UNDERGRADUATE ACCOUNTING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING CAREER: A BASIS FOR INTERVENTION PLAN

Abstract

The paper looks into the factors that impact undergraduate accounting students' decision to pursue a professional accounting career and how that decision is influenced by their study habits, attitudes toward professional exams like the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam, and future plans to become accounting professionals. Questionnaires are a key component of the study's data collection strategy because it employs a survey methodology. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient analysis techniques were applied to a total of 107 undergraduate accounting students from Laguna State Polytechnic University - Santa Cruz Campus in order to analyze the study objectives. Findings demonstrated that holding a professional license and passing the professional examination in one sitting motivate students to seek careers in professional accounting. The student's perspective on a career in professional accounting was similarly collaborative and communication-based, and it demonstrated how important it is to develop qualities like responsibility and accountability in order to succeed as a professional accountant. Results also demonstrated a strong positive link between social factors and students' intentions to take the professional examination and pursue careers in accounting. In order to encourage, assist, and motivate accounting students to strive for professionalism, this research suggests that educational institutions, accounting professional bodies, and career counselors all play important roles.