An Empirical Analysis of Career Choice Factors Among Accountants, Attorneys, Engineers, and Physicians*.

Key Points

• This research aims to systematically compare the career-choice factors of accountants with those of other professions.
• Obtained ratings of career-choice factors from four professions: accountants, attorneys, engineers, and physicians.
• Utilized multiple discriminant analysis to explore differences in career-choice motivations among the professions.
• Discriminant analysis shows distinctive differences in career-choice factors among accountants, attorneys, engineers, and physicians.
• Identified key motivating factors that vary significantly across the four professions.