Self-efficacy, elements prioritized in public and private career prospecting and academic behavior: analysis of Accountancy students from public HEI

Authors

  • Iago Franca Lopes Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Alison Martins Meurer Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17524/repec.v13i1.1937

Keywords:

Self-efficacy Beliefs, Public and Private Career Prospecting, Academic Behavior, Social Cognitive Theory

Abstract

Objective: The article aims to verify, in the light of the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), the influence of self-efficacy beliefs on the elements prioritized in public and private career prospecting mediated by the academic behavior of Accountancy students.

Method: The sample consisted of 309 participations by Accountancy students from public Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Brazil. For the data treatment, Structural Equations Modeling was used.

Results: The results reveal that the self-efficacy beliefs influence the academic performance. It was also verified that the academic behavior is an antecedent of the elements prioritized in the career prospecting and mediates the relation between self-efficacy and the elements prioritized in private career prospecting, based on the personal domain dimension.

Contribution: The study presents that the subject’s social history and past experiences lead to the prioritization of elements concerning the public or private career prospecting. Based on the investigated behavioral elements, which were significant in the conduction of the public and private careers, initiatives can be developed at university, whether involving research, teaching or extension, which encourage in the students the desire for careers guided by reliable experiences deriving from the university environment.

Author Biographies

Iago Franca Lopes, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutorando em Contabilidade pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Mestre em Contabilidade na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC - 2017).

Alison Martins Meurer, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Mestrando em Contabilidade no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Contabilidade (PPGCONT) da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Especialista em Avaliação do Ensino e da Aprendizagem pela Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE).

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Published

2019-03-29

How to Cite

Lopes, I. F., & Meurer, A. M. (2019). Self-efficacy, elements prioritized in public and private career prospecting and academic behavior: analysis of Accountancy students from public HEI. Journal of Education and Research in Accounting (REPeC), 13(1). https://doi.org/10.17524/repec.v13i1.1937

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): January-March

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