Microaggressions in the Accounting Academy: The Black Experience

Microaggressions in the Accounting Academy: The Black Experience

Black Americans are underrepresented members of the US accounting academy (Brown-Liburd and Joe 2020). By interviewing Black accounting faculty about their experiences during their doctoral education and institutional hiring and promotion processes, we discover stories of degradation, stereotyping,...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics Vol. 192; no. 3; pp. 627 - 654
Main Authors: Davis, Phebian L., Dickins, Denise, Higgs, Julia L., Reid, Joseph
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-07-2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Accounting
African Americans
Black students
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Degradation
Education
Enlightenment
Ethics
Graduate students
Graduate studies
Hiring
Management
Marginality
Microaggressions
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Original Paper
Philosophy
Quality of Life Research
Stereotypes
Turnover intentions
Microaggressions
Black accounting academics
Storytelling
Diversity
Equity
Semi-structured interviews
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Summary:Black Americans are underrepresented members of the US accounting academy (Brown-Liburd and Joe 2020). By interviewing Black accounting faculty about their experiences during their doctoral education and institutional hiring and promotion processes, we discover stories of degradation, stereotyping, and exclusion (i.e., microaggressions) that participants report negatively impact their views of the academic accounting profession and increase their turnover intentions. Microaggressions committed against Black accounting faculty may contribute to underrepresentation that can be addressed through enlightenment, education, and interaction. Our findings are important as they fill gaps in related extant literature concerning the existence and impacts of microaggressions, and they may help improve diversity and equity in the accounting academy.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-023-05539-1