Persepsi Akuntan Publik Terhadap Isu-Isu Yang Berkaitan dengan Akuntan Publik Wanita
LAKSMI, AYU CHAIRINA (Adv.: Nur Indriantoro, Dr., M.Sc.), Nur Indriantoro, Dr., M.Sc.
The history of women in accounting reflects a long struggle to overcome the barriers of rigid social structures, discrimination, misconceptions and conflicts between the demands of motherhood and career. The challenge faced by the accounting profession today is to acknowledge the issues affecting women in the workplace so that all remaining barriers to their upward mobility can be removed. The purpose of this study was to gather empirical evidence about the perceptions of public accounting professional on a number of important issues related to women in public accounting. These perceptions, rather than facts, concerning work-related characteristics may affect womens expectations, opportunities and accomodations in public accounting. The study also developed to seek the different perceptions between the gender group of respondents toward issues related to women accountants. The results of the study showed that there were no significant differences between the perceptions of the gender groups toward opportunities, treatment, acceptance, and special accomodation regarding women in public accounting. The only different perception was about the womens commitment to their career. One common belief is that firms have no control over turnover among women because many women leave for purely personal reasons once they have children. However, these results showed that it had never been easy for women to juggling between work and family. Up to now, it is going to be the management and the
profession responsibilities to create a better policy and better environment to continue retaining women in this profession
Kata Kunci : Akuntan publik wanita, public accounting, womens expectations, opportunities, accomodations
