Factors affecting the career progression of De La Salle University Certified Public Accountants (2004-2008)

• Main Authors: Crisostomo, Maria Czarina M., De Castro, Shanille S., Pinpin, Mary Kristine P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11819
• Institution: De La Salle University

As De La Salle University continue to produce high-quality and competent graduates, most people perceive that DLSU graduates land on managerial positions. The main objective of this study is to determine how fast DLSU graduates are, specifically Certified Public Accountants, in climbing up the ladder in their chosen profession. Different factors were identified and examined whether each of them have an effect on the career progression of an individual. The said factors include age, gender, cumulative grade point average (CGPA), extra-curricular activities, performance in the board examination, career choice, internship experience, past job positions, additional form of higher education and other professional certifications obtained by the graduates before attaining his current employment status. The researchers employed a Casual Descriptive type of research design to put this thesis into fruition and used a total of 785 De La Salle University CPA Board passers from 2004 to 2008 as the subject of the research. By using the Slovin’s method, a sample size of 276 was obtained. Primary data was gathered from the samples through the use of survey forms. The statistical model used was the Multinational Logistics Regression for data analysis. As a result, the independent variables given: age, gender, CGPA, extra-curricular activities, performance in the board examination, interest in chosen career, work experience from the internship program, past job positions, other professional certifications obtained and higher degree of education acquired, as a whole, are predictions for the dependent variable, which is the career progression. However, not all the factors are significant for the career progression. Age, Past Job positions, and interest in their chosen career turned out to be the only consequential factors for the dependents.