A Literature Review of the Impact of Extracurricular Activities Participation on Students’ Academic Performance
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Extracurricular activities (ECA) have become an important component of students’ school life and many schools have invested significant resources on extracurricular activities. The authors suggest three major theoretical frameworks (zero-sum, developmental, and threshold) to explain the impact of ECA participation on students’ academic performance. The authors urge researchers to conduct future research on the impact of ECA participation so as to extend the stream of research in the accounting education literature on determinants of students’ academic performance.
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The effect of ECA on academic achievement has been debated with inconsistent results reported in the literature.
“The effect of ECA on academic achievement has been debated with inconsistent results reported in the literature (Baldwin & O'Flaherty, 2018;Seow & Pan, 2014;Shulruf, 2010).”
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- Authors
- Seow, P.-S., & Pan, G.
- Affiliations
- Singapore Management University (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Seow, Poh-Sun
- ORCID
- Seow, Poh-Sun
- Venue
- Journal of Education for Business
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-09-29
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 361-366
- ISSN
- 0883-2323 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-3356
- OpenAlex
- W1966645993
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- papers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Journal of Education for Business (publishedVersion)
- Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University) (submittedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Accounting Education and Careers
- Keywords
- extracurricular activities, academic performance, accounting education, developmental theory, threshold theory, determinants of academic performance, student engagement
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