Accountant stereotypes in movies distributed in North America in the twentieth century |
| |
Authors: | Tony Dimnik Sandra Felton |
| |
Institution: | aQueen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6;bDepartment of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S 3A1 |
| |
Abstract: | We examine the accountant’s image in popular cinema, an influential medium that reflects and shapes social attitudes. After coding 168 characters on 41 characteristics, we use factor analysis to reduce these data to six factors and cluster analysis to identify five stereotypes: Dreamer, Plodder, Eccentric, Hero and Villain. Over time we find an increase in the representation of females, ethnic minorities, CPAs and CAs as movie accountants. Characters with CPAs or CAs are more likely to be Heroes than any other stereotype. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|