ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN ACCOUNTING OF BRAZIL ON THE PROCESS OF CONVERGENCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

This paper is meant to examine the perceptions of teachers who teach in undergraduate courses in Accounting in Brazil in relation to the current process of international convergence. 190 teachers participated in the survey across the country. It is an exploratory and descriptive in terms of its objectives, and technical procedures have to be treated as a withdrawal. For data analysis we used descriptive statistics and chi-square test (x2 test). With the latter it was possible to verify that categorical variables such as region, title, age, gender, institution that works, teaches discipline, be dedicated exclusively to teaching or have other profession influenced the response patterns observed. The results showed that most teachers evaluate the convergence process as very important, as it reduces costs in the preparation of accounting information and facilitates the integration into the international market for Brazilian companies. For them, the fact that the country does not have a strong accounting profession and active may represent an obstacle to the adoption process of IFRS divides, so the results are inconclusive on the subject. Although they feel prepared to teach in this new reality, they recognize that educational institutions are not Brazilian.