Among the graduate respondents, the Kruskal-Wallis H test in Table 5 shows that there was a statistically
significant difference between the perceptions of males and females in three areas. First difference existsregarding perception of accounting job outcomes, χ2 (1) = 4.796, p = 0.029, with a mean rank perception rating
of 43.11 for males and 30.87 for females. This implies that males have higher positive perception of accounting
job outcomes more than their female counterparts. Second, difference exists regarding feelings about accounting
profession, χ2 (1) = 6.274, p = 0.012, with a mean rank perception rating of 43.62 for males and 29.65 for
females. This implies that males have stronger positive feelings about accounting profession more than their
female counterparts.