Twenty years of minority PhDs in accounting: Signs of success and segregation

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 298-311

  Baldwin, Amelia A ^a   Lightbody, Margaret G ^b   Brown, Carol E ^c   Trinkle, Brad S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FORT SMITH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting academia; Accounting education; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862541356     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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