Undergraduate Accounting Students’ Perceptions of Students’ Empowerment and Accounting Technical Skills: Special Reference to Undergraduate Students at Trincomalee Campus

The aims of the study are to determine the significant relationships between students. empowerment, accounting technical skills and students. performance. This study is a survey of 117 third and final year undergraduate accounting students in 2015 at Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University on the perception of student.s empowerment and accounting technical skills. There was found through observation and discussion that there is gap between on the student.s empowerment and accounting technical skills. Based on this problem the researcher was intended to do this research on the objectives of find out whether the students. empowerment affects students. performance, find out whether the accounting technical skills affects students. performance, determine the significant relationships between students. empowerment, accounting technical skills and students. performance, establish the improved students. performance that provides major contribution to the society. This study is based on the dependent variable; Students. performance and two independent variables; Students. Empowerment and Accounting Technical Skills.

The questionnaires distributed amongthird and final year undergraduate accounting students. Univariate and bivariate has been used for the data evaluation. The results indicated that there is significant correlation between the students. empowerment and students. performance and there is a significant correlation between accounting technical skills and students. performance. According to the data evaluation, all the student; performance highly supported by students' empowerment and moderately supported by accounting technical skills. Under the conclusion and recommendations researcher have been given summary on the data analysis and recommended some suggestions to improve the Students. performanceat Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University.