Factors Affecting Students’ Career Choice In Accounting : The Case of a Turkish University

This study investigates the reasons that influence students' career choices in accounting. In order to determine these reasons, a questionnaire survey has been employed. The empirical findings can be divided into two categories. First, students who have a desire to work in the accounting field assume that the accounting field provides good job opportunities, and the field matches their abilities and interests. Second, students who have no desire to work in the field of accounting assume that other fields provide wider job opportunities and are less stressful, tiring, and tedious. In addition, the association of the factors that play a role in choosing or not choosing a career in The accounting field with student performance in the accounting course is investigated