Future women accountants: the best and the brightest - or the most naive?

Article Abstract:

Results are presented of a survey measuring the perceptions of 700 seniors at seven Ohio high schools regarding careers in accounting compared with careers in medicine, engineering, and law. Respondents rank accounting last on the importance of the quality of schools attended, family connections, hard work, skill, and family support, and rank CPAs lowest in terms of prestige, glamour, power, challenge, and influence. Female respondents consider skill, hard work, and family support criteria for success, while male respondents consider luck, family connections, and social status to be the criteria for success. Respondents' information about accounting careers is less than factual, regardless of its source, especially with regard to potential income levels. Based on expectations and evaluations of survey respondents, the accounting profession may be missing many well-qualified women who simply never consider careers in accounting and who may naively believe that hard work and skill alone will guarantee success.

Research, Accounting, High school students, Students, Training, Professional education

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A profile of women accountants - 1988

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Results are presented of a 1988 joint survey by the American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Society of Women Accountants. The survey was designed to develop reliable profiles of Society members. Of 4,878 respondents, 91% are either self-employed or full-time employees, and 49.1% work in public accounting, primarily with local firms. Compared to earlier surveys, the 1988 survey indicates an increase in supervisory responsibilities, managerial and policymaking responsibilities, and compensation levels among respondents. Over 72% of 1988 respondents have passed the CPA exam; 60.3% are under 40, 64 percent are married, and over 48% have no children.

Compensation management, Accountants, American Society of Women Accountants, American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants

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Remarks by Paula Chalmondeley, director, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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Paula Cholmondeley, vice president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and chair of the Future Issues Committee, was asked to speak before the American Woman's Society of CPAs (AWSCPA) in October, 1985. She addressed two issues: (1) how members of AWSCPA can become more active in the AICPA, and (2) how her own experience led to AICPA appointments. Cholmondeley addressed the important issues facing women in accounting today, the role of the AICPA with regard to these issues, and how women who are active in related organizations can become active, leading members of the AICPA.

Management, Associations, Speeches, lectures and essays, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Women accountants, transcript, Cholmondeley, Paula H. J.

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