Racial biases in recruitment by accounting firms: The case of international Chinese applicants in Australia |
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| Authors: | Kieran James Setsuo Otsuka |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Accounting, Economics & Finance, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia;2. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia;1. School of Accounting, Economics & Finance, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia;2. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia;1. School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden;2. IPSAR, University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9JS, United Kingdom;1. Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University Health Systems, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando Health, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida;3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California;1. University of Tampere, Faculty of Management, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland;1. Otago Business School, University of Otago, New Zealand;2. LGCO, University of Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, France;3. Kedge Business School, France |
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| Abstract: | This paper documents the difficulties in finding accounting work faced by international Chinese accounting graduates in Australia in the two years after graduation. We argue that Chinese accounting graduates remain a marginalised group within today's Australian society. The interview results support this assertion, with even high-achieving Chinese graduates finding it difficult to obtain work with mainstream accounting firms and corporations. The main reasons appear to be their lack of Australian working experience, lack of knowledge of Australian culture, and lack of “Australian English”. Australian accounting firms, due to a revealed preference to hire white Australian graduates, appear to be missing out on a vast reservoir of Chinese talent. Chinese accounting graduates speak two or three languages and have established business networks in China or at the very least insider knowledge of how that country's business culture operates. Whilst their sub-cultural capital may be lower on average than white graduates on some conventional measures, it is higher in those areas of bilingual capability and cross-cultural knowledge which are becoming of increasing importance to Australian business. |
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