Article
Job Perceptions and Turnover Behavior of Tenure-track Accounting Educators
Journal of Accounting Education
(2000)
Abstract
This paper compares the job-related need fulfillment of academic accountants in 1994 with that reported nearly a quarter of a century earlier by Carpenter and Strawser (1971. A study of the job satisfaction of academic accountants. The Accounting Review (July), 46, 509-518). We also investigate whether job dissonance (dissatisfaction resulting from unmet needs) foreshadowed turnover of faculty respondents during the 2-year period following our survey. Results suggest that fulfillment for most job-related needs was lower for 1994 accounting educators than for their 1970 counterparts. Within the 1994 sample, certain perceptual differences were attributed to both race (black versus non-black) and gender. Regardless of demographics, however, reported job dissonance in 1994 was strongly associated with subsequent job turnover, particularly among assistant professors. Taking steps to reduce or eliminate job dissonance is arguably more important in today's environment than in 1994. Accounting faculty members today enjoy a greater number of opportunities and thus can more readily remove themselves from situations that create perceived job dissonance.
Keywords
- Job perceptions,
- Job satisfaction,
- Job dissonance,
- Academic accountants,
- Gender differences,
- Racial differences,
- Turnover behaviour
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2000
DOI
10.1016/S0748-5751(01)00004-5
Citation Information
Joyce Strawser, James C. Flagg and Sarah A. Holmes. "Job Perceptions and Turnover Behavior of Tenure-track Accounting Educators" Journal of Accounting Education Vol. 18 Iss. 4 (2000) p. 315 - 340 ISSN: 0748-5751 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joyce-strawser/2/