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This study investigates publication profiles of 137 accounting and finance faculty promoted to professor at UK universities during 1992–2007. On average, nine papers in established academic journals, with 5 at the highest 3*/4* quality levels in a portfolio of 20 outputs are required for promotion. Based on various theoretical perspectives, multivariate models of key performance benchmarks (quality and quantity measures) are constructed and have good explanatory power (R 2 Tenure was effectively abolished in the UK via the 1988 Education Reform Act on the insistence of the government. The only real protection that academic employees now have is that of employment law relating to open-ended contracts and to fixed-term contracts longer than 2 years duration. Also, many universities recruit lecturers/assistant professors on probationary contracts and the award of a permanent contract is not guaranteed. We are grateful to the editor and a reviewer for these two corrective comments. ?≥?0.7). Publication requirements seem to have increased over time, argued to be mainly attributable to government-initiated Research Assessment Exercises. For internal promotions, there is some evidence of higher hurdles but no evidence that quality requirements differ based on gender; sub-discipline; research intensity of institution peer group; or government-initiated research ranking of unit. Similarly, the quality benchmark is not reduced for those having an increased recent publication history, a high number of non-ABS outputs or sole-authored papers. Comparison with the US suggests underlying geographically-based paradigm differences. UK promotion benchmarks are argued to have evolved through a dynamic and complex interaction between university managers, the government and the accounting and finance academic community.     

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2011年12月16日至18日云南昆明为了推进我国实证会计研究向纵深方向发展,由国内二十多所重点高校加盟的《中国会计评论》理事会发起,继成功举办前九届研讨会之后,第十届实证会计国际研讨会定于2011年12月16日至18日在云南财经大学举行。这次研讨会将沿袭上届的日程安排:(1)周五全天(16日)为博士生研讨交流会与圆桌论坛。我们拟邀请国内外著名教授等主讲会计研究方向与研究方法等。同时我们拟邀请《管理世界》、《会计研究》、《南开管理评论》等期刊主编与会圆桌讨论文章选题与规范问题;(2)正式的研讨会为一天半,18日(周