Meta-Synthesis of Scientific Publication of Information Technology in Accounting Higher Education

Abstract

Information technologies are presented in an interactive, dynamic and propelling way in various contexts and fields of knowledge. In higher education, they are relevant, acting as a facilitating means in the teaching-learning process. In this perspective, the objective of this study is to analyze the scientific production of active and continuous accounting journals linked to postgraduate programs and undergraduate courses in accounting and to organizations related to the accounting profession with Qualis A1 to B4 (Webqualis, 2016), on the topic of information technology in accounting higher education, from 1989 to 2019, through a meta-synthesis. Data collection began with access to the Sucupira platform (Brazil), which, after applying filtering criteria, resulted in a final base of ten articles. The results indicate that this issue in accounting journals is at an early stage of development, even though technological advances are getting closer to society in general. The profile of publications is inclined to two aspects, one is research directed at distance education, and the other regarding the search for interaction between accounting information systems and teaching of accounting in classes, with the purpose of verifying the importance of the inclusion of softwares in the undergraduate disciplines.

Keywords

• tecnologia da informação
• contabilidade
• ensino superior
• publicações
• periódicos