The Human Dimensions of Accounting Education: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Specialized Literature

Accounting education has undergone numerous transformations in recent decades, marked not only by technological developments in the accounting profession, but also by an increasing emphasis on the human dimensions of the educational process. In the specialty literature, factors such as motivation, student involvement, emotions, self-efficacy and transversal skills are increasingly encountered, increasingly influencing academic performance and results. Thus, numerous researches are dispersed in several thematic directions and methodological approaches, which makes it difficult to obtain an integrated picture of the field.

This paper aims to answer the question of identifying the main research topics, intellectual structures and collaboration models in the specialty literature on accounting education with an emphasis on the human dimensions. The research methodology consists of a bibliometric analysis carried out based on a systematic search in the Web of Science Core Collection database. The dataset includes 379 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and the analysis was carried out with the help of VOSviewer software, using techniques such as keyword co-occurrence analysis, co-authorship networks and citation analysis.

The results mark an evolution of interest in the human dimensions of accounting education. The research thus contributes to the specialized literature by providing an overview of existing studies, facilitating the orientation of future research in the field.