A Comparison of Personality Traits of Chartered Accountancy Students and Chartered Accountancy Professionals
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https://doi.org/10.52053/jpap.v6i4.378Keywords:
Chartered Accountancy Professionals, Chartered Accountancy Students, Pakistan, Personality TraitsAbstract
The current study used cross-sectional design as it aimed to compare the personality traits of Chartered Accountancy (CA) Students and Chartered Accountancy Professionals. The objective of this study was to look for any differences that may have appeared in the personality of CA students as they became professionals. A sample of 255 participants was taken (CA Students=154 and CA Professionals=101) from the age range of 18-70. The data was collected through snowball sampling technique using Big Five Inventory-44, a likert type questionnaire. The data was then manually entered in SPSS Version 20 for statistical analysis. Independent samples t-test was applied for comparing the personality traits of CA students and CA professionals. The results showed that there was a significant mean difference found on extraversion between Chartered Accountancy (CA) Students and Chartered Accountancy Professionals. CA professionals had a significantly higher score on extraversion than CA Students. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between CA Students and CA Professionals on the neuroticism. The CA Students scored high in comparison to CA professionals on the personality trait of neuroticism. Moreover, there was a significant difference between CA Students and CA professionals on conscientiousness. The CA professionals scored higher than CA Students on conscientiousness. There was no significant difference found between the scores of CA professionals and CA students on the scales of agreeableness and openness to experience. These findings have clear implications for Chartered Accountancy training programs and can contribute to further research.
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