Gender promotion gaps within the public accounting profession: A qualitative study, which discusses the role of career aspirations in explaining gender promotion gaps.
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2021-07-01
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The pressure on today’s public organizations to respond to gender promotion gaps has been growing over the past years. In which the emphasis is often on firm policies and the barriers and difficulties women encounter during their career advancement. By considering the career aspirations of accounting professionals, focusing on the ‘active’ and ‘influential’ characteristics of aspirations, this research contributes to the underexposed 'demand side' of the issue of gender promotion gaps. By means of eight in-depth interviews, with both male and female accounting professionals, this study examined how the career aspirations differ and whether these these gender differences may contribute to the explanation of gender promotion gaps. As a result, this research has made contributions in the following ways: (1) adding empirical data to the theoretical framework of (Azmat et al., 2020). (2) Showing new insights and indicators relevant to the concept of Aspirations, (3) ultimately, adding a ‘different’ perspective to the issue of gender promotion gaps, by focusing on career aspirations.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen