THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, LEARNING STYLE AND SELF MANAGEMENT TOWARDS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ACCOUNTING STUDENTS: A CASE OF UNITEN
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between environmental factor that highlighted on peer to peer interaction and learning places' environment, learning style which focuses on group discussion and self learning, and selfmanagements towards academic performance of the students. The population was the students in taking Bachelor of Accountancy in UNITEN. The sample which is one hundred and fifty nine respondents which cover only in UNITEN Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah's Campus, at Muadzam Shah, Pahang. Competitive environment gave impact on competitiveness among the student in academic performance. Many researchers have examined the factor of learning style toward academic performance, but not focus on self learning and group discussion factor that might impact the academic performance. Furthermore, this study is the combination survey which previous researchers did separate all of the factors. The data was collected by using a survey questionnaire. The findings of the review strongly support the efficiency of the environmental factor, learning style and selfmanagement towards academic performances that show significantly positive effect. In the future, the student can improve productivity and skills in improving their academic performance. Keyword: Learning style, Academic performance.