The Results of a Qualitative Research regarding Accounting Education in Greece (2009-2016)

This paper brings together the fields of accounting education and accounting profession in Greece during the global financial crisis. The purpose of this study is to understand the role of accounting education in the efforts made to consider certain changes in the accounting curriculum with the purpose of preparing finest and ethical professionals. For the purpose of the current study, the researcher followed a phenomenological descriptive approach, so to understand individuals' experiences of the phenomenon. Through this, the study explored the individual lived experiences of 10 accounting professionals and 15 accounting professors in Greece. The paper reports the results of this survey, which showed that each participant’s individual experience as an accounting professor or as an accounting professional was unique.