An Exploratory Study of the Digital Competences of Italian Accountants: Some Preliminary Results

Purpose - This paper examines the current digital competences of Italian accountants and to what extent these are evident in their competence profiles.
 
 Methodology In this study, 6,442 profiles accountants, extracted from professional social network LinkedIn, were analysed using technique for analysis textual data.
 Findings The results study reveal that male users expose more often possession information technology skills than female accountants. Moreover, highlight a limited development data analytics skills, which reported only 13% LinkedIn analysed. Furthermore, findings also show there is gap between held by who belong different geographical areas. living northern Italy, fact, report those central southern Italy.
 Originality stimulates ongoing debate on competence’s changes era.