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The participation of women in the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants 100 years of social stereotyping?

The participation of women in the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants 100 years of... Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an exploration of the involvement of women in the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants of throughout its 100 year history. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on archival analysis of professional journal and yearbooks of the New Zealand Institute, as well as the minutes of the Institute, and those of its predecessors (the Accountants' and Auditors' Association and the Incorporated Institute of New Zealand.) Findings – Social stereotyping appears to have influenced women's membership and participation in the accounting profession in New Zealand. Although the number of women in accounting has risen dramatically since the 1980s, and women now have a more prominent role in the profession, they have still not gained equality with their male colleagues. Originality/value – Research on women in accounting, both in New Zealand and overseas, has tended to focus on women in public accounting (Trapp et al. , 1989; Lehman, 1992; Gammie and Gammie, 1995; Whiting and Wright, 2001). This paper contributes new knowledge about the contributions that women have made to their professional associations and how those organizations responded to their women members. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pacific Accounting Review Emerald Publishing

The participation of women in the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants 100 years of social stereotyping?

Pacific Accounting Review , Volume 20 (3): 13 – Sep 19, 2008

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0114-0582
DOI
10.1108/01140580810920245
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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an exploration of the involvement of women in the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants of throughout its 100 year history. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on archival analysis of professional journal and yearbooks of the New Zealand Institute, as well as the minutes of the Institute, and those of its predecessors (the Accountants' and Auditors' Association and the Incorporated Institute of New Zealand.) Findings – Social stereotyping appears to have influenced women's membership and participation in the accounting profession in New Zealand. Although the number of women in accounting has risen dramatically since the 1980s, and women now have a more prominent role in the profession, they have still not gained equality with their male colleagues. Originality/value – Research on women in accounting, both in New Zealand and overseas, has tended to focus on women in public accounting (Trapp et al. , 1989; Lehman, 1992; Gammie and Gammie, 1995; Whiting and Wright, 2001). This paper contributes new knowledge about the contributions that women have made to their professional associations and how those organizations responded to their women members.

Journal

Pacific Accounting ReviewEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 19, 2008

Keywords: Women; Professional associations; Accountancy; Prejudice; New Zealand

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