The prestige of the accounting profession has been
identified by several researchers as impacting on the desirability of studying accounting
and pursuing accounting as a career (Auyeung and Sands, 1997; Felton et al., 1994;
Marriott andMarriott, 2003; Paolillo and Estes, 1982; Tan and Laswad, 2006). Paolillo and
Estes (1982) found that professional prestige and respect were strong incentives for
accounting students to pursue a career in accounting, when compared with other
professions such as medicine, law and engineering. This study was replicated by Wells
and Fieger (2006) who examined perceptions from high school teachers’ in Australia and
New Zealand. They, in effect, confirmed the results from earlier studies, which suggest
that the perceived prestige of the accounting profession tends to outweigh the negative
stereotypes. A limitation of these prior studies is that they tended to treat their student
cohorts as a homogenous group. To address these limitations, this study will test if there
are differences between Australian and international students’ perceptions of the
accounting profession’s status and prestige. Therefore, the third hypothesis tested will be:
The prestige of the accounting profession has been
identified by several researchers as impacting on the desirability of studying accounting
and pursuing accounting as a career (Auyeung and Sands, 1997; Felton et al., 1994;
Marriott andMarriott, 2003; Paolillo and Estes, 1982; Tan and Laswad, 2006). Paolillo and
Estes (1982) found that professional prestige and respect were strong incentives for
accounting students to pursue a career in accounting, when compared with other
professions such as medicine, law and engineering. This study was replicated by Wells
and Fieger (2006) who examined perceptions from high school teachers’ in Australia and
New Zealand. They, in effect, confirmed the results from earlier studies, which suggest
that the perceived prestige of the accounting profession tends to outweigh the negative
stereotypes. A limitation of these prior studies is that they tended to treat their student
cohorts as a homogenous group. To address these limitations, this study will test if there
are differences between Australian and international students’ perceptions of the
accounting profession’s status and prestige. Therefore, the third hypothesis tested will be:
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