Negative opinion of company environment mediates career choice of Accountancy students

Tong, David Yoon Kin; Tong, Xue Fa

doi:10.1108/00400911211254307

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“…Students looking for the appropriate career choice experience anxiety when they are concerned over their lack of understanding of the job. Apprenticeships provide direction for career choices over a limited time and resources such as experience (Kin Tong and Tong, 2012). The experience students gain in internships is important for their future.…”

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Student Internship Experience on Career Selection Survey: Vocational Education Accounting Program

Anggraeni¹

2020

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vocational Higher Education (ICVHE 2018)

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This study aims to assess the experience during the apprenticeship of student career selection. The research design uses a questionnaire and a sample of the students of the class of 2015 who have completed a 3-month to 4-month apprenticeship with either KAP or another company in one of three concentrations: financial accounting, public sector accounting, and accounting information systems technology. The questionnaire acquired the primary data from students after they completed the internship program. The results of this field survey indicate that most of students had a positive internship experience, and this finding provides a positive signal regarding the selection of their profession in the field of accounting.

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Student Internship Experience on Career Selection Survey: Vocational Education Accounting Program

Anggraeni¹

2020

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vocational Higher Education (ICVHE 2018)

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To be or not to be: an investigation of accounting students’ career intentions

Ahmad

Ismail

Anantharaman

2015

Education + Training

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to study accounting students' intentions to pursue their careers as accountants and modelling this within the context of Malaysian accounting education. Design/methodology/approach -Data were gathered via a questionnaire survey involving undergraduate accounting students. Factor analysis, independent sample t-tests, and multiple regressions were employed. Findings -In total, four findings were derived from this study. First, within the undergraduate accounting programmes, non-commitment towards the accounting profession can still exist. Second, intrinsic interest is a significant predictor of career intentions. Third, the influence of anticipated conflict provides a new finding in relation to accounting students' career intentions. The last finding is concerned with the influence of internship experience on students' career intentions. Research limitations/implications -It was assumed that differences detected between the accounting student cohorts reflect changes over time in students' intentions. Practical implications -Suggestions that have been previously put forward in efforts to market the accounting profession were mainly focused on promoting the extrinsic rewards. However, findings from this study suggested that sole focus on extrinsic rewards is not enough to warrant commitment towards the profession. Instead, marketing efforts should also focus on intrinsic values of the profession.Originality/value -The study has provided evidence that anticipated conflict should be given more attention by accounting researchers. Although students' career intentions seemed to become clearer and more uniform as they progressed with their studies, two issues remain to be addressed by education institutions and accounting professional bodies, namely anticipated conflict and the conduct of internship programme.

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Courses and careers: measuring how students’ personalvalues matter

Kopanidis

Shaw²

2014

Education + Training

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Purpose – Students’ values influence their choice of academic degrees that direct future careers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate measuring personal values by testing the relevance of the original nine personal values in the List of Values (LOV) scale in the situation-specific context of higher education in relation to student's educational choices in pursuing particular career pathways. Design/methodology/approach – The study involved two stages of iterative analysis of data from undergraduate students (N=304) at an Australian university for the purpose of constructing a personal values importance scale (PVIS). The paper assesses construct dimensionality, and convergent and discriminate validities of PVIS. Findings – Results suggest a two-factor PVIS scale of internal and external values is a valid and reliable psychometric diagnostic tool leading to better understanding of choice behaviour in an educational context. Business students reported both internal and external values as important; however, science, engineering and technology, and design and social context students perceived internally oriented values more aligned to their programme choice. Practical implications – This research provides new insights into measuring the values influencing the programme choices with a career focus towards particular fields. It allows educational institutions to make more informed decisions for attracting and retaining those students most suited to the educational and career paths they choose. Marketing and educational implications are discussed. Originality/value – This research offers a psychometrically rigorous measurement instrument valid in an education context.

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Negative opinion of company environment mediates career choice of Accountancy students

Cited by 7 publications

References 62 publications

Student Internship Experience on Career Selection Survey: Vocational Education Accounting Program

Student Internship Experience on Career Selection Survey: Vocational Education Accounting Program

To be or not to be: an investigation of accounting students’ career intentions

Courses and careers: measuring how students’ personalvalues matter

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