The career advancement of young Australian women in accounting

This paper briefly examines some of the gender literature as it relates to young women progressing to senior and managerial roles in accounting. It then reports on a pilot study of five young female accountants and evaluates their perceptions of factors such as networking and mentoring in their career progression. Overall, it appears that young women see few impediments to their careers in accounting, although the evidence of limited women at the top suggests otherwise.