scholarly journals Accounting Students Perceptions on Factors Affecting Career Choices

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-182
Author(s):  
Donny Dwi Cahyadi ◽  
Sari Andayani ◽  
Diah Hari Suryaningrum

A career as an accountant is seen as promising bright prospects because this profession provides intellectual challenges and invaluable learning experiences. This study aims to determine the reasons for the accounting profession's career selection. This study uses the variables of financial rewards, professional recognition, professional training, job market considerations, and personality as factors that influence the choice of profession, namely public accountants, management accountants, accountant educators, and government accountants. The population in this study were all accounting students of semester seven and semester five who were active at STIE Perbanas Surabaya, with a total of 225 students for semester seven and 258 students for semester five. Research samples with non-probability techniques. The data of this study are primary data obtained from distributing questionnaires. Kruskal Wallis analysis technique is used to test the proposed hypothesis. Based on the test results, it was concluded that accounting students who chose the profession as public accountants, management accountants, educator accountants, and government accountants had different perceptions about the factors of financial rewards, professional recognition, professional training, and job market considerations. However, there was no difference in the perception of the personality.

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edisah Putra Nainggolan ◽  
Maya Sari ◽  
M. Firza Alpi ◽  
Jufrizen Jufrizen

This study aims to produce a Model of Determining Career Selection of Accounting Students as Tax Consultants at Private Universities in the City of Medan. While the specific objective: Studying the factors that influence the Career Selection of Accounting Students as a Tax Consultant at a Private University in the City of Medan. The population in this study were all accounting students in several private universities in Medan. Sampling in this study used purposive sampling with proposals from accounting majors in semester II, IV, VI and VIII. Determination of the number of samples in this study is based on the Central Limit Theorema which says the number of samples to reach a normal curve of at least 30 respondents. The type of data used in this study uses primary data. Data collected by distributing questionnaires to students. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that partial and simultaneous work environment, personality, social values, professional recognition, professional training and gender significantly influence the Career Interests of Private University Accounting Students in Medan City


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesi Kristin P Bere Laka

The aim of this study is to examine. Analysis of  factors affecting students in career selection as a public accountant (Empirical study of  S1  accounting students in private colleges in Surakarta ), either partially or simultaneously.            The Population in this study were all students S1 accounting students in 14 private universities in Surakarta in the 2015 and 2016 classes. Total Populations are 3.830. The sampel of this study are 100 respondens. The samples selected by Proportionate random Sampling method. The analysis method of this study used multiple regression.The results of this study are: 1) Financial rewards/salary does not affect the career choice of students as public accountants. 2) Job market considerations do not affect the career choice of students as public accontants. 3) Professional recognition has a significant positive effect on student career choice as a public accountant. 4) Social values have a significant positive effect on the career choice of students as publik accountants. 5) Personality does not influence the career choice of students as public accountants.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Elisa Levina Rorong ◽  
Jullie J. Sondakh ◽  
Heince Wokas

This research aims to know the influence of financial respect, professional training, professional recognition, social values, working environment, job market considerations and personality partially or together against the accountant career selection by students of University of Sam Ratulangi PPAkThe object of this research is the accounting profession education student University of Sam Ratulangi active registered as a student with a total population of 80 people. The data collected is classified as primary data which is obtained by questionnaires distribution. Data Processing is conducted by using Multiple Regression Analysis.The result of this research indicate that financial respect, profesional training, profesional recognation, social values, working environment, job market considerations and personality to career choice on Accounting either it is partially and simultaneously influence, but partially Accounting, while financial respect, professional training,  social values, working environment and personality have the significantly influence on career choice of accounting. From the ANKOVA test there is a different factor influence accountant career selection by students who already work and not yet working Keyword : financial respect, professional training, professional recognition, social values, working environment, job market considerations, personality and Accounting Career.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
Linda Yuliana Hutadjulu

This research was conducted to determine the Perception of Accounting students at FEB UNCEN. Data in this study were obtained from questionnaires with accounting student respondents who were in the sixth semester (6). Respondents numbered 91 people who were sampled in this study. The results of this study indicate there are no differences in views between students who choose careers as public accountants, educating accountants, corporate accountants and government accountants, regarding the factors of Financial Awards, Work Environment, Labor Market Considerations andPersonality. As for the factors of Professional Training, Professional Recognition, and Social Values, there are different views.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1845-1862
Author(s):  
Sutan Pandilon ◽  
Charoline Cheisvyanny

This study aims to analyze the factors which influence accounting students in choosing accounting career as auditor at both private and government instutions. The factors are financial reward, work environment, labor market consideration, social values, professional recognition, family environment, and personality. The population in this study is accounting students in state and private university of Indonesia. The sample is determined based on the non-probability sampling method. The data used in this study are primary data. This study used a questionnaire 177 respondents. The method of analysis is multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that work environment, social values, professional recognition, and family environment have no significant effect on career selection as auditor. While the financial reward, labor market consideration, and personality have a positive significant effect on career selection as an auditor.   


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (02) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Endang Purwaningsih ◽  
Agastasia Chrismawati

This research aims to analyze the influence of the intrinsic value of work, social values, work environment, personality, financial rewards, considerations job market, professional recognition, professional training on accounting student interests in choosing a career into an external audit. Samples used in 113 accounting students in the final semester or already following auditing course 1 and auditing course 2, from 7 colleges in Solo, Salatiga, Semarang, and Yogyakarta. Analysis techniques used multiple linear regression analysis. As a result of this study, the intrinsic value of the work financial rewards, and job market considerations have a significant positive effect interest in accounting students in choosing a career to be external audit. Variables of social values, work environment, personality, professional recognition, and professional training are not and insignificant to the interest of accounting students in selecting career to become an external audit.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
Tri Kusno Widi Asmoro ◽  
Anita Wijayanti ◽  
Suhendro Suhendro

Abstract            The purpose of this research is to analyze some factors which can influence the accounting students’ interest at Batik Islamic University and the  Sebelas Maret University Surakarta. This research sample using purposive sampling. The samples are 100 respondents. The analytical method is multiple linear regression.The results of this research shown that partially only factor training of professionals who have a significant influence on career selection of students S1 accounting to be public accounting. Meanwhile the salary factor, professional recognition, work environment, social values, consideration of the labor market, and personality have no significant effect. Whereas, simultaneously concluded that the factors of salaries, professional training, professional recognition, work environment, social values, labor market considerations, and personality have a positive and significant influence on student career selection of S1 accounting to be public accounting. Keywords: Career, students, public accounting.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
YURMAINI YURMAINI

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the work environment, professional recognition, professional training, and social values ​​influence the career selection to become a public accountant. This research is included in the type of descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The primary data collection method is carried out using a questionnaire method that is distributed to respondents. The population in this study was the Accounting Department Students of the Faculty of Economics, University of Al Washliyah, Medan in 2014, amounting to 30 respondents. The results of this study are as follows: a) T test results can be seen that the work environment variable obtains the value of t-count> t-table = (2.548> 1.696) with a significance value of 0.016 <0.05, then H1 is accepted. This means that the work environment has a positive effect on perceptions of students majoring in career accounting to become public accountants. b) T test results can be seen that the professional recognition variable gets the value of t-count> t-table = (3.921> 1.696) with a significance value of 0.000 <0.05, then H2 is accepted. This means that income perceptions have a positive effect on perceptions of students majoring in career accounting into public accountants. c) t test results can be seen that the professional training variable obtains the value of t-count> t-table = (2.630> 1.696) with a significance value of 0.013 <0.05, then H3 is accepted. This means that the professional training factor has a positive effect on perceptions of students majoring in accounting as careers to become public accountants. d) The results of the t test on the variable social values ​​get the value of t-count> t-table = (2.404> 1.696) with a significance value of 0.022 <0.05, then H4 is accepted. This means that social values ​​have a positive effect on the interests of students majoring in accounting career to be public accountants.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Setiawan Budi Ramadhan ◽  
Gunasti Hudiwinarsih

This study analyzed the perception of accounting students in various accounting profession by considering their characteristics during the courses taken before the end of the class. It aims to determine their profile in accounting. There are five employment sectors that can be registered by the accounting graduates, such as public accountants, management accountants, educator accountants, government accountants and ac-counting services office. It also analyzed their options for the accounting profession by considering the salary factor, professional training factors, professional recognition factor, factor of social values, work environment factors and consideration of the labor market. The data were collected using questionnaires directly distributed to them while they were still taking the courses of Accounting Seminar and Research Metho-dology with a sample of 117 respondents. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and methods of Crosstab. The results showed that there is a relationship be-tween age and choice of profession to the subject, and between the genders of choices of profession. Then the main factors considered by the students in the choice of account-ing profession is a factor of professional training, namely training before work, profes-sional recognition is an opportunity to thrive, salary and other salaries, labor market of career path length, work environment, namely pressure of work, and social values and the opportunity to interact with others.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Laela Putri Lestari

The research aims to test factors influencing students in accounting majors in the election career as an accountant. Samples were used as many as 119 students of 2015 to 2018 and were still active in 2018 with sampling techniques in the form of convenience sampling. Data retrieval techniques use questionnaires directly shared and analyzed using discriminant analysis techniques. The results of the study showed professional training variables, social value and job market considerations affecting career selection as an accountant. While the variable financial awards, professional recognition, work environment and personality have no effect in the career selection as an accountant. The most widely chosen profession is the profession of an internal accountant or company.


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