An Evaluation of Research Reporting Activities of Business Students.

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dc.contributor.authorAjibolade, S.O.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-31T15:57:56Z
dc.date.available2017-10-31T15:57:56Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionTo access the full text of this article, kindly contact the University Librarian- Dr. Olukemi Fadehan via the administrators: Dr. Yetunde Zaid (yzaid@unilag.edu.ng) or Dr. Christopher Okiki (cokiki@unilag.edu.ng) of the University of Lagos Library.en_US
dc.description.abstractPreparing students for future career as managers or academics requires that they acquire necessary research skills. This study investigates the extent to which business undergraduate students are acquiring appropriate research skills, by focusing on an important but relegated aspect of research activities: referencing in research project reports. The study is based on a content analysis of a quota sample of 500 students' research projects and an analysis of questionnaire responses of 250 final year undergraduate students in a business faculty of a Nigerian university. The study finds that standard procedures for citation were not adopted by a large percentage (71.2%) of project reports examined. Results also indicate a lack of adequate knowledge of citation procedures, standard methods of referencing, importance of the requirement and the implications of plagiarism. The study suggests more attention be paid to this aspect of training. Students need to be more informed about proper rules of referencing, and for greater effectiveness, business faculties/schools and even the universities may need to formulate their own standards for presentation of references. A choice may be made of or two major referencing styles to be adopted consistently in students' project report presentation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAjibolade,S.O. (2006) An Evaluation of Research Reporting Activities of Business Students. Global Journal of Accounting, Vol. 2, (1), p. 133 - 162en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2688
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStaff Publication;
dc.subjectResearchen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Studenten_US
dc.titleAn Evaluation of Research Reporting Activities of Business Students.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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