TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing Information Technology Skills Using Maturity Scale Approach:
A Case of Malaysian Accounting Firms
AU - Bahador, Ku Maisurah Ku AU - Haider, Abrar AU - Saman, Wan Satirah Wan Mohd 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 954
EP  - 960
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.954.960
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.954.960
KW  - Information technology
KW  -maturity
KW  -skills
KW  -accounting practitioners
KW  -accountants
KW  -socio technical systems
KW  -practitioners
AB  - Due to the dynamic nature of information technologies, there is a need to assess the technology skills
for the accountancy profession. Recent literature demonstrate the increasing concern about the level of skills
of accountants in the use of information technologies and whether they are prepared to face the challenges of
business world. This study seeks to assess the maturity level of IT skills using maturity scale for contemporary
accounting practitioners, emphasising those in Malaysian accounting practices. This is due to their character
of information intensive and information driven signifies the needs for comprehensive information technology
based skills. A mixed-method consist of quantitative and qualitative data was chosen to achieve the objective
of this study. The findings conclude that accounting practitoners in Malaysian accounting firms are not fully
matured in using IT. This study, thus, makes significant contribution to academic and professional bodies as
well as to the industry by providing theoretical base for developing information technology skills for knowledge
workers in general and accounting practitioners in particular.
ER  -