Antecedents and consequences of perceived gender discrimination in the audit profession

Auditing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1-32

  Dalton, Derek W ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey R ^b   Harp, Nancy L ^a   McMillan, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative work arrangements; Audit profession; Ethical climate; Female partners; Gender discrimination; Organizational citizenship behavior; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936847365     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50737     Document Type: Article

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