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 EXPERTISE
 ATTITUDE
 VALUES/PERSONALITY
Personality preferences are seen as an important attribute that can impact an
individual's broader talents and capacities (Wheeler, 2001; Wheeler et al.,
2004a). Personality preferences are essential for individuals to determine their
career goals and paths including management accounting. These preferences
have a significant impact on an individual's talents and capabilities, which will
enable them to succeed in this field. As such, management accounting graduates
need to understand their personality traits and preferences to make informed
decisions about their career path. It can help them utilize their strengths and
improve on their weaknesses to become successful management accountants.
In contrast, motivational processes, including preferences and subsequent
behaviors, show how personality traits and the unique features of the social
situation interact. Processes and actions, therefore, contextualize what it means
to have a set of often undefined and abstract personality qualities ( McCrae,
2018). This statement is discussing how personality traits can be difficult to
define and how motivational processes interact with those traits. It suggests that
understanding how a person's preferences and behaviors are influenced by their
personality and social situations is essential in truly understanding their
personality. This could be relevant to the topic of management accounting
graduates because it may be important to consider how a graduate's personality
and motivations may impact their career path or job performance. The statement
also suggests that by understanding these processes, universities can improve
their programs to better prepare graduates for their future careers.
Multiple research studies have found that people who work in jobs that have
features and duties that match their personalities are more productive, happier,
and earn more money (Riggio, 2018). Research has demonstrated that
individuals who pursue job roles that align with their personality traits tend to
have higher productivity levels and greater job satisfaction and often earn higher
salaries. In the context of management accounting, where numerical analysis
and decision-making abilities are essential, it becomes even more critical for
graduates to be mindful of their personality traits while deciding on their career
path. Such alignment can lead to increased job happiness, improved job
performance, and financial rewards. Hence, research exploring the relationship
between personality and job satisfaction in the field of management accounting
can provide valuable insights for graduates attempting to make informed career
choices.
Related Literature
 EXPERTISE

Expertise has been studied from several different perspectives. In organizational

contexts, high expertise usually refers to the vast body of knowledge of an
individual within a social context (Green et al., 2019; Salas & Rosen, 2010). This
vast body of knowledge consists of domain-specific knowledge about on how to
solve specific task and organization specific knowledge. According to the study,
expertise varies from different perspectives; it may be attributable to a person's
social circles within their family and community. Management accounting
graduates must take advantage of their area of expertise in choosing a career
path by applying for a job that relates to their skills and abilities within the field
and industry of accounting. Working in an organization that aligns with their area
of expertise will allow individuals to perform within their best capabilities without
burdening another employee.
Sustained learning in the workplace can lead to expertise in terms of very high
competence in the respective domain but expertise is not achieved by every
individual (Billett et al., 2018; Ericsson, 2018a, 2018b). This statement implied
that not every individual can be an expert in the field they are not associated
with. Individual expertise depends on how they view their choices in life and the
area they study. Management accounting graduates may possess a high level of
expertise and competence in dealing with numbers and managerial work but may
lack in other areas, such as the expertise of management accounting.
According to Coady (2012) and Goldman (2018) “the main function of expertise is
sharing some knowledge for the benefit of someone else”, where the recipient is
often intended as a layperson or a novice (Quast 2018: 13). The idea of this
study states that with the help of someone's expertise especially in one's
respective workplace can lead to the increase of organizations productivity as
well as empowering employees in performing their job effectively and efficiently.
Sharing of knowledge can helps employees to connect, perform better and
become a stronger professional in their field of work.
In addition, more thinking is needed on how to develop expertise among professionals
facing complex societal issues, or on educating experts for new or rapidly
growing occupational fields (Nieuwenhuis et al., 2022). To further stimulate the
development of future professionals in educational environments and in the work
context, insight is needed in what kind of expertise professionals need and how
this expertise can be influenced within both the education and work contexts.
 ATTITUDE

 VALUES/PERSONALITY
Some value dimensions appear to be more "healthy," however, these effects are
not consistent across populations and wellbeing conceptualizations (see
Bojanowska & Piotrowski, 2018), indicating that the connections between values
and wellbeing may be modified by other variables. While certain value
dimensions may appear healthier, their influence on well-being is not consistent
 across various samples and conceptualizations. This implies that other variables
may moderate the relationship between values and well-being. Regarding the
career path of management accounting graduates, this highlights the importance
of considering other factors beyond values when predicting their job satisfaction
and well-being.

Values are associated with contentment, although not as directly as traits—so

far, studies on the impact of values on fulfillment have been unreliable (Sortheix
& Schwartz, 2017). Although values may play a role in well-being, their impact is
not as clear as that of traits. Studies conducted on the connection between
values and well-being have not produced conclusive results. It is relevant to the
career path of management accounting graduates as their values may influence
their choice of profession and subsequent job satisfaction.

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