Abstract:

This study aims to examine the perceptions of students and employees about accounting education. The students are studying in the Accounting and Tax Applications program in a vocational school of a state university in Turkey, graduates and the certified public accountants working in the city in which the school is included in the study. In this study, data are gathered through a questionnaire from 119 participants. The obtained data are analyzed through descriptive statistics and Independent Samples T-test, One-Way Anova and correlation tests by using SPSS 20 program. The analysis results show that the gender of the participants, their fathers’ jobs, the type of high school they graduated from do not affect expectations from the accounting education, perspectives and their motivation for adopting accounting education. The gender of participants and their fathers’ job does not have a statistically significant influence on the reasons for choosing an accounting education. At the same time, their high school type affects their reasons for choosing an accounting education. In conclusion, accountants’ perspectives (who work in the sector as accountants and certified public accountants) about accounting education are more positive than the students.

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