The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline

The aim of this study is to examine the factors affecting Malaysian male and female students’ intention to enroll in accounting programs. The study is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action as a theoretical framework. Based on Theory of Reasoned Action model, the factors that may affect students’ be...

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Main Authors:	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Naysary, Babak, Say, Sok Kwan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems 2013
Subjects:	HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32569/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32569/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32569/1/Accounting_%26_MIS..pdf

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spelling	iium-325692013-11-06T07:43:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32569/ The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Naysary, Babak Say, Sok Kwan HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping The aim of this study is to examine the factors affecting Malaysian male and female students’ intention to enroll in accounting programs. The study is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action as a theoretical framework. Based on Theory of Reasoned Action model, the factors that may affect students’ behavioral intention to choose accounting programs are categorized into three dimensions: attitudes toward choosing the program, subjective norm and amount of information on accounting. A questionnaire is employed to collect data from a sample of 400 male and female students in International Islamic University Malaysia and Tunku Abdul Rahman College in Malaysia currently enrolling in accounting programs. According to our results attitude and subjective norm have significant influence on behavioral intention of both male and female students to enroll in accounting programs. In case of amount of information on accounting, the results support its significant impact on males but not females’ behavioral intention to enroll in the program. Several implications and recommendations are also discussed in the light of our findings. Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems 2013-09-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32569/1/Accounting_%26_MIS..pdf Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza and Naysary, Babak and Say, Sok Kwan (2013) The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline. Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, 12 (3). pp. 471-488. ISSN 1583-4387 http://www.cig.ase.ro/revista_cig/
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description	The aim of this study is to examine the factors affecting Malaysian male and female students’ intention to enroll in accounting programs. The study is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action as a theoretical framework. Based on Theory of Reasoned Action model, the factors that may affect students’ behavioral intention to choose accounting programs are categorized into three dimensions: attitudes toward choosing the program, subjective norm and amount of information on accounting. A questionnaire is employed to collect data from a sample of 400 male and female students in International Islamic University Malaysia and Tunku Abdul Rahman College in Malaysia currently enrolling in accounting programs. According to our results attitude and subjective norm have significant influence on behavioral intention of both male and female students to enroll in accounting programs. In case of amount of information on accounting, the results support its significant impact on males but not females’ behavioral intention to enroll in the program. Several implications and recommendations are also discussed in the light of our findings.
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author	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Naysary, Babak Say, Sok Kwan
author_facet	Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza Naysary, Babak Say, Sok Kwan
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title	The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline
title_short	The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline
title_full	The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline
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publisher	Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems
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The behavioral intention of Malaysian students toward accounting discipline

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