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Diversity: the role of individual choice in explaining gender disparity at partnership level.

Gammie, Elizabeth; Herbohn, Kathleen; Whiting, Rosalind

Authors

Kathleen Herbohn

Rosalind Whiting



Abstract

Women continue to be under-represented at senior levels in the workplace, in spite of several policy initiatives aimed at addressing this imbalance. In professional accounting firms, there is still significant disparity between the number of men and women, particularly at partnership level, despite the large number of women entering the profession. This interview-based study of both male and female senior managers and directors within Big 4 and large professional accounting firms investigates various explanatory factors, exploring the inter-relationship between external pressures and active choices in women's career progression and in the under-representation of women in senior positions.

Citation

GAMMIE, E., HERBOHN, K. and WHITING, R. 2017. Diversity: the role of individual choice in explaining gender disparity at partnership level. Edinburgh: ICAS [online]. Available from: https://bit.ly/3gL8ZGQ

Report Type Project Report
Online Publication Date Jun 30, 2017
Publication Date Jun 30, 2017
Deposit Date Nov 29, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher ICAS The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
ISBN 9781909883086
Keywords Gender in the workplace; Gender inequality; Women accountants; Women executives; Businesswomen
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1823020
Publisher URL https://bit.ly/3gL8ZGQ

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