ERIC Number: EJ1056566
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1942-2504
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Factors Affecting Students' Career Choice in Accounting: The Case of a Turkish University
Uyar, Ali; Güngörmüs, Ali Haydar; Kuzey, Cemil
American Journal of Business Education, v4 n10 p29-38 2011
This study investigates the reasons that influence students' career choices in accounting. In order to determine these reasons, a questionnaire survey has been employed. The empirical findings can be divided into two categories. First, students who have a desire to work in accounting field assume that accounting field provides good job opportunities, and the field matches with their abilities and interests. Second, students who have no desire to work in the field of accounting assume that other fields provide wider job opportunities and are less stressful, tiring, and tedious. In addition, the association of the factors that play role in choosing or not choosing a career in accounting field with student performance in accounting course is investigated.
Descriptors: Accounting, Career Choice, Questionnaires, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Role, Correlation, Stress Variables, Student Interests, Student Attitudes, Majors (Students), College Students, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Istanbul)
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