.../approach A questionnaire survey made up of statements was distributed to accounting students. Descriptive measures, a five-point Likert scale, Pearson's chi-square test and phi test were employed to achieve the study's objectives. Findings The study shows that most of the accounting students surveyed...

... of potential accounting graduates. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Prior studies have examined the factors influencing the decision of accounting students to major in accounting (Cohen and Hanno, 1993 ; Saemann and Crooker, 1999 ; Geiger and Ogilby, 2000 ; Jackling, 2002), however...