Abstract


This research aims to obtain empirical evidence about the extent of the influence of : (1) financial reward to the interest became public accountant (2) Job Market Consideration to the interest became public accountant (3) Family Environment to the interest became public accountant. This research is classified research causative associative. The population in this research is a student majoring in accounting S1 at public and private universities of Padang. Samples used as many as 164 people by using purposive sampling technique. Data collection techniques used a questionnaire. The collected data are then analyzed the statistics by multiple regression analysis using SPSS version 16.0. Test the hypothesis in this study was conducted using the F- test and t - test. The results of this research indicate that (1) financial reward has positive significant influence on the interest became public accountant with significant value 0.021 <0.05 (2) Job Market Consideration has positive significant influence on the interest becomes public accountant with significant value 0.001 <0.05 (3) Family Environment does not significantly influence the public interest in becoming a public accountant with significant value 0356> 0.05.
Keywords: Interest, Professional Certified Public Accountants, Financial Reward, Job Market Consideration And Family Environment.