The Accounting Review Vol. 57 No. 4 1982

An Empirical Analysis of Career Choice Factors Among Accountants, Attorneys, Engineers, and Physicians*.

L. S. Rosen; Joseph G. P. Paolillo¹; Ralph W. Estes²

¹ Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Wyoming 1 · ² Professor of Accountancy, Wichita State University 2

Abstract

Several studies have identified and reported various factors influencing career-choice decisions of accountants; but none has been reported that systematically relates career-choice factors of accountants with those of other professionals. To provide data for comparisons, ratings of career-choice factors were obtained from accountants, attorneys, engineers, and physicians. A multiple discriminant analysis of these data reveals distinctive differences in career-choice and motivating factors among the four professions.

DOI

10.2308/tar-4497729

Volume

57

Issue

4

Pages

785-793

Language

en

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