Abstract This study attempts to determine if an association exists between the accounting students' need for achievement and their career aspiration it is hypothesized that: first, high need or achievement would be associated with a desire for mobility out of lower-status accounting positions and into higher accounting status positions; and second, that very low need for achievement may be associated with unrealistic career aspirations Seventy male and 48 female undergraduate students from a first semester intermediate accounting course were asked to complete the Mehrabian need for achievement scale and an accounting career aspiration instrument. The results show some evidence in support of the first hypothesis. The second hypothesis was only supported for the female group for their late career aspiration, i.e., 25 years from now.
Ahrned Beikaoui (Mon,) studied this question.