%0 Journal Article
%T Undergraduate Students¡¯ Attitude to and Academic Performance in Accounting
%A Deloris Murray-Sterling
%A Cynthia Onyefulu
%J Open Journal of Accounting
%P 106-130
%@ 2169-3412
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojacct.2023.124008
%X The main purpose of this
correlational study was to determine if there was any relationship between
undergraduate students¡¯ attitudes to and academic performance in an accounting
course. The study was also aimed at determining the factors that impacted
students¡¯ attitudes. The study participants <span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">were undergraduate students who registered for
the Introduction to Accounting course at the University of Technology, Jamaica.
Data were collected via e-questionnaire and the students¡¯ academic scores. No </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">sampling was done as all questionnaire link was sent
to all 319 students who did the course. Two hundred students completed the
e-questionnaire, resulting in a response rate of <span>62.7%. The results showed that overall, the students¡¯ performance was
fairly good. The results also revealed significant positive rela</span>tionships
between assessments the formative and summative assessments. However, there was
a low negative relationship (<i>r</i> = </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">.173) between the
respondents¡¯ attitudes and performance in assessment two only. The factors that
influenced students¡¯ attitudes toward the accounting course were attitudes,
regret, and third-party in<span>fluences. Based on
the results, recommendations were made to impro</span>ve students¡¯ attitudes to
and academic performance in the course.</span>
%K Academic Performance
%K Accounting
%K Jamaica
%K Students¡¯ Attitude
%K Undergraduate Students
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=128421