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Corporate Finance

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

Generation Z

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What Explains Students’ Intentions To Pursue Public Accountants As A Career?, Danar Sutopo Sidig, Andar Ramona Sinaga Jun 2020

What Explains Students’ Intentions To Pursue Public Accountants As A Career?, Danar Sutopo Sidig, Andar Ramona Sinaga

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

Public accountants play crucial roles in creating trustworthy information for economic development. Ironically, many parts of the world, including Indonesia, experience a shortage of Public Accountants despite the abundant number of accounting students. This study, built on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, aims to examine factors that explain students’ intentions to pursue public accountants as a career. To answer the question, this study uses questionnaires distributed to 115 accounting students from across Indonesia participating in CPA Days 2019. Utilising Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique to analyse their responses, this study has shown that students’ intentions are significantly affected by their …