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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2018.1496845
Women’s skills and career advancement: a review of gender (in)equality in an accounting workplace
Nizam Ud Din
; Department of Accounting, Nankai Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Department of Business Management, Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Pakistan;
Xinsheng Cheng
; Department of Accounting, Nankai Business School, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Shama Nazneen
; College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of organizational culture, society,
and masculinity on women’s skills in accounting workplaces and
the influences of workplace norms, culture, and organizational
structure on women’s leadership qualities and behaviours towards
their work. Based on previous studies, we link the theory with professional
skill and career advancement of women. We argue that a
gender imbalance has prevailed for centuries affecting women’s
careers; and, the transformation of accounting technologies, corporate
structures, and the amalgamation of cultures have exacerbated
gender inequality. Women’s lack of self-motivation and
men’s dominance in accounting contexts keep women subordinate
to men in accounting workplaces. We propose that offering
courses on gender issues to business and accounting disciplines
taught at university would subsequently shift the paradigm of
hegemony and subordination in an accounting workplace
Keywords
Career; gender inequality; workplace; wages; accounting
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Publication date:
3.12.2018.
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