Deinstitutionalization of Gender-Biased Employment Practices in New Zealand's Accountancy Workplaces

Whiting, Rosalind H

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Deinstitutionalization of Gender-Biased Employment Practices in New Zealand's Accountancy Workplaces

Whiting, Rosalind H

Cite this item: Whiting, R. H. (2007). Deinstitutionalization of Gender-Biased Employment Practices in New Zealand’s Accountancy Workplaces (Accountancy Working Paper Series No. 12). 2007 APIRA Conference, July, Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1571

Permanent link to OUR Archive version: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1571

Date: 2007-05

Publisher: 2007 APIRA Conference, July, Auckland, New Zealand

Pages: 36

Series: Accountancy Working Paper Series

Series number: 12

Keywords: Gender; Accountants; New Zealand. Deinstitutionalization; Organizational Change

Research Type: Working Paper

Abstract:

Oliver (1992)'s model of deinstitutionalization was used to explore the changes in gender-biased employment practices that have occurred in New Zealand accountancy workplaces over the last twenty years. Evidence was gathered from interviews in 2002 with 69 experienced Chartered Accountants and 3 Human Resource Managers, and in 2006 from 9 young female accountants. Evidence of political. functional and social pressures contributing to deinstitutionalization was present, with social and legislative changes being the most influential. It is suggested that some more subtle gender-biased practices still remain in New Zealand's accountancy workplaces. These relate particularly to senior-level positions.

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