The maturity of information technology competencies: A professional accountants´ perspective

An increase in the pace of technological change has revolutionised the way accountants perform their jobs. This paper presents the results of a study, which analyses the maturity level of IT competencies among professional accountants in Malaysian accounting organisations. These IT competencies were examined under four major dimensions; technical skills, organisational skills, people skills and conceptual skills. In doing so, this study employs a qualitative interpretive research methodology with exploratory case study method. It uses diverse data collection strategies including, and relies on triangulation of evidence to resolve the research questions in this study. This study, thus, makes a significant contribution to academic and professional bodies and provide theoretical base for developing IT related competencies for knowledge workers in general and professional accountants in particular.