The Impact of Framing and Groupthink on the Career Selection Decision of Accounting Major Students

Title: The Impact of Framing and Groupthink on the Career Selection Decision of Accounting Major Students

Authors: Erina Sudaryati and Tri Angga Kusuma

Affiliations : Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga , Surabaya, Indonesia

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the impact of framing and groupthink both individually and simultaneously regarding the decision of career selection.

Design/methodology/approach – The samples of this study were determined by the purposive sampling method with accounting for major students as the criterion. The number of observations is 178 accounting major students. The independent variables of the study are framing and groupthink, while the dependent variable is the career selection decision. The data used in this study are primary data that were obtained by questionnaire. The analysis techniques used are simple regression analysis, multiple linear regression and coefficient determination analysis.

Findings – The results of this study show that framing has a positive effect on the career selection decision and so does the groupthink.

Originality/value – Both framing and groupthink simultaneously have a positive effect on the career selection decision. The value of coefficient determination (R2) is 21.3 percent, and the rest of 78.7 percent is explained by non-researched variables.

Keywords: Accounting students, Framing, Groupthink, Career selection

Sources: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/AJAR-06-2018-0011