Mohd Adha IbrahimNurul Nazlia JamilMohamad Yazis Ali Basah2024-05-282024-05-28201923/12/2019Ibrahim, Mohd Adha and Jamil, Nurul Nazlia and Ali Basah, Mohamad Yazis (2019) Millennial grits on professional accounting profession: Malaysia’s setting / Mohd Adha Ibrahim, Nurul Nazlia Jamil and Mohamad Yazis Ali Basah. In: The 6th International Accounting & Business Conference 2019. Secretariat of IABC 2019, 6th . UiTM Cawangan Johor, Segamat Johor, p. 48. Download2600-85642193-18https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/38207/https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5255The 6th International Accounting & Business Conference 2019. Secretariat of IABC 2019, 6th . UiTM Cawangan Johor, Segamat JohorThe purpose of this paper is to study how the accounting students grit level would affect their intention to become professional accountant. The research was conducted using a questionnaire survey structured with two independent variables namely consistency of interest and perseverance of effort and translated into 17 statements which was then distributed to accounting students at four different universities around Klang Valley. In total, 153 usable responses were received. The analysis show that all predictor variables explain about 6.5 percent of the variability of students’ intention to become professional accountant. Further analysis also shows that one independent variable namely perseverance of effort has direct significant relationship with a student’s intention to become professional accountant. Keywords: Accounting Students, Accounting Education, Accounting Profession, Professional Qualification, Professional Qualified AccountantenAccounting Students,Accounting Education,Accounting Profession,Professional Qualification,Professional Qualified AccountantArticle1241325