abstract: 'Since the late 1980s, Australian higher education has undergone

  significant reforms and policy changes based on economic rationalism and

  modernisation of management. This paper examines the outcomes of the

  reform processes based on the career attributes, status and perceptions

  of work environment of academic accountants in Australian universities.

  Similarities and differences between academic accountants are explored

  from cross-institutional and gender perspectives. The data provide

  insight into a number of systemic inequalities between the older and

  more established universities and the newer universities. In specific, a

  cross-institutional analysis based on four university types:

  Sandstones/Redbricks, Gumtrees, Unitechs and New (Marginson 1999)

  indicates that academic accountants in New universities employ a much

  lower proportion of staff with PhD qualification, a weaker publication

  profile, and perceive greater barriers for conducting research in terms

  of a shortage of research mentors, colleagues with research experience,

  and post-graduate students. Further, the commitment to flexible learning

  and delivery strategies is comparatively stronger in Unitechs, and poses

  additional demands on accounting academics'' overall workload.

  Perceptions of gender-based discrimination by female academic

  accountants are generally stronger than their male counterparts,

  particularly, in New universities. These results raise several issues

  for academic accountants at both the institutional and individual level

  in terms of equal employment opportunities, management of research

  programmes, development of teaching strategies and individual time

  management.'
affiliation: 'Subramaniam, N (Corresponding Author), Griffith Univ Gold Coast, Sch
  Accounting \& Finance, PMB 50, Southport, Qld 9726, Australia.

  Griffith Univ Gold Coast, Sch Accounting \& Finance, Southport, Qld 9726, Australia.'
author: Subramaniam, N
author_list:
- family: Subramaniam
  given: N
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1023/A:1027388311727
files: []
issn: 0018-1560
journal: HIGHER EDUCATION
keywords: 'academic accountants; accounting education; flexible delivery;

  institutional differentiation; research performance'
keywords-plus: HIGHER-EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY; PERCEPTIONS; WOMEN; STAFF; ROLES; WORK
language: English
month: DEC
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
orcid-numbers: 'Subramaniam, Nava/0000-0002-3960-0754

  '
pages: 507-542
papis_id: a47b937ac61a4d4d095f60f54da9a690
ref: Subramaniam2003factorsaffecting
researcherid-numbers: 'Subramaniam, Nava/H-7300-2019

  Subramaniam, Nava/GXF-3523-2022'
times-cited: '24'
title: 'Factors affecting the career progress of academic accountants in Australia:
  Cross-institutional and gender perspectives'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000186335200007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '23'
volume: '46'
web-of-science-categories: Education \& Educational Research
year: '2003'