Century plus journeys: using career crafting to explore the career success of pioneer women accountants

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the struggle for entry and career success of the early pioneer women accountants in Great Britain and its former colonies the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Design/methodology/approachA career crafting matrix guides the analysis of historical information available on five pioneer women accountants in order to understand their success in gaining entry into the profession and their subsequent careers.FindingsDespite an exclusionary environment, career crafting efforts coupled with family and organizational support enabled these women to become one of the first female accountants in their respective countries. Their struggles were not personal but much broader—seeking social, political, economic and professional empowerment for women.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to utilize the career crafting matrix developed from current female accountants' careers to explore careers of pioneering female accountants. It adds to the limited literature on women actors in accounting and may provide insight into approaching current forms of difference and discrimination.

Trajetória e pensamento intelectual de professoras da PUC-Rio. Representantes de uma geração de Teólogas Feministas

Com este trabalho pretende-se analisar os aspectos da trajetória socioeclesial no tempo existencial, histórico e social de três teólogas e professoras da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), que integram o grupo das pioneiras no Brasil a produzir teologia por perspectivas feministas e pelas abordagens dos estudos de gênero. Analisam-se, de maneira articulada, os elementos da trajetória dessas mulheres que fazem delas representantes da geração de teólogas feministas. Os dados empíricos deste estudo foram coletados por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e entrevistas, no decorrer do ano de 2009, e são analisados à luz da teoria sobre o problema das gerações, do sociólogo Karl Mannheim.Abstract: This article is part of the set of studies of the sociology of knowledge. It analyses aspects of the performance of three theologians and teachers at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), among the pioneer women in Brazil who produced a theology according to the Feminist perspective and the approach of Gender Studies. It seeks to verify elements of these women’s curriculum and performance which make them representatives of their generationof feminist theologians. The empirical data of this study were collected through bibliographical research and elaborated interviews during the year of 2009, and are analyzed in the light of the generation problems theory of Karl Mannheim (sociologist).Keywords: Generation. Feminist theologians. Intellectual thinking. Sociology of knowledge.