An empirical investigation of demographic and work environment factors affecting the recruitment and retention of accounting professionals
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1990
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Haswell, Stephen
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Recruitment and staff retention have become a substantial
problem in the Australian professional accountancy environment.
Although this issue has been canvassed in the professional literature,
little academic research has been conducted into the area. By contrast,
staffing problems have been a fertile field for research in foreign
countries, especially the US.
This thesis presents the results of a survey of practitioners employed by
the 20 largest public accountancy firms in Eastern Australia. The
method of the survey, ' is broadly similar to that used by some US
researchers. These authors have cross-correlated the demographic
characteristics of respondents, with their responses to attitudinal
questions regarding an array of factors which affect their propensity to
enter, and stay within, the profession. Such factors include salary
remuneration, working conditions, job satisfaction and working
pressure.
Hypotheses development is based on contentious issues contemporary to
the professional environment, and is divided functionally into the
demographic areas of educational background, gender, country of origin,
and size of firm. The results provide substantive evidence on a wide field
of issues, including: the ability and motivation of university compared
with non-university graduates, barriers to female accountants, and the
merits and demerits of working in a larger or smaller accountancy firm.
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