Accounting students' perceptions of work–life balance, accounting career image and intention to pursue accounting careers

Hatane, Saarce Elsye; Emerson, Bernard; Soesanto, Olievia; Gunawan, Ruth Arum; Semuel, Hatane

doi:10.1108/heswbl-09-2020-0209

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Section: Theoretical Foundation Literature Review and Research Questionsmentioning

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“…As for education level, very few studies addressed in a specific way its relationship with career shocks, mainly changes related to career choices among working individuals. In fact, most studies focus on students' career choices (Hatane et al, 2022). Literature revealed that individuals generally experience career shocks during the school-to-work transition (Akkermans et al, 2015).…”

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Workforce's crisis-induced career shock, career preferences, job insecurity, layoff and perceived employability: examining variations based on gender, education level and ethnic origin

Hamouche

Kammogne

Merkouche

2023

HESWBL

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PurposeThe COVID-19 crisis caused a high level of job insecurity, layoff and low employment opportunities. It generated a worldwide shock, which might have a long-lasting effect on individuals' careers. Changes might occur in terms of individuals’ career choices, objectives, perception of career success and preferences in terms of industries and work arrangements. This study aims to examine crisis-induced career shock among the workforce, which might be translated into changes or doubts related to career choices, objectives and perception of career success, and to analyze individuals' preferences in terms of industries and work arrangements. It focuses mainly on investigating variations among the workforce, based on gender, education level and ethnic origin. These variations are also examined regarding job insecurity, layoff and perceived employability.Design/methodology/approachFrequency counts, percentages, mean ranking, independent t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for a sample of 317 workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Three research questions were developed and examined, which are: (1) is there a variation in the workforce, based on gender, education level and ethnic origin concerning crisis-induced career shock (specifically changes related to career choices, objectives and career success? (2) Is there a variation among the workforce related to career preference per industry and work arrangement? If yes, is there a difference in the workforce-based gender, education level and ethnic origin? And (3) is there a variation in the workforce, based on gender, education level and ethnic origin concerning job insecurity, layoff and perceived employability?FindingsThe findings revealed that career shock was significantly higher among pre-university respondents (specifically, doubts about career choices and perceived career success). As for career preferences per industry, e-business, media and marketing had significant values for all respondents, with e-business as the top-rated choice except for Emiratis who rated it as their third choice. Education was the choice of both men and women. The choices related to other industries (e.g. Healthcare, information, communication technology, etc.) and work arrangements (telework) varied significantly based on gender, education and ethnic origin. Men seem to worry more than women about losing their job as well as Emiratis compared to expatriates, and university-level respondents compared to pre-university.Practical implicationsThis study contributes to highlighting variations related to career shock and career preferences per industry among the workforce based on gender, education level and ethnic origin. This can help organizations in these industries to have a portrait of the situation in the employment market to be able to develop relevant interventions. This research provides insights for managers and HRM practitioners.Originality/valueThis study contributes to expanding research on career and career shocks in a context of a crisis. It responded to authors who called for more research about career shocks, as well as their implication for specific target groups, by examining variations based on gender, education level and ethnic origin.

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Section: Theoretical Foundation Literature Review and Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Heswbl 132mentioning

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Workforce's crisis-induced career shock, career preferences, job insecurity, layoff and perceived employability: examining variations based on gender, education level and ethnic origin

Hamouche

Kammogne

Merkouche

2023

HESWBL

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“…The professional work can be conducted with strong education in the professional area and other related competencies. Previous studies have shown that students' perception of the accounting profession is influenced by their knowledge in the core area of accounting (Wessels & Steenkamp, 2009;Zyl & Villiers, 2011;Hatane, et al, 2021). The greater the knowledge of accounting that they have, the more efficiently and effectively they can carry out their jobs and tasks (Rajgopal, 2020).…”

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Quality of Accounting Knowledge and Its Impact on Profession

2023

qas

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The purposes of this research are (1) to describe how millennials view accounting knowledge and the accounting profession and ( 2) to investigate whether their view of accounting knowledge affects the accounting profession. A survey was conducted online and obtained responses from 342 undergraduate and postgraduate accounting students across Indonesia. The data were analysed using descriptive analysis and multiple linear path analysis. The results showed that a paradigm shift has already happened among millennials. Financial and managerial accounting are not essential nowadays, while auditing, taxation, information systems, general economics, and business knowledge are deemed to be more important. Although millennials still view the accounting profession positively, the results also indicated that the accounting profession needs to adjust to millennials' demands. This research implies that the millennials currently view the accounting profession not just based on how it implements the traditional core courses of basic accounting science but also on how it implements more practical aspects of accounting science and its integration with business and management. This research provides early evidence of the adjustments that accounting educators and professionals need to make if they want to maintain the high value of accounting knowledge and the profession in the current situation.

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“…Negative perceptions likely formed in society can block a smart and bright student to choose an accounting major (Mbawuni, 2015). In contrast, Hatane et al, 2022 show that a positive perception of accounting career images will increase the attractiveness of students to pursue the accounting degree. This can open the opportunity for the best students to choose accounting.…”

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The Impact of Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Subjective Norms Toward Z-Generation’s Intention to Choose the Accounting Major

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Hatane²,

Lieantono³

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IJFIS

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The purpose of this research is to examine the roles of family, advisor, and teacher as part of the subjective norm toward high school students’ intention to choose an accounting major at the higher education level. The high school students are the Z-generation. Employing partial lease analysis is to predict model parameters and results of several closed survey questions to validate statistical findings with a total of 351 Indonesian high school students as the respondents. These millennials’ intention to choose the accounting major is positively influenced by their attitudes toward the accounting profession; their self-efficacy; and their supporters (the subjective norms). There are three parties as the supporters of these students: parents, advisors, and teachers. The results imply that parents have the highest influence on the students’ decisions to join the accounting major in the university. However, the existence of advisors and teachers raises the students’ self-efficacy which replaces the position of parents’ opinion. This research contributes to planned behavior literature by comparing the roles of parents and teachers, including advisors, toward the students’ behavior. Moreover, the self-confidence of the students in their ability in accounting encourages them to choose the accounting major in their higher education.

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Accounting students' perceptions of work–life balance, accounting career image and intention to pursue accounting careers

Cited by 7 publications

References 57 publications

Workforce's crisis-induced career shock, career preferences, job insecurity, layoff and perceived employability: examining variations based on gender, education level and ethnic origin

Workforce's crisis-induced career shock, career preferences, job insecurity, layoff and perceived employability: examining variations based on gender, education level and ethnic origin

Quality of Accounting Knowledge and Its Impact on Profession

The Impact of Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Subjective Norms Toward Z-Generation’s Intention to Choose the Accounting Major

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