Open AccessEarly Employment Experiences Of Accountants: Initial Placement, Job Satisfaction, And Migratory Patterns
Author(s) -
Joseph M. Larkin,
Bruce A. Leauby,
Kenneth M. Hiltebeitel
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the review of business information systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-9547
pISSN - 1534-665X
DOI - 10.19030/rbis.v3i3.5435
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , commission , accounting , business , sample (material) , work (physics) , profit (economics) , psychology , finance , social psychology , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , microeconomics
Issues Statement No. 4 from the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) addresses the early employment work experiences of accountants. The AECC recommends a number of actions supervisors can employ to improve the job satisfaction of entry-level accountants. The current study examines the correlation between supervisory actions and job satisfaction of accountants employed by the Big-5 and accountants employed in non-Big-5 positions, private industry, governmental positions and not-for-profit organizations. Initial job placement and migratory patterns are also examined from a sample of 532 recent graduates from three universities.