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High school learners' perceptions of accounting as a career path in the Mafikeng area

Summaries in English, Afrikaans and Setswana / The study was prompted by the decline in accounting enrolments and the ongoing
criticism due to learners’ poor performance in the Accounting subject in South Africa.
Given the increasing need for accounting graduates and, more importantly, qualified
accounting professionals, this study investigated the preconceived perceptions
participating high school learners in selected schools in the Mafikeng area had about
the accounting profession at the time of this study.
The study drew on a rich body of existing literature and adopted the social cognitive
career theory of Lent, Brown and Hackett (1994) to explore the factors influencing
career interests of learners in accounting as a career path. A quantitative research
approach with a survey questionnaire, framed within a positivist paradigm, was used
to elicit opinions from learners. The findings revealed that work satisfaction, earnings
potential, self-efficacy, personal interest, offering Accounting as a subject and having
an accountant in the family are among the factors that significantly influenced
participating learners’ career interests in accounting / Die studie is aangespoor deur die afname in rekeningkunde-inskrywings en die
deurlopende kritiek van leerders se swak prestasie in rekeningkunde in Suid-Afrika.
Gegewe die toenemende behoefte vir rekeningkundegegradueerdes en, meer
belangrik, gekwalifiseerde rekeningkundepraktisyns, ondersoek hierdie studie die
huidige vooropgestelde persepsies wat hoërskoolleerders in Suid-Afrika van die
rekeningkundige beroep het.
Die studie benut die omvattende bestaande literatuur en aanvaar die sosiaal
kognitiewe loopbaanteorie van Lent, Brown en Hackett (1994) om die faktore te
ondersoek wat die belangstelling van leerders in rekeningkunde as 'n loopbaanrigting
beïnvloed. 'n Kwantitatiewe navorsingsbenadering met 'n opnamevraelys, binne 'n
positivistiese paradigma, is gebruik om menings van leerders te ontlok. Die bevindings
het gewys dat werksbevrediging, verdienstepotensiaal, selfwerksaamheid, persoonlike
belang, die aanbied van rekeningkunde as 'n vak en 'n rekeningkundige in die gesin
van die faktore is wat leerders se loopbaanbelangstelling in rekeningkunde beduidend
beïnvloed. / Thutopatlisiso e tlhotlheleditswe ke kwelotlase ya ikwadiso ya dithuto tsa Palotlotlo le
go kgalwa go go tswelelang pele ga tiragatso e e bokoa ya barutwana mo Palotlotlong
mo Aforikaborwa. Ka ntlha ya tlhokego e e oketsegang ya dialogane tsa Palotlotlo le,
sa botlhokwa tota, baporofešenale ba ba nang le borutegi jwa palotlotlo, thutopatlisiso
eno e batlisisa megopolo e e gona ya ga jaana ya barutwana ba dikolo tse dikgolwane
mo Aforikaborwa malebana le porofešene ya bobalatlotlo.
Thutopatlisiso e dirisa letlotlo le le gona la dikwalo mme e dirisa tiori ya tselana ya tiro
ya tlhaloganyo ya loago ya ga Lent, Brown le Hackett (1994) go sekaseka dintlha tse
di susumetsang kgatlhego ya tselana ya tiro ya barutwana mo palotlotlong jaaka
tselana ya tiro. Go dirisitswe mokgwa wa patlisiso o o lebelelang dipalopalo ka
dipotsolotso tsa tshekatsheko, mme e agilwe mo mokgweng wa kelotlhoko go bona
megopolo ya barutwana. Diphitlhelelo di bontsha gore go kgotsofalela tiro, kgonagalo
ya letseno, go ikemela, dikgatlhego tsa sebele, go rebolelwa Palotlotlo jaaka serutwa
le go nna le mmalatlotlo mo lelapeng ke dingwe tsa dintlha tse di nang le tshusumetso
e kgolo mo dikgatlhegong tsa barutwana tsa tselana ya tiro mo palotlotlong. / Centre for Accounting Studies / M. Phil. (Accounting Sciences)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/25850
Date02 1900
CreatorsOben, James Ako
ContributorsVan Rooyen, Annelien Adriana
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (xiii, 177 leaves) : illustrations (some color), application/pdf

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