Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector

This study investigated the relationship of career anchors and work-related barriers to career progression for female CPA members working in the New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australian (WA) state public sector. Results of regression analysis found technical functional competence, managerial com...

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Main Authors: Cullen, Lisa, Christopher, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30829
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description This study investigated the relationship of career anchors and work-related barriers to career progression for female CPA members working in the New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australian (WA) state public sector. Results of regression analysis found technical functional competence, managerial competence, security and pure challenge career anchors to be significant and related to career progression in WA. Additionally the security and lifestyle career anchors were significant in NSW. Work-related barriers were found to be significant and negatively related to career progression. These findings suggest alternative strategies to improve career outcomes for women working in the state public sector.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-308292017-09-13T15:10:07Z Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector Cullen, Lisa Christopher, T. This study investigated the relationship of career anchors and work-related barriers to career progression for female CPA members working in the New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australian (WA) state public sector. Results of regression analysis found technical functional competence, managerial competence, security and pure challenge career anchors to be significant and related to career progression in WA. Additionally the security and lifestyle career anchors were significant in NSW. Work-related barriers were found to be significant and negatively related to career progression. These findings suggest alternative strategies to improve career outcomes for women working in the state public sector. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30829 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2011.00159.x Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted
spellingShingle Cullen, Lisa
Christopher, T.
Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector
title Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector
title_full Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector
title_fullStr Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector
title_full_unstemmed Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector
title_short Career Progression of Female Accountants in the State Public Sector
title_sort career progression of female accountants in the state public sector
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30829