Female students
Unlike the male results there is a notable decline in attitudes in female students from an overall
average score of 7.65 for juniors to 7.16 for seniors. This is in contrary to Marriott and Marriott
(2003) findings which reported a less significant fall in average attitudes among female students
than male counterparts. Only in 3 statements the increase in attitude is recorded among female
students: “Being an accountant has a lot of prestige”; “Accounting is a profession, on par with
medicine and law”, and “My family would like me to become an accountant”. The highest score
of 9.12 for the first year females and 8.45 for the fourth year counter parts are attached to “I will
enjoy being an accountant” and “The accounting profession is well –respected” respectively.
With scores of 8.5 for juniors and 8.0 for seniors, female students contend that accountants are
not boring people.