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Goal-efficacy framework: an examination of domestic and international accounting students' academic performance

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  • Michelle M. S. Phang
  • Shireenjit K. Johl
  • Barry J. Cooper
  • Steven Cahan

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type="main" xml:id="acfi12024-abs-0001"> This study considers the psychological influences on academic performance using a goal-efficacy framework. Data were gathered using a survey questionnaire (N = 375). The paper is motivated by a repeated high failure rate for a second-year core accounting unit and anecdotal evidence that international students perform poorly in comparison with domestic students. The results demonstrate the role of self-regulated learning strategy as a mediating variable for goal orientation and academic performance. While the analyses suggest no significant differences between domestic and international students with respect to the main psychological variables and academic performance, further analyses reveal that four specific factors of the main psychological variables are significantly different between domestic and international students.

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  • Michelle M. S. Phang & Shireenjit K. Johl & Barry J. Cooper & Steven Cahan, 2014. "Goal-efficacy framework: an examination of domestic and international accounting students' academic performance," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 54(4), pages 1295-1318, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:54:y:2014:i:4:p:1295-1318
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