Differences in Perceived Competencies of Entry-level Accountants

as Perceived by themselves when Grouped According to Gender

Competencies
Functional
Competencies
Personal
Competencies
Organizational
and Business
Competencies
Over-all

Gender

Mean

SD

Male
Female
Male
Female
Male

2.88
3.08
3.01
3.19
2.71

.35
.66
.32
.55
.33

Female

3.06

.626

Male
Female

2.87
3.11

.24
.56

tvalue

Sig

Decision
on Ho

Interpretatio
n

-.97

.34

Accepted

Not
Significant

-1.01

.31

Accepted

Not
Significant

-1.75

.09

Accepted

Not
Significant

-1.40

.17

Accepted

Not
Significant

At 0.05 Level of Significance

Differences in Perceived Competencies of Entry-level Accountants as Perceived

by themselves when grouped According to Work Area
Competencies
Functional
Competencies
Personal
Competencies
Organizational
and Business
Competencies
Over-all

Work
Area

Mean

SD

Public
Private
Public
Private

2.75
3.26
2.91
3.33

.66
.25
.45
.41

Public

2.76

.55

Private

3.08

.51

Public
Private

2.81
3.22

.51
.33

At 0.05 Level of Significance

tvalue

Sig

Decision
on Ho

Interpretatio
n

-2.75

.01

Rejected

Significant

-2.70

.01

Rejected

Significant

-1.62

.12

Accepted

Not
Significant

-2.66

.01

Rejected

Significant