Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario

In this paper, we analyze the gender issues that are present in the accounting profession, and more precisely, on the career paths one could follow in the accounting profession and what the underlying reasons are for each option. Our conclusions show that some of the factors that influence women car...

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Main Authors: Adriana Tiron-Tudor, Widad Atena Faragalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Administrative Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/8/4/62
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description In this paper, we analyze the gender issues that are present in the accounting profession, and more precisely, on the career paths one could follow in the accounting profession and what the underlying reasons are for each option. Our conclusions show that some of the factors that influence women career paths are discrimination, motherhood, glass-ceiling, double standard and a lack of visibility.
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spelling doaj.art-a7a82cc851a14435bbae1de9a8ab7d432022-12-22T00:17:29ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872018-10-01846210.3390/admsci8040062admsci8040062Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 ScenarioAdriana Tiron-Tudor0Widad Atena Faragalla1Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 400084, RomaniaFaculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 400084, RomaniaIn this paper, we analyze the gender issues that are present in the accounting profession, and more precisely, on the career paths one could follow in the accounting profession and what the underlying reasons are for each option. Our conclusions show that some of the factors that influence women career paths are discrimination, motherhood, glass-ceiling, double standard and a lack of visibility.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/8/4/62accounting professionwomengender issuescareer pathsgender stratificationglass ceiling
spellingShingle Adriana Tiron-Tudor
Widad Atena Faragalla
Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario
Administrative Sciences
accounting profession
women
gender issues
career paths
gender stratification
glass ceiling
title Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario
title_full Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario
title_fullStr Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario
title_full_unstemmed Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario
title_short Women Career Paths in Accounting Organizations: Big4 Scenario
title_sort women career paths in accounting organizations big4 scenario
topic accounting profession
women
gender issues
career paths
gender stratification
glass ceiling
url http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/8/4/62
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