Accounting Club and Its Impact on Academic Performance of Accounting Students

Ali Fikri Hasibuan, Gaffar Hafiz Sagala, Saut M. Silaban, Arta Mora Simanjuntak, Alfi Rahmah

2018

Abstract

Nowadays accounting students are faced with the demand to have a standard and global competencies. Moreover, since the launching of MEA. The aim of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between learning communities, Accounting Club, with the academic performance of accounting students in a financial accounting course. Improvement of academic achievement is expected to increase the readiness of accounting graduate to face global competition. Accounting Club is organized by empowering student competencies. This study using quasi-experiment design. Furthermore, the subject of this study is the undergraduate students in accounting who are taking financial accounting courses using purposive sampling techniques. Academic performance collected based on the exam results in the class. The result of One-Way ANOVA shows that Accounting Club has a causal effect on academic achievement. The study recommends universities to manage the student learning community formally to build their competitive advantage and in turn, will improve the university's performance.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hasibuan A., Sagala G., Silaban S., Simanjuntak A. and Rahmah A. (2018). Accounting Club and Its Impact on Academic Performance of Accounting Students.In Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES, ISBN 978-989-758-432-9, pages 49-57. DOI: 10.5220/0009492300490057

in Bibtex Style

@conference{unicees18,
author={Ali Fikri Hasibuan and Gaffar Hafiz Sagala and Saut M. Silaban and Arta Mora Simanjuntak and Alfi Rahmah},
title={Accounting Club and Its Impact on Academic Performance of Accounting Students},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,},
year={2018},
pages={49-57},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009492300490057},
isbn={978-989-758-432-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Unimed International Conference on Economics Education and Social Science - Volume 1: UNICEES,
TI - Accounting Club and Its Impact on Academic Performance of Accounting Students
SN - 978-989-758-432-9
AU - Hasibuan A.
AU - Sagala G.
AU - Silaban S.
AU - Simanjuntak A.
AU - Rahmah A.
PY - 2018
SP - 49
EP - 57
DO - 10.5220/0009492300490057