Date of Award
Spring 5-2016
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Accounting
First Advisor
Robert Smith
Advisor Department
Accounting
Abstract
Public accountants and students evaluated career success before and after career actions by public accountants, represented by resumes that were randomly assigned traditionally male or feminine names. Bias in favor of the resumes with a traditionally male name was initially detected, but after implementing recommendations from subjects, subject assessments favored resumes with a traditionally female name. This suggests that career choices matter and that choices can mitigate or even overcome gender bias in public accounting.
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Recommended Citation
Odom, Amanda M., "An Analysis of Gender Effects and Career Choices in Public Accounting" (2016). Honors Theses. 383.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/383