CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AN ACADEMIC MAJOR - ACCOUNTING AND GENDER DIFFERENCES

Authors
LOWE DR LOWE LS SIMONS K
Citation
Dr. Lowe et al., CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AN ACADEMIC MAJOR - ACCOUNTING AND GENDER DIFFERENCES, Psychological reports, 75(3), 1994, pp. 1169-1170
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
1169 - 1170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1994)75:3<1169:CFSOAA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
An instrument for selection of academic majors was administered to 638 undergraduate business students to assess selection criteria for acco unting majors and to compare criteria with nonaccounting majors, inclu ding marketing, management, and finance. Analysis supported the common stereotype that accounting majors were more motivated by extrinsic re wards than nonaccounting students; female accounting majors were more influenced than male accounting majors by intrinsic rewards.