FACTORS DIFFERENTIATING CAREER SELECTION OF ACCOUNTING STUDENTS

This research is aimed to understanding what factors that differentiate career selection as a Public Accountant, a Corporate Accountant, a Government Accountant, and Accountant Educator viewed by factor Salary or Financial Reward, Professional Training, Professional Recognition, Social Value, Working Environment, Work Market Consideration, and Personality among Accounting Students in Special Region of Yogyakarta. The subjects of this research were 200 Accounting Students of FE UNY, FE UAD, FEB UGM, and FE USD grade 2013, 2014, dan 2015 which drawn by propotioned random sampling technique. Data were collected by questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and MANOVA were employed to analazed the data and test the hypothesis. Result of this research show: 1) Accounting Students Career vary among Salary or Financial Reward (p = 0.003<0.05). 2) Accounting Students Career not vary among Professional Training (p = 0.231>0.05). 3) Accounting Students Career vary among Professional Recognition (p = 0.002<0.05). 4) Accounting Students Career not vary among Social Value (p = 0.373>0.05). 5) Accounting Students Career vary among Working Environment (p = 0.026<0.05). 6) Accounting Students Career vary among Work Market Consideration (p = 0.014<0.05). 7) Accounting Students Career not vary among Personality (p = 0.198>0.05)