Challenges facing women accountants in Nigeria

Other Title(s)

التحديات التي تواجه المرأة كمحاسبة في نيجيريا

Joint Authors

Muhammad, Fatimah
Dabbur, Alexander Olawumi

Source

The Arab Journal of Accounting

Issue

Vol. 18, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.128-146, 19 p.

Publisher

University of Bahrain Scientific Publishing Center

Publication Date

2015-06-30

Country of Publication

Bahrain

No. of Pages

19

Main Subjects

Economics & Business Administration

Abstract EN

The aime of the study is to find out the challenges facing female accountants in Nigeria.

Structured questionnaire was used to gather information from respondents.

The study was restricted to the Nigerian banking sector.

Seventy-five respondents were selected randomly from branches of various banks in Benin City.

The study employed Chi-square statistical technique .The result shows that child bearing, being single, age of female and family commitments have negative effect on career pursuit of female accountant in Nigeria.

We recommended that employers should create family friendly policies and flexible working arrangements for female accountants in order to reduce high turnover of female accountants in the banking sector

American Psychological Association (APA)

Dabbur, Alexander Olawumi& Muhammad, Fatimah. 2015. Challenges facing women accountants in Nigeria. The Arab Journal of Accounting،Vol. 18, no. 1, pp.128-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-827975

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Dabbur, Alexander Olawumi& Muhammad, Fatimah. Challenges facing women accountants in Nigeria. The Arab Journal of Accounting Vol. 18, no. 1 (Jun. 2015), pp.128-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-827975

American Medical Association (AMA)

Dabbur, Alexander Olawumi& Muhammad, Fatimah. Challenges facing women accountants in Nigeria. The Arab Journal of Accounting. 2015. Vol. 18, no. 1, pp.128-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-827975

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes Appendix : p. 145-146

Record ID

BIM-827975