The Gender-Factor In The Accounting Profession

To fully understand the impact that gender has on the accounting profession you must understand how the introduction of women in the accounting field has effected the profession. First you must analyze the way gender effects how one enters into the profession (educational training) and how their experiences in college effects where they are placed within the profession. Secondly, once one enters the accounting field, you must look at how they are treated and understand the implications that gender has on how one will be treated on the job. Thirdly, after evaluating the role that gender plays in the accounting profession, you must examine how working in a male-dominated occupational arena effects ones’ job satisfaction

Though many women face obstacles and challenges in the accounting profession due to their gender, women accountants still maintain a high level of job satisfaction.

Women in the accounting profession face many obstacles. They have to deal with opposition from male coworkers and supervisors, overt sexual harassment, lack of promotion and less pay compared to men in the same profession. Women are also believed to approach their job differently than men.

Within the past three decades, the accounting field had undergone major change with the entry of women into this male-dominated field. It is in college where women are first introduced to the notion that the accounting field is structured towards a “masculine” approach of accounting. As women graduate from college and enter into the work force they either undergo the transformation to assimilate into the male-oriented culture, or adopt their own approach.

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