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Journal Articles Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal Year : 2008

Mothering or auditing? The case of two Big Four in France

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Women in public accounting firms are still proportionally much fewer in number in the highest levels of the hierarchy than men, whereas recruitment at junior level tends to be increasingly gender-balanced. This paper aims to analyse the relationships between the glass ceiling and motherhood. The mechanisms explaining the difficulties encountered by auditor mothers in their hierarchical progression within the Big Four in France are identified.

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hal-00480635 , version 1 (04-05-2010)

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Claire Dambrin, Caroline Virginie Lambert. Mothering or auditing? The case of two Big Four in France. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 2008, 21 (4), pp.474-506. ⟨10.1108/09513570810872897⟩. ⟨hal-00480635⟩

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