Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to open up the Anglo‐centred argument in gender and accounting by exploring the … that, in order to understand the issues surrounding gender and accounting, it is important to consider the prevailing … social context and its underpinnings. In the Japanese “interdependent” social context, gender is intertwined in the process …

Purpose – This paper seeks to critique recent research on gender and accounting to explore how feminist methodology can … move on and radicalise the gender agenda in the accounting context. Design/methodology/approach – After examining current … research on gender and accounting, the paper explores the nature of feminist methodology and its relation to epistemology. It …

based on a review of published sources on accounting history and women's, gender and feminist history. Findings – Whereas … feminist historians and historians of gender boast substantial advances in research and transformative impacts on the wider … developments in feminist and gender historiography which offer regenerative potential. Research limitations/implications – The …

Purpose – This paper sets out to investigate and critique the corpus of recent research into gender dimensions of …

Purpose – Transforming gender research in accounting is possible, desirable, and promising: the past few decades have …/methodology/approach – By reviewing pioneering feminist research in various disciplines, the author opens the margins and boundaries of gender …. As there is no single story regarding gender, research exploring the unexplored has precedent in accounting literature …

analyse the inter‐relationships between gender, sexuality and power. Findings – By exploring the symbolic role of artefacts …

Presents a review of the psychological contructions of gender and considers the implications of gender construction on … gender research in accounting. Constructions of gender contain two competing biases: alpha bias, which is the tendency to … women′s work roles. However, arguing that gender differences are trivial ignores real differences in women′s and men …

Investigates the impact of locus of control and gender on the experiences and practices of accounting professionals … with, both role overload and inter‐role conflict. Gender differences were observed in the accountants′ expressions of … were present in the perceived conflict between work and self. Locus of control and gender interacted to produce differences …

profession in the Second World War and provide insights on the role that gender, class, and ethnicity played in mediating women … disadvantages accruing from gender and working-class status. Practical implications This study has implications for our …