challenges. Critical
perspectives on Accounting, 19(2), pp. 222-254.
Lungisa, A. (2018). The Steinhoff Debacle – the biggest fraud in SA history.
Mackenzie, N. & Knipe, S. (2006). Research dilemmas: Paradigms, methods and methodology. Issues in educational
research, 16(2), pp. 193-205.
McKee, A. (2014). Being happy at work matters. Harvard Business Review, pp. 1-26.
McMillan, J. H. & Schumacher, S. (2010). Research in Education: Evidence-Based Inquiry, MyEducationLab Series.
Pearson.
Merten, M. (2018). VBS Mutual Bank – when politics trumps protecting the poor.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-07-vbs-mutual-bank-when-politics-trumps-protecting-the-poor/.
Mohamed, W. (2017). IFRS for SMEs: the current perception of South African practitioners.
Mohrmann, M. E. (2004). Integrity: Integritas, Innocentia, Simplicitas. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, pp. 25-37.
Neu, D. & Wright, M. (1992). Bank failures, stigma management and the accounting establishment. Accounting,
organizations and society, 17(7), pp. 645-665.
Niselow, T. (2018a). The Big Read: Saica on SA’s accounting scandals and why chartered accountants are still in high
demand. https://www.fin24.com/Economy/the-big-read-saica-on-sas-accounting-scandals-and-why-chartered-accountantsare-
still-in-high-demand-20181028.
Niselow, T. (2018b). Nkonki Inc’s biggest office to close doors after cancelled government contract.
https://mg.co.za/article/2018-04-24-nkonki-inc-to-close-doors website.
Owolabi, A. (2011). Corruption and the environment of accounting and auditing in Africa. International Journal of critical
accounting, 3(2-3), pp. 220-234.
Padia, N. & Maroun, W. (2012). Ethics in business: The implications for the training of professional accountants in a South
African setting. African Journal of Business Management, 6(32), pp. 9274-9278.
Persellin, J.; Schmidt, J. & Wilkins, M. S. (2014). Auditor perceptions of audit workloads, audit quality, and the auditing
profession.
Reuters. (2018). Steinhoff Takes $12bn Write-Down After Accounting Scandal.
Rey, D. & Neuhäuser, M. (2011). Wilcoxon-signed-rank test International encyclopedia of statistical science, pp. 1658-1659.
Springer.
Robinson, S. L. & Morrison, E. W. (2000). The development of psychological contract breach and violation: A longitudinal
study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21(5), pp. 525-546.
Rousseau, D. M. (1998). The ‘problem’of the psychological contract considered. Journal of Organizational Behavior: The
International Journal of Industrial, Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Behavior, 19(S1), pp. 665-671.
Rousseau, D. M. (2011). The individual–organization relationship: The psychological contract.
Sadler, E. & Barac, K. (2005). A study of the ethical views of final year South African accounting students, using vignettes
as examples. Meditari Accountancy Research, 13(2), pp. 107-128.
SAICA. (2018). Frequently asked questions (faqs) on the ethical issues surrounding the Chartered Accountancy profession.
https://www.saica.co.za/News/EthicsandDiscipline/Frequentlyaskedquestions/tabid/4194/language/en-ZA/Default.aspx.
Scheier, M. F.; Carver, C. S. & Bridges, M. W. (2001). Optimism, pessimism, and psychological well-being. Optimism and
pessimism: Implications for theory, research, and practice, 1, pp. 189-216.
Seaford, C. (2013). The multiple uses of subjective well-being indicators. Social indicators research, 114(1), pp. 29-43.
Shaub, M. & Fisher, D. (2008). Beyond agency theory: Common values for accounting ethics education. Advancing business
ethics education, pp. 305-328.
Soni, F.; Maroun, W. & Padia, N. (2015). Perceptions of justice as a catalyst for whistle-blowing by trainee auditors in South
Africa. Meditari Accountancy Research, 23(1), pp. 118-140.
Straub, D.; Boudreau, M.-C. & Gefen, D. (2004). Validation guidelines for IS positivist research. Communications of the
Association for Information systems, 13(1), p. 24.
Takeuchi, L. R.; Hine, D. & Chavez, C. (2015). Asking people what they think Working Paper 413: using perceptions data to
monitor the post-2015 agenda. https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/9401.pdf.
Times Live, T. (2018). CEO of auditors Nkonki Incorporated quits amid Gupta-related allegations.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-04-14-ceo-of-auditors-nkonki-incorporated-quits-amid-gupta-relatedallegations/.
Tomprou, M.; Rousseau, D. M. & Hansen, S. D. (2015). The psychological contracts of violation victims: A post‐violation
model. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36(4), pp. 561-581.
Verhoef, G. (2013). Reluctant ally: The development of statutory regulation of the accountancy profession in South Africa,
1904–1951. Accounting History, 18(2), pp. 163-191.
Wessels, P. & Steenkamp, L. (2009). An investigation into students’ perceptions of accountants. Meditari Accountancy
Research, 17(1), pp. 117-132.
Withey, M. J. & Cooper, W. H. (1989). Predicting exit, voice, loyalty, and neglect. Administrative Science Quarterly, pp.
521-539.
Woolson, R. (2007). Wilcoxon signed‐rank test. Wiley encyclopedia of clinical trials, pp. 1-3.
World Economic Forum (2018). The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018. http://reports.weforum.org/globalcompetitiveness-
index-2017-2018/.
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