Query: factors affectting student's major choice of accounting

title: Factors Affecting the Choice of University in Thailand among Thai International High School Student's Grade 11 and Grade 12 in the Central Bangkok Area
abstract: In Thailand, the higher education institute both public and private required many marketing activities to attracting students because of globalization and demographic transitions. The main target of the marketplace is the Higher School Students especially for the International study programs at Grade 11 and 12. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting Thai international high school student's (G.11 and G.12) in the central Bangkok area choice of university in Thailand and to develop a richer understanding of each determinant factors. The researcher collected the sample size of 179 respondents, from a combined population of 300 Ekamai and Trinity International School, through survey questionnaires using convenience sampling and snowball sampling methods. The analysis was then conducted using multiple linear regression to test hypotheses to determine whether each independent variable has a statistical influence on choice of university. Major findings from this survey are that tuition fee, parental influence, location of university, educational facility, and institution reputation have statistical influences on choice of university. The result means that the respondents are significantly concerned about all these independent variables which includes tuition fee, parental influence, location of university, educational facility, and institution reputation and that all these variables significantly affect choice of university.

title: Factors Influencing the Students' Choice of Accounting as a Major: The Case of X University in United Arab Emirates
abstract: This study tried to examine the factors that influence students' choice of accounting at X Private University. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data for the five hypotheses which were tested in this study related to the factors of reputation of the university or college, personal interests, job prospect, family members and peers, and media. The findings of the study revealed that personal interests, personality, job prospect, reputation of the university and media did not have a significant influence on the students' choice of accounting as a major. On the other hand, data analysis shows thatfamily members and peers, significantly related to the students' choice of accounting as a major. In other words, hypotheses H1, H2, H3, and H5 are rejected, whereas hypothesis H4 is accepted. This research contributes to literature by identifying the relationship between the independent variables (reputation of the university, personal interests, job prospect, family members and peers, and media) and the dependent variable (student's choice of accounting as a major) and the results of the study give valuable information to university's management to know how they can influence families to increase the number of students enrolling in such university, especially accounting students. This research also tested a new variable, which is reputation of the university a variable that is expected to influence students' choices.

title: An analysis of underlying constructs affecting the choice of accounting as a major
abstract: July 9 2019 Received in revised format: July 19 2019  August 25, 2019  2019 This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different factors influencing on employment of accounting graduates in Hanoi, Vietnam. The necessary data were collected using some questionnaires from accounting graduates working for enterprises in the area of Hanoi, Vietnam. Based on the data collected, Cronbach's Alpha, Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and regression model were implemented for learning the effect of each independent variable on employment of accounting graduates. The results show that five determinants including accounting student factor (ASPF) Part time work before graduation (PWBG) information technology (IT) University factors (UF) and Related legal and policy environment (RLPE) had positive relationships with the employment of accounting graduates. Based on the findings, some recommendations were given for improving the employment of accounting graduates in the area of Hanoi, Vietnam.

title: An Empirical Analysis Of Underlying Factors Affecting The Choice Of Accounting Major
abstract: This study explores the factors that influence a student's choice of major along with students' perceptions of accounting classes and the accounting profession The results indicate that students are most strongly influenced in their choice of major by a genuine interest in the subject matter. This finding is the same regardless of major and gender. Other influential factors include availability of employment, starting pay, and the ability to interact with people. The factor with the least amount of influence on selection of a major is the expected ease of earning a degree.

title: THE PERCEPTION OF ACCOUNTING STUDENTS REGARDING THE FACTORS THAT DIFFERENTIATE OF CAREER SELECTION STUDY OF ACCOUNTING STUDENTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN PADANG
abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine the factors that influence university accounting student's about their career choices. In order to determine these reasons, a questionnaires survey has been employed. There are differences in views between accounting students who choose career as public accountant, company accountant, educators accountant and government accountant. It also analyzed their option for the accounting profession by considering the salary factor, profession recognition, professional training, social value, work environtment, security and availability of occupation. The data were collected using questionnaires directly distributed to them while they were still in university with a sample of 96 respondents. The data were analyzed using One way ANOVA. This type of research is a survey study from the students majoring in accounting in Andalas University and Eka Sakti University undergraduate students with the criteria is still active as a students major in accounting. This study also use the SPSS version 19 software. Regarding the influential factors in this study, it can be concluded that overall there are differences in views that accounting students who are seen from the career desires of accountant. The result of analysis showed that there are differences in students perception of career selection in terms of salary factors, professional training namely training before work, profession recognition is an opportunity to thrive, social values opportunity to interact with others, work environtment, security and availability of occupation as a factors that influence the students to choose their career in future company.

title: Factors influence students' choice of accounting major in Cambodian universities
abstract: The recent significant economic growth and development in Cambodia has created a growing demand for qualified and professional accountants. Despite such demand, there are still inadequate number of students enroling in accounting major, which lefts the National Accounting Council (NAC) Kampuchea Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Auditors (KICPAA) and academic institutions with question on how to develop strategies and plans for attracting students and in turn meeting the level required. The purpose of this paper is to determine factors that influence Cambodian business students' decision to choose accounting as a major for their tertiary education.  The paper hypothesizes that guidance, career expectation, perception, personal characteristic as factors that would influence students selection of accounting study. With a sample size of 240 business students, Turkey HSD Post Hoc Test and logistic regression methods are employed to ascertain the influential factors.  The results from analysis of variance Turkey HSD Post Hoc Test showed that there is a statistically significant difference among universities with respect to guidance, career expectation and personal characteristic factor, but no significant difference was found among universities in terms of perception factor. The logistic regression result indicated that students' choice of accounting (COA) major has a positive and significant relationship with guidance, personal characteristic factor, and age. Conversely, the results demonstrated that COA major has a negative but significant relationship with career expectation factor, and a negative but insignificant relationship with perception factor. Finally, the results revealed a positive but insignificant relationship between accounting major and individual gender.  This paper contributes to the limited study on accounting education in Cambodia. Furthermore, it provides insights for the NAC and KICPAA and universities in Cambodia to develop strategies and plans to create a balance market of professional accountants.

title: Factors Influencing Students' Choice of Accounting as a Major: Further Evidence from Kuwait
abstract: The objective of this study is to explore the factors influencing the decision of the students on two year College education to accept the offer of accounting as a major. The study examines the influence of variables such as career opportunities, family members and friends, and earnings potential on students' decision to accept the offer of accounting major. A survey was conducted among all students majoring in accounting at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training College. The findings reveal that career opportunities, prestige, and interesting subject have a significant influence on the students' decision to opt for accounting as a major. The results also show no impact of gender, or the type of high school education, on the decision of students major in accounting.

title: What explains student's intentions to pursue a certified professional accountancy qualification?
abstract: This study examines the factors that explain Ghanaian business students' intentions to pursue a Certified Professional Accounting (CPA) qualification.,The study uses survey method of research and mainly used questionnaires as data collection instrument to elicit information from the respondent group. Using a total of 641 business students from the University of Ghana Business School, a mixture of factor analysis and logistic regression analysis techniques was used in investigating the study objectives.,Results from the regression analysis demonstrate that students' preference and beliefs about accounting professional qualification, academic major and grade point average are significantly associated with their intentions to pursue a CPA qualification. Moreover, majority of the sampled respondents (47.9 per cent) with the desire to pursue a CPA qualification prefer to be affiliated with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 27.2 per cent prefer the Institute of Charted Accountant Ghana qualification, while only 7 per cent of the students prefer to be affiliated with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant.,The findings from this study have important implications for the various professional accountancy bodies, accounting educators and other stakeholders interested in promoting the choice of accounting as a career path among university students.,The results indicate that, as part of the broader strategy to increase the number of professional accountants in Ghana, there is the need to promote the study of accounting at the undergraduate level in the various universities in the country.,This study uniquely uses the behavioral decision theory to explain the dominant factors associated with students' intentions to pursue a CPA qualification.

title: Analysis of Factors that Affect the Job Choice of Accounting Students
abstract: Bu calismanin amaci, muhasebe alanina yonelen ogrencilerin bu alana yonelmelerinde etkili olan unsurlari ve meslek seciminde beklenen faydalari belirlemek ve literaturde meslek secimi ile ilgili belirleyici oldugu ifade edilen bazi faktorlerle meslek secimi arasindaki iliskiyi tespit etmektir.  2018 ogretim yilinda Giresun Universitesi'nde Muhasebe bolumune kayitli 157 ogrenciye anket yontemi uygulanarak yapilmistir. Arastirmanin sonucunda, katilimcilarin kendi kararlarinin disinda muhasebe alanina yonelmelerinde etkili olan birinci unsurun "okuldaki muhasebe performansi" oldugu, muhasebe mesleginin tercih edilmesinde beklenen en onemli faydanin ise "buyuk bir isletmede calisma firsati" oldugu tespit edilmistir. Literaturde meslek secimini etkileyen faktorler arasinda ifade edilen ve arastirma sonucunda en yuksek ortalama puana " isveren itibari" faktorunun, en dusuk ortalama degere ise "kariyer gelisimi" faktorunun sahip oldugu tespit edilmistir. Ayrica ogrencilerin "meslek secimi tercihleri" bagimli degiskeni ile "kariyer gelisimi, ucret ve faydalar, isveren itibari, is cevresi, is guvenligi" bagimsiz degiskenleri arasinda pozitif anlamli bir iliski bulunmustur. Yine yapilan regresyon analizi ile, ogrencilerin meslek secimini etkileyen faktorlere verdikleri puanlarin meslek secim tercihlerini etkiledigi, bu puanlarin meslek secim tercihini etkileyen belirleyicilerden oldugu tespit edilmistir.

title: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE STUDENT INTENTIONS TOWARDS ACCOUNTING MAJOR IN INDONESIA
abstract: This study aims to measure the intentions of students majoring in accounting based on several proposed variables. The three possible variables have a direct influence on student intentions to accounting major are extrinsic motivation, career expectations, and the perspective of the accounting profession. The findings of this study are expected to assist accounting educators and accounting education institutions in making accurate strategic decisions appropriate specially to attract students into the accounting program. Data were collected through a questionnaire given directly to accounting and nonaccounting students during classroom learning. The total sample is 230 accounting students. Analysis of the results using Partial Least Squares with XLSTAT Software 2014, through two types of statistical procedures applied for data analysis. First, the statistical method for knowing the construct reliability forms. After the construct of each variable stated reliable, then we analyze based on the level of relationship and influence each variable. The results show that career expectations constructed by higher income in the accounting field influence predominantly on students' intentions to study or choose accounting majors. External encouragement (extrinsic motivation) become the second stages, peer influence can play a significant role.  Accounting Major Choice, Accounting Education, Accounting Intentions, Students' Perceptions of Accounting