Karriärmöjligheter i revisionsbranschen : En studie om revisorsassistenters uppfattningar kring etnicitetens påverkan på karriären
Sammanfattning:
People with foreign backgrounds are underrepresented in senior positions throughout the Swedish labor market. It is argued that in order to successfully achieve higher positions in organizations you should have Swedish-born parents. There have also been studies showing that minority groups in a society or within an organization are at high risk of facing career obstacles. The uneven distribution of labor is especially apparent in the Swedish auditing profession where the percentage of certified public auditors with a foreign background is approximately 3%. This aroused the interest to investigate how the auditor assistants, who are in the beginning of their career, perceive that ethnicity affects the opportunities for career development. The survey was based on a number of theories and concepts to get an underlying understanding of the studied area. The concepts underlying the study include diversity, ethnicity and identity. Based on these concepts the empirical material has been collected through a qualitative approach in the form of semi-structured interviews. The study shows that most auditors assistants do not believe that ethnicity has an impact on career opportunities. Instead the own ambitions and driving force are lifted as crucial to how far you succeed in the industry. It is however implied, in different ways, that obstacles may occur because of the ethnic background. By categorizing to "we" and "the others", by putting obstacles for oneself and by the expectations that customers have of a certain type of auditor barriers for the ethnic minority are formed.
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