Abstract :
The first purpose of this research was to determine whether there are
differences in the perception of the public accountants and accounting major
students who are already taking a audit practice subject and the second
purpose is to determine the differences in the perception of the public
accounting profession on accounting students by gender. The difference in
perception is measured by the variable duties and responsibilities, promotion,
training, and supervision, and personal issues. The samples in this research
are 130 respondents. Data analysis in this research using Mann Whitney test
and Independent Sample T-test with SPSS version 16. The results of the first
hypothesis indicate that there is no difference between the perceptions of
accounting students who in progress of taking audit practice subject and
students who already taking the auditing practices subject. The results of the
second hypothesis indicates that there is no difference between the perceptions
between male and female accounting students.
Key Words: Accounting Students, Gender, Public Accounting Profession.