The Influence of Firm Characteristics on Soft Skills Among Accounting Interns
Table 4: Soft skills level comparison based on firm characteristics
Type of company (Big-four accounting firm = 14, non-big-four accounting firm = 120, commercial company = 65) | Location (Urban area=96, rural area =103) | Type of partners (Bumiputera company = 177, non-bumiputera company = 22) | ||||
Personal attributes | 3.739 | 0.735 | 3.943 | 0.912 | 3.956 | 0.047* |
3.811 | 3.912 | 3.690 | ||||
4.182 | ||||||
Job skills | 3.200 | 0.015* | 3.550 | 0.089 | 3.568 | 0.301 |
3.452 | 3.509 | 3.209 | ||||
3.742 | ||||||
Communication | 3.618 | 0.129 | 3.959 | 0.088 | 3.995 | 0.067 |
3.920 | 3.945 | 3.606 | ||||
4.083 | ||||||
Professionalism | 4.119 | 0.046* | 4.313 | 0.270 | 4.275 | 0.125 |
4.214 | 4.181 | 4.000 | ||||
4.328 |