Antecedents and Consequences of Perceived Gender Discrimination in the Audit Profession

In Occupations like Auditing, which are based on team work, the working environment is very important. One of the most important factors that impacts on the working environment is the perceived gender discrimination. This research evaluates the impact of individual and organizational factors on the...

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Main Authors: Kaveh Mehrani, Abbas Nargesian, Kianoosh Ganji
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: University of Tehran 2016-03-01
Series:بررسی‌های حسابداری و حسابرسی
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Online Access:https://acctgrev.ut.ac.ir/article_57022_5dacf8264eec1eee4a78ec09f0750e96.pdf
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Summary:In Occupations like Auditing, which are based on team work, the working environment is very important. One of the most important factors that impacts on the working environment is the perceived gender discrimination. This research evaluates the impact of individual and organizational factors on the perceived gender discrimination between female auditors and its attitudinal (turnover intention) and behavioral (OCB and ODB) consequences in auditing firms. This study is the survey research that have been done by correlation method. Data gathered by 136 online questionnaires that filled by female auditors in auditing firms. The analyze of gathered data is based on the structural equation modeling approach. The results show that auditors in firms that have more powerful individual factors and organizational climate, feel less gender discrimination and this feeling leads them to decrease their organizational citizenship behavior or take organizational deviation behavior and finally grow turnover intention in their minds.
ISSN:2645-8020
2645-8039