Academic Performance of Male Versus Female Accounting Undergraduate Students:Evidence from Nigeria

Okafor, Chinwuba A. and Egbon, Osamuyimen (2011) Academic Performance of Male Versus Female Accounting Undergraduate Students:Evidence from Nigeria. Higher Education Studies, 1 (1). pp. 9-19.

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Abstract

Prior researches on the differences in classroom performance between male and female students show mixed results. While significant differences exist in some studies, others show no differences. Moreover, such studies were done in developed countries. This study aims to contribute to this gender discourse by using a developing country setting. It was hypothesized in this study that no differences exist between male and female performance in undergraduate accounting courses. The finding of this study reveals that there is no significant difference between academic performance of male and female accounting students in undergraduate accounting courses, although the males achieve a higher mean performance than their female counterpart in all the courses.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Academic performance, Gender, Developing country, Nigeria
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Mr Solomon Bayoko
Date Deposited:	16 Sep 2014 12:48
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2014 09:40
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/2758

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