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In 2019, Academic Researchers Tried to Answer the Question ‘Is Accounting a Miserable Job?’

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And whereas in most professions these would be considerable drawbacks, in chartered accountancy they are a positive boon.”. A branch of accounting literature argues that such stereotypes are costly to the profession because they reduce the number, quality, and diversity of people selecting into accounting careers (Baldvinsdottir et al.