A study investigating male-female representation in senior management and directorship in Big 4 & large accounting firms. Interviews were undertaken in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Diversity: The role of individual choice in explaining gender disparity at partnership level
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Despite more women entering the accountancy profession, with equal numbers of men and women predicted within the profession by 2025-2030 (Gallhofer et al., 2011), professional accounting firms have been widely criticised for failing to promote women to the higher levels of their organisational structures. Whilst the level at which vertical segregation has risen within professional accounting firms, there remains gender disparity at partner level, which is not explained by temporal differences.