Female Participation in Administration and Accounting Research in Brazil

Authors

  • Anna Beatriz Grangeiro Ribeiro Maia Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Vanessa Ingrid da Costa Cardoso Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Ana Rita Pinheiro de Freitas Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Sílvia Maria Dias Pedro Rebouças Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Daniel Barboza Guimarães Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51341/1984-3925_2019v22n3a5

Keywords:

Research, Female, Gender, Management and accounting, Brazil

Abstract

Objective: To map female participation in management and accounting research in Brazil.

Method: Articles (n=3,552) published in 2016 and 2017 were retrieved from the Spell database. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics (general characteristics and most recurrent subject areas), chi-squared testing and one-way ANOVA (comparisons between Qualis grades) and two-way ANOVA (identification of explanatory factors of female participation).

Originality/Relevance: Earlier studies on this topic have been limited in scope. In this study we sampled all publications in the fields of management and accounting and employed innovative techniques of analysis.

Results: Qualis grade and female participation were significantly associated. Male authorship was predominant in all Qualis grades, except in B4.

Theoretical/Methodological contributions: Mapping of female participation in research considering journal classification (Qualis grade) and the most recurrent subject areas of publications authored by women.

Social/Management contributions: We discuss the challenges of gender equality in the scientific community and provide subsidies for organizations and researchers to contribute to the development of practices and public policies promoting gender equality.

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Author Biography

Anna Beatriz Grangeiro Ribeiro Maia, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Doutoranda em Administração e Controladoria pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2017-2021), possui graduação em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2010), mestrado em Administração e Controladoria pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2013), especialização em Gestão Pública Municipal pela Universidade de Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB), Performance Leader Coach (2017) e Executive Coaching (2017) pela Sociedade Internacional de Liderança e Coaching (2017). Foi Controladora Geral da Prefeitura Municipal de Limoeiro do Norte-CE (2013), Diretora de Orçamento e Contabilidade na Prefeitura Municipal de Aquiraz (2014), Professora da Faculdade Lourenço Filho (2014) e do Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará (2015-2017), lecionando diversas disciplinas nos cursos de graduação e de MBA. No Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará integrou ainda o corpo administrativo da Coordenação do Curso de Ciências Contábeis (2015-2016), da Coordenação de Pesquisa e Iniciação Científica (2015-2017) e do Editorial da Revista Capital intelectual (2015-2017). Tem experiência profissional e científica na área das Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: contabilidade pública, educação fiscal, teoria da contabilidade, controladoria, governança corporativa, contabilidade para clubes de futebol.

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Published

2019-12-15

How to Cite

Maia, A. B. G. R., Cardoso, V. I. da C., Freitas, A. R. P. de, Rebouças, S. M. D. P., & Guimarães, D. B. (2019). Female Participation in Administration and Accounting Research in Brazil. Journal of Accounting, Management and Governance, 22(3), 386–404. https://doi.org/10.51341/1984-3925_2019v22n3a5

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Scientific Article (Private and Third Sector Management & Accounting)

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