DO WOMEN ACCOUNTING STUDENTS OUTPERFORM MEN? A QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL TRAITS

Year 1994, Volume: 12 , 159 - 173, 31.12.1994

Gülnur Muradoğlu Can Şımga Muğan Dilek Cindoğlu

Abstract

This study investigates the patterns of
academic performance by gender in a developing country in a stereotypical male
profession and non-feminine career path. Data are gathered from Business
Administration students of Bilkent University, Turkey. The findings of the
present study correlates with earlier studies in western cultures in that (1)
female accounting students outperform male accounting students significantly,
(2) the interactive relationship between the gender of the instructor and the
gender of the students suggest that female students do significantly better
with female instructors.

Keywords

gender, academic performance

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