Educating Accountants with a Sustainability-Oriented Professional Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

Catalin-Nicolae Albu (), Agnur Balsari, Meliha Basic, Zorica Bozhinovska Lazarevska, Sandra Damijan, Nikolina Decman, Ivan Dionisijev, Olga Grzybek, Gina Raluca Guse, Ana Lalevic Filipovic, Mustafa Oguz, Ivana Perica, Metka Tekavcic, Elena Turuianu and Savka Vuckovic Milutinovic
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Catalin-Nicolae Albu: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Agnur Balsari: Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Meliha Basic: University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zorica Bozhinovska Lazarevska: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Sandra Damijan: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nikolina Decman: University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Dionisijev: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Olga Grzybek: University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Gina Raluca Guse: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Ana Lalevic Filipovic: University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Mustafa Oguz: Balikesir University, Turkey
Ivana Perica: University of Split, Croatia
Metka Tekavcic: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elena Turuianu: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Savka Vuckovic Milutinovic: University of Belgrade, Serbia

The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, 2025, vol. 27, issue 70, 830

Abstract: This paper has investigated the role that universities may play in shaping a sustainability-oriented professional identity of accountants, which represents an essential contribution of the paper. A sample of 713 answers collected via an online questionnaire-based survey from prospective accountants in nine countries in Central and Eastern Europe was statistically analysed. This geographical area is largely ignored in the literature. By applying principal component analysis and cluster analysis, the paper documented that universities play a significant role in raising the interest of future accountants in sustainability matters, alongside other stakeholders and the societal and institutional factors. Exposure to sustainability-related activities also helps shape this new identity of future accountants, in conjunction with other education enablers, which should encourage universities to open their curriculum to such matters.

Keywords: sustainability; accounting profession; professional identity; universities; Central and Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M41 M42 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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