Factors Influencing Students’ Career Choice in Accounting: The Case of Yobe State University
Abstract
The study examined the factors that influence career choice in accounting among Nigerian university students. Authors in the field of education and behavioural science tend to attribute different factors that influence career choice among individuals. Parental influence, self – desire, better pay, prestige and future prospects were found to be the major influencial factors in career choices among Nigerian University students. The study used survey method with a population of 88 students from the Department of Accountancy, Yobe State Univesity. The finding of this study indicates that self – desire and future pospects have significant influene on the choice of accounting among the study group. The study further recommends that univerisity program be tailored towards the desire of the students and the society and students are acquinted with the need of the profession.
Keywords: Accounting, Career Choice, University Students, Accounting education,
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