Critical Thinking Review

CRITICAL REVIEW

INTRODUCTION Background information

The main purpose of the article The effect of Gender and Dependent Children on Professional Accountant 's Career Progression by Carolyn Windsor and Pak Auyeung of the Griffith Business School , Griffith University (Nathan Campus , Qtd , Australia dated November 22 , 2004 is to show proof that there is discrimination in the promotion of accountants in terms of gender and dependent children in Singapore and Australia (Windsor Auyeung , 2004

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levels if they are married and have children . On the other hand , men are promoted if they are married and have children . The main reason for this discrepancy is that the women have been stereotyped to prioritize their time to child bearing and child caring . Whereas , the age -old tradition states that it is the man 's responsibility to prioritize earning money . This research had been conducted in Singapore and Australia . Specifically the target subjects are accountants working in major international accounting firms . Likewise , the support given by both the Singaporean and Australian government to its female population in terms of laws issued to deter discrimination in the work place are not enough to prevent the people 's traditional outlook that the women are born to take care of the house and the children and the husbands are born to bring the bread and butter home . In short , the specific purpose of this research is to be a reliable related literature for future researches on discriminatory subjects as gender and the dependent children in the promotion processes of international accounting firms in Singapore and Australia (Windsor Auyeung , 2004

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Importance of the article

The importance of the article is that it gives evidences that there is indeed a mindset that the men are born to prioritize working feed the family . On the other hand , this same article emphasizes that the women are born give preference to taking care of the children and the household chores . Likewise , this article shows factual evidences that majority of the senior management positions are reserved for the male workers of society , specifically in the accounting profession (Windsor Auyeung , 2004

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The international accounting firms of KPMG , Ernst and Young , PWC and Deloitte 's show that women find it hard to rise up to the top level positions because these selected accounting firms prefer the men to the women to handle the delicate , complex and the hectic jobs up there . This article give real empirical data that only a few women reach the top echelon positions in these four international accounting firms under study . This article also shows that the talents of these women who are as qualified or even more qualified than their male counterparts are going to waste . This article shows that women are viewed as a person will choose to give her time and effort to taking care of the home and the kids and relegating her job as manager in the...