Publishing In The Accounting Journals: Is There A Gender Bias?

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<p class="MsoBlockText" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 37.45pt 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">To publish or not to publish?… that is the question (adapted from William Shakespeare).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In the world of academe, the answer is short and sweet… publish or get out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This rule holds true for both male and female faculty members, yet it is sometimes postulated that there may be some inconsistencies on how this rule applies across the genders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This study focuses on whether male and female accounting academics have distinctive patterns of representation as authors in top ranked accounting journals. Archival data, consisting of author information and article information was collected for two journals, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Accounting Review</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Journal Accounting Research</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Consistent with previous research findings, preliminary results suggest that females represent a disproportionately small minority of authors in both of these two top accounting journals.</span></span></p>