More 'hands on' please: Career development in the accounting profession

Theresa Smith; Alison Jane Sheridan

More 'hands on' please: Career development in the accounting profession

Theresa Smith
, Alison Jane Sheridan

School of Science & Technology

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Historically the organization played a greater role in managing the careers of their employees. By the mid 1990s however, this view was superseded by the notion of the 'boundaryless' career, where career development was framed as the responsibility of employees. In this paper, drawing on a sample of accounting professionals, we consider the question of what role employees believe their organizations should play in managing their careers. The results of the research question the validity of the boundaryless career concept. The accounting professionals in this research do not appreciate the 'hands off' approach adopted by organizations. For accounting firms to retain their most valued staff they may need to attend more closely to their career development needs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference
Editors	Doug Davies, Greg Fisher, Raechel Hughes
Place of Publication	Canberra, Australia
Publisher	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
Pages	1-14
ISBN (Print)	1740882458
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	ANZAM 2005: 19th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management - Canberra, Australia Duration: 7 Dec 2005 → 10 Dec 2005

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Conference	ANZAM 2005: 19th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
City	Canberra, Australia
Period	7/12/05 → 10/12/05

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Human Resources Management

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Smith, T., & Sheridan, A. J. (2005). More 'hands on' please: Career development in the accounting profession. In D. Davies, G. Fisher, & R. Hughes (Eds.), Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference (pp. 1-14). Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4635

Smith, Theresa ; Sheridan, Alison Jane. / More 'hands on' please : Career development in the accounting profession. Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. editor / Doug Davies ; Greg Fisher ; Raechel Hughes. Canberra, Australia : Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2005. pp. 1-14

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Smith, T & Sheridan, AJ 2005, More 'hands on' please: Career development in the accounting profession. in D Davies, G Fisher & R Hughes (eds), Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Canberra, Australia, pp. 1-14, ANZAM 2005: 19th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Canberra, Australia, 7/12/05. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4635>

More 'hands on' please: Career development in the accounting profession. / Smith, Theresa; Sheridan, Alison Jane.
Engaging the Multiple Contexts of Management: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. ed. / Doug Davies; Greg Fisher; Raechel Hughes. Canberra, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2005. p. 1-14.

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