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The Effect Of Gender And Dependent Children On Professional Accountants' Career Progression, Carolyn Windsor, P Auyeung
The Effect Of Gender And Dependent Children On Professional Accountants' Career Progression, Carolyn Windsor, P Auyeung
Carolyn Windsor
The ILO [International Labor Organization. Women in Management, Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, An Update 2004. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labor Office; 2004.] reported that workingwomen are still concentrated in lower level management positions, thus perpetuating women's social and economic injustice. The accounting profession is no different with few women gaining a partnership in the international accounting firms. This study analyses demographics of 183 respondents in the large international accounting firms to examine women's career progression. We used a three-way analysis of covariance to investigate the dependent variable, management at five levels from partner to accounting senior. Independent factors are gender, …