Using legitimacy theory this paper contrasts the values portrayed by public accounting firms via their recruitment …). It is argued that there is increasing incongruence between the value system of public accounting firms (that employ … accounting graduates) and society's value system that includes an expectation of accountants to act in the public interest. This …

) and preferred employment of recent Australian accounting graduates. Responses from 310 accounting graduates provide … revealing information for professional accounting bodies, academics and the accounting profession. It is apparent that … accounting graduates are focused on CPD and have greater ambition than the current industry structure appears to be able to …

As a result of apparent variations in the social, political and economic context of countries, accounting … professionalization takes diverse forms and passes through varied challenges in different countries. While accounting professionalization … relatively limited. This paper examines the accounting professionalization process in the context of alternating politico …

This study identifies factors affecting data quality of accounting information systems and attempts to establish a …