Impact of Race on Business Students' Perceptions of Business Careers

DelVecchio, Susan; McEwen, Thaddeus; McEwen, Beryl C.

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“…For accounting educators, the findings will enable the development and implementation of recruiting strategies to attract appropriate types of students into accounting programmes. This suggestion is similar to what Delvecchio, McEwen and McEwen (2001) reported in their article about the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) conducting two national surveys of students' attitudes towards accounting as a career and relying on the results to launch recruiting campaigns to attract good students to the accounting profession (see also Hermanson, Hermanson and Ivancevich, 1995). Based on the findings, accounting educators will be able to place emphasis on the development of appropriate generic skills in the programmes to enhance the core competency of accounting graduates.…”

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An international study of career drivers of accounting students in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong

Chia

Koh

Pragasam

2008

Journal of Education and Work

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This is a comparative study of the career drivers of accounting students in Singapore, Australia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The study examines the motivational factors that steer accounting students into choosing accounting as a programme of study in their respective countries. Comparative analyses are performed to examine the importance of each career driver, taking into consideration gender and country/institutional variables. The results indicate significant differences between male and female students with respect to the importance of the following career drivers: search for meaning, security, material rewards and creativity. Significant differences are also found among countries/institutions and the importance of career drivers such as expertise, status, security, affiliation and creativity. The study concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for both the profession and academic educators as well as suggestions for future research.

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An international study of career drivers of accounting students in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong

Chia

Koh

Pragasam

2008

Journal of Education and Work

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“…Race also played a role in selection of career fields within business. According to Delvecchio, McEwen, and McEwen (2001) Black students were more likely to major in human resources than other business fields. According to St.…”

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“…College-bound students in the United States make several choices including which college to attend, whether to persist in college, and which major to select. Research demonstrates that these decisions are influenced by a student's race and ethnicity (Daly 2005;Delvecchio, McEwen, and McEwen 2001;Niu, Tienda, and Cortes 2006). Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented at selective colleges and universities in the United States (Dickerson and Jacobs 2006;Niu et al 2006).…”

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Race, Ethnicity, and Specialized Business Accreditation

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2009

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Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented at selective colleges and universities in the UnitedStates (Dickerson and Jacobs 2006; Niu et al. 2006). The colleges themselves also play a role bydeciding which students are admitted. Since Black and Hispanic students have lower average SATscores than White and Asian students (Davies and Guppy 1997) and Black students have loweraverage GMAT scores than White and Asian students (Cross and Slater 1998), heavy emphasis onthese test scores in admissions decisions may limit the opportunities for Black and Hispanic students.However, the long-term implications of enrollment patterns and economic returns of selective collegeadmissions create a need for a more thorough analysis of the issue.

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Practice and Research in Career Counseling and Development—2001

Whiston

Brecheisen

2002

The Career Development Quart

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This article is a summary of the literature published in 2001 related to career counseling and career development. The review is designed to provide information to both career practitioners and researchers, with the focus on integration of practice and research. This summary of literature is organized around 5 primary areas: (a) career development, (b) career and vocational theories, (c) career interventions, (d) career assessment, and (e) professional issues. Within the framework of this review, attention is also given to contextual factors including gender, race or ethniciry, sexual orientation, and nationality.Historically the annual reviews ofliterature published in The Career Development Quarterly have served to inform and inspire both researchers and practitioners. Although it is probably grandiose for us to consider following in our predecessors' footsteps in terms ofinspiration, we have attempted to summarize the career literature published in 2001 in a manner that contributes to knowledge. As Swanson and Parcover (1998) have indicated, the challenge is to allow the literature to speak for itself, yet organize it in a manner that facilitates understanding across diverse topics. Similar to what has been done in previousreviews (Arbona, 2000; LuzZQ & MacGregor, 2001), we did not enter into the review process with any preconceived notions of how to organize the literature; rather, we allowed a structure to emerge as we reviewed the literature. As we progressed, research trends and themes began to emerge; however, this process was not completed in a vacuum because previous knowledge of the career literature most likely influenced our review.In defining the term career development, Herr contended that inherent in the current usage of the term are two conceptual categories: one that explains the development ofcareer behaviors across the life span and the other category that guides the practitioner in using interventions to facilitate certain career behaviors. Our review, in many ways, mirrors Herr's definition, because the first section is devoted to career behaviors across the life span. We have titled this section Career Development, with the focus being a discussion of the career literature published in 2001 pertinent to the career development ofchildren, adolescents, college students, adults, and older adults.

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Impact of Race on Business Students' Perceptions of Business Careers

Cited by 4 publications

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An international study of career drivers of accounting students in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong

An international study of career drivers of accounting students in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong

Race, Ethnicity, and Specialized Business Accreditation

Practice and Research in Career Counseling and Development—2001

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