...Alisa G. Brink; Carolyn Strand Norman; Benson Wier ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of various educational degree paths on promotion probabilities in public accounting in the Big 4 firms. We analyze survey responses from 860 accounting professionals in the United...

... as suggested by publication ratings does not significantly affect willingness to hire. Further results suggest that Big 4 employers are equally willing to hire the online accounting graduate as employers from most other types of firms. In addition, employers appear to be more accepting of lower-level...

... curricula India Big 4 Educators and those in practice need to build our ability to change quickly (both structurally and in terms of skill sets) to respond to rapidly changing, complex global business environments, and understand the impact of that on education pathways. —Bruce Behn, Chairman...