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Students’ Beliefs, Attitudes and Study Majors– A Longitudinal Study
Fawzi Laswad,
Massey University
Lin Mei Tan, Massey University
ABSTRACT. This study provides a longitudinal examination of business students’ beliefs and attitudes, and intentions and behaviour in relation to choice of academic majors. A sample of business students were surveyed at the beginning and at the end of their university study. Data was gathered about their intended academic majors at the beginning of study, their beliefs and attitudes towards majoring in accounting and non-accounting, and their major choices and beliefs and attitudes towards majoring in accounting and non-accounting at the end of University study. The results indicate many students choose majors that are consistent with their intentions at the beginning of their university study. Some attitudes and beliefs changed over time but the major choice tends to remain relatively stable. The results suggest that a higher proportion of accounting students than other business students decide their major study prior to university study.
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