Behavioral Intention to Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Among Accounting Students: Evaluating the Effect of Job Relevance

  • Jyashree Krishnanraw University Malaya
  • Dr. Kamisah Ismail University Malaya
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Accounting Education, Technology Acceptance Model, Behavioral Intention, Job Relevance, Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

This research meticulously evaluates the influence of job relevance on accounting undergraduates' behavioral intentions toward utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), scrutinizing the mediating role of perceived usefulness. Anchored in the extended Technology Acceptance Model, this study employs a cross-sectional, survey-based methodology to gather data from 136 undergraduate students across various public and private Malaysian universities. The empirical evidence elucidates that job relevance positively influences the students’ behavioral intentions regarding AI integration. In tandem, perceived usefulness emerges as a significant mediator, revealing its critical role in this relationship, thus manifesting a partial mediation effect. The findings highlight the necessity of strategically reconfiguring accounting education curricula to incorporate pedagogical approaches aligned with the influential factors of job relevance and perceived usefulness, thereby intensifying students’ intentions to engage with AI in academic and professional settings. Such an educational evolution is paramount, equipping accounting students with the requisite competencies and insights to navigate the accounting profession’s rapidly transforming, technologically driven landscape.

Author Biographies

Jyashree Krishnanraw, University Malaya

Krishnanraw, Jyashree holds the position of a Master’s Graduate in Accounting at the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. She earned her Master’s degree in Accounting (Reporting and Management Accountability) in 2024 from Universiti Malaya. Her research interests include management accounting, auditing, and the application of artificial intelligence in accounting. She has a publication in the Management and Accounting Review

Author’s contact detail: Address: Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; phone number: -; Email: jyashreeraw@gmail.com

Dr. Kamisah Ismail, University Malaya

Ismail, Kamisah holds the position of Senior Lecturer at the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. She earned her Ph.D. in Management Accounting in 2011 from Universiti Malaya, and her Bachelor of Accounting in 1998 from Universiti Malaya. Her research interests include management accounting, ESG disclosure, sustainability, financial reporting, and technology adoption in accounting. She has publications in several academic and peer-reviewed journals, including Finance Research Letters, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, International Journal of Business and Society, Management and Accounting Review, Sustainability (Switzerland), Jurnal Pengu- rusan, and Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja.

Author’s contact detail: Address: Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; phone number: - ; Email: kamisah.ismail@um.edu.my

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2025-09-01
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Krishnanraw, J., & Ismail, K. (2025). Behavioral Intention to Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) Among Accounting Students: Evaluating the Effect of Job Relevance. Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 27(3), 269-295. https://doi.org/10.22146/gamaijb.v27i3.14697