The effect of gender and dependent children on professional accountants' career progression

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 828-844

  Windsor, Carolyn ^a   Auyeung, Pak ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountants; Career progression; Dependent children; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746484647     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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