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Title

The effects of gender, ethnic background and prior work experience on accounting students' career aspirations

Author(s)

Kloot, Louise;  Marles, Kath;  Vinen, Denis

Abstract

Two major aims of the Australian accounting bodies is to attract accounting graduates into accounting careers and to retain their current members. The accounting bodies have recently undertaken a number of studies to gain an insight into why members leave the profession. Building on these and other studies, this paper reports on research conducted in two universities which was designed to understand issues from a students' perspective as to why accounting students may not proceed to an accounting career. It examines the impact of gender, ethnic background, industry based learning/co-operative education (IBL), career information sources and secondary schooling, on career choices.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Waikoloa, Hawaii, United States, 25-29 March 1997 / R. L. Jenson and I. R. Johnston (eds.), pp. 761-764

Publication year

1997

Keyword(s)

Accounting studies;  Australia;  Career aspiration factors;  Career choices;  Colleges;  IBL;  Industry-based learning;  Undergraduate degrees;  Universities

Publisher

The Decision Sciences Institute