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Attitudinal Barriers to Women's Career Progression in Accounting in Australia
Author(s) -
Morley Clive,
Bellamy Sheila,
Jackson Margaret,
O'Neill Marcia
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian accounting review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1835-2561
pISSN - 1035-6908
DOI - 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2002.tb00196.x
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , accounting , psychology , career planning , demographic economics , business , political science , economics , pedagogy , law , politics
The literature on women's career progression in the professions has suggested a number of categories of factors that may explain the observed gender differences. This study uses data from a survey of Australian accountants to show the extent of differences between male and female accountants in their attitudes towards their careers. There are some differences between the genders in their ideas about requirements for promotion (although these are generally small) and in aspects of job satisfaction. Males aged more than 30 have higher levels of ambition and place more emphasis on career planning than do females over 30.