Publication Productivity and Promotion of Accounting Faculty Women: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Abstract Though the number of women in academic accounting continues to increase, concerns are being expressed both by researchers and women faculty members over equal treatment of women with regard to promotion, tenure, salary, and other factors. This study examines the relationship between facets of faculty performance—research and publication—and the promotion of women and men academic accountants. The publications of 679 faculty members promoted to professor or associate professor at AACSB-accredited schools were classified by quality category. Statistical analysis of publication and productivity revealed no significant gender effect among those promoted to either professor or associate professor. An additional analysis indicated no significant difference between women and men in the time required to achieve promotion to either professor or associate professor.