Sexual Harassment and the Public Accounting Industry: The Need for Critical Examination

Hammond, Theresa

doi:10.1006/cpac.1996.0110

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“…For example, Gallhofer (1998) criticises research that uses the term 'woman' as if it were a universal and unitary category which results in the suggestion that concerns addressed and issues raised are of equal importance and relevance for all women, thereby resulting in a failure to address the differences between women themselves. Hammond (1997) critiques Nichols et als' (1997) exploration of the interpretation of sexual harassment in accounting firms for failing to explore how sexual harassment reflects broader social conditions, and, by assuming an a-theoretical neutral position, for assuming that women are the cause of such harassment. What is known as a 'gender-as-a-variable' approach to exploring differences and gender divisions between men and women, has been subjected to extensive critique, suggesting that while these studies may address issues of critical importance to women, they primarily have an interest in gender as an object of study rather than as part of the research methodology and theoretical framework, and do little to contest inequalities and difference (Haynes, 2008a).…”

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Accounting as gendering and gendered: A review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender

Haynes

2017

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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This paper gives a critical review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender, addressing what we have learned to date and what are the most challenging areas to be investigated in the future. It considers accounting as a political construct implicated in perpetuating inequality, with reference to global gender challenges. Gendered histories of accounting and stories of individual struggles show barriers to entry being overcome; but challenges remain. Accounting acts as both a gendered and gendering institution in relation to career hierarchies, motherhood, work-life debates, and feminisation and segmentation, and interacts with gendered identity, embodiment and sexuality. The paper outlines the contribution of feminist theory to accounting research on gender and calls for further research on the interaction of gender relations with global capitalism.

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Section: Gendermentioning

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Accounting as gendering and gendered: A review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender

Haynes

2017

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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“…Some of the stereotypes inherent in this work were later addressed (Maupin and Lehman, 1994) through the use of a more critical approach. The work of Nichols et al (1997), exploring gender differences in the interpretation of sexual harassment, was critiqued by Hammond (1997b) for failing to explore how sexual harassment reflects broader social conditions, and, by assuming an atheoretical neutral posture, for assuming that women are the cause of such harassment. Kirkham's (1997) response to Nichols et al (1997) conceptualises and embeds sexual harassment within a complex set of social and power relations constituting the accounting profession and its practices, which is the more powerful for being grounded in the actual working practices of women.…”

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Moving the gender agenda or stirring chicken's entrails?

Haynes

2008

Accounting, Auditing &Amp; Accountability Journal

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This paper seeks to critique recent research on gender and accounting to explore how feminist methodology can move on and radicalise the gender agenda in the accounting context. Design/methodology/approach -After examining current research on gender and accounting, the paper explores the nature of feminist methodology and its relation to epistemology. It explores three inter-related tenets of feminist methodology in detail: power and politics, subjectivity and reflexivity. Findings -The paper suggests that much research in the accounting is concerned with gender-as-a-variable, rather than being distinctly feminist, thus missing the opportunity to radicalise the agenda. It makes suggestions for how a feminist approach to methodology could be applied to the accounting context. Originality/value -The paper calls for a wider application of a feminist approach to accounting research and gives suggestions as to where this might be applied.

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“…The need for research in this area is well argued by several authors who contend that it is necessary to discard assumptions of feminist universality in order to not only explore differences between men and women, but also differences between women. These authors collectively call for broader, critical gender studies that embrace a discussion of class, race and culture to elucidate the origins and implications of such differences (see, for example, Hammond and Oakes, 1992;Hammond, 1997;Galhofer, 1998). 5.…”

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The development of the specialist accounting history literature in the English language

Carnegie

McWatters

Potter

2003

Accounting, Auditing &Amp; Accountability Journal

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This study focuses on the participation of women in the development of the specialist international accounting history literature. Specifically, based on data collected from the three specialist, internationally refereed, accounting history journals in the English language from the time of first publication in each case, the study provides evidence of the involvement of women through publication, through membership of editorial boards and editorial advisory boards and also through holding editor, associate editor and guest editor positions. In doing so, the study builds on the earlier work of Carnegie and Potter (2000) and extends an understanding of publishing patterns in the specialist international accounting history literature.

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Sexual Harassment and the Public Accounting Industry: The Need for Critical Examination

Cited by 19 publications

References 6 publications

Accounting as gendering and gendered: A review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender

Accounting as gendering and gendered: A review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender

Moving the gender agenda or stirring chicken's entrails?

The development of the specialist accounting history literature in the English language

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