Are America's Top Business Students Steering Clear of Accounting?

Authors

Dana R. Hermanson, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Roger H. Hermanson, Georgia State University
Susan H. Ivancevich, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Department

School of Accountancy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1995

Abstract

Examines top business students' perceptions of the accountancy profession and how these perceptions may influence the students' career choices. Assertion that students choose accounting for financial reasons; Appeal of accounting work to nonaccounting students; Implications for the recruitment of top business students.

Journal Title

Ohio CPA Journal

Journal ISSN

0749-8284

Volume

54

Issue

2

First Page

26