An Exploratory Study of the Career Driver Scores of Accounting-major Students in Hong Kong

This is an exploratory study profiling the career drivers of final-year accounting- major students at four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Specifically, the study identifies what an accounting-major student is looking for in a career. Comparative examinations of the career drivers are performed by the gender and institutional criteria. The career driver scores of accounting-major and non-accounting business students are also compared. The results suggest the presence of statistically significant differences between male and female accounting-major students in the career drivers of material rewards, search for meaning in their career, creativity, job security and job status. When institutional setting is used as a basis of comparison, there are statistically significant differences among the accounting-major students in the areas of material rewards, creativity, affiliation, security and status. Accounting- major and non-accounting business students exhibit differences in the career drivers of creativity, autonomy and security at a statistically significant level of p<0.050. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.