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Appendix
9
Accounting Attitude Scalea
Place a number next to each statement which ranks the extent of your agreement with each statement, according to the following scale:
- AGREE STRONGLY
- AGREE
- AGREE SLIGHTLY
- DISAGREE SLIGHTLY
- DISAGREE
- DISAGREE STRONGLY
A number of questions may seem to be controversial, others you may feel neutral about; however, please attempt to choose the rating that best describes how you believe or feel.
- The CPA profession is well-respected.
- Accounting is just a lot of rule-memorizing.
- Accountants work alone more often than they work with people.
- My peers would think I made a good career decision if I became an accountant.
- Accounting is interesting.
- Being an accountant has a lot of prestige.
- Accounting is a lot of fixed rules; it doesn't involve conceptual skills or judgment.
- Accounting is a profession, on a par with medicine and law.
- Accountants find little personal satisfaction in their work.
- I would enjoy being an accountant.
- Accountants are boring people.
- My family would like me to become an accountant.
- I like accounting.
- CPAs interact with many people.
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