Does Automation of the Accounting Profession Affect Employability? An Exploratory Research from Lebanon - Open Journal of Business and Management

OJBM > Vol.8 No.1, January 2020

Open Journal of Business and Management

Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2020)

ISSN Print: 2329-3284 ISSN Online: 2329-3292

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Does Automation of the Accounting Profession Affect Employability? An Exploratory Research from Lebanon ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojbm.2020.81011 1,003 Downloads 5,855 Views Citations

Author(s)

Hassan Rkein, Zeinab A. Issa, Farah J. Awada, Hussin J. Hejase^*

Affiliation(s)

Faculty of Business Administration, Al Maaref University, Beirut, Lebanon.

ABSTRACT

Technology advancement and automation of job functions will impact negatively numerous job categories, among these are accounting jobs. This paper aims to qualitatively assess the impact of automation of the profession of accounting on employability by conducting a qualitative research using semi-structured interviews with a convenient sample of Lebanese employees, employers, instructors and students who were willing to participate and offer their insights. For that purpose, a literature review is first conducted to build the theoretical platform followed by pinpointing what researchers have contended about the impact of automation. Findings of this research suggest that respondents were aware of the fact that specific accounting jobs will disappear though new jobs may substitute the aforementioned specially jobs that necessitate skills such as critical thinking and consultancy. Findings, as simple as these are, are used as initial indicators to shed light on the impact of automation on Lebanese management and policy makers in private and public institutions as well as universities. Other researchers may benefit by conducting more in depth qualitative and/or quantitative analysis to generalize the outcomes.

KEYWORDS

Automation, Accountancy, Unemployment, Lebanon

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Rkein, H. , Issa, Z. , Awada, F. and Hejase, H. (2020) Does Automation of the Accounting Profession Affect Employability? An Exploratory Research from Lebanon. Open Journal of Business and Management, 8, 175-193. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2020.81011.

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