1st Edition
The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh, 1854-1914 A Study of Recruitment to a New Profession
By Stephen P. Walker
Copyright 1988
398 Pages
by
Routledge
398 Pages
by
Routledge
398 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1988, provides an analysis of recruitment to the new profession of nineteenth-century accountancy, and in doing so, gives an insight into the complex origins and behaviour of the emergent professional classes. Unlike most studies, this is a study of all recruits, not only of those who succeeded in becoming qualified. This permits an analysis of the whole process of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Determinants of Recruitment to the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh 3. Career Selection: Why Chartered Accountancy? 4. Occupational Preparation: Apprenticeship and Examination 5. Vocational Success and Failure: Professional Training, Qualification and Careers 6. The Limits to Self-Recruitment: Marriage and Fertility 7. Self-Recruitment and Social Mobility 8. Conclusions
Biography
Stephen P. Walker
