O status social do contador no Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Márcia Regina de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/26311
• topic: contador; contabilidade; status; prestígio profissional; accountant; accountancy; status; professional prestige; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO::CIENCIAS CONTABEIS

Globalization has demanded professionals who are prepared to operate in competitive markets. In this dynamic environment, in which organizations are constantly revising their business strategies, accounting professionals must also develop new skills that enable them to fulfill their responsibilities adequately. In fact, national and international accounting entities have made efforts to improve and grow the profession in response to emerging needs. The objective of this research is to understand how the professional market is evaluating accounting and accountants in today s business environment. This paper contributes to the study of the accounting profession in Brazil, its focus being the evolution of the profession s prestige. This research was concerned, more specifically, with the institutionalization of the profession in Brazil, the creation of professional associations, the regulation of higher education in Accounting Science, and efforts towards the design and improvement of professional training. The theoretical framework of the study is based on professional sociology. In order to analyze the profession s prestige, weberian theories of class and status, and neo-weberian theories of social class and occupation, were employed. The study is exploratory in nature, as data and information were used to explain the delineation of the profession and to extrapolate the occupational prestige achieved by its professionals. For the study of the profession, the documentary research method was used. The procedure used to assess the status of the profession included semi-structured interviews, which were analyzed through the content analysis method. The results show that the perception of the professional market concerning accountants is strongly impacted by the technical aspects of the profession. However, it was observed that, relative to more active participation by accountants in the decision-making process, perception is lower due to lack of business environment understanding. For its exploratory character, this study was initiated in the professional market and is intended to contribute to the related academic body of work by suggesting ways of achieving professional improvement, which can be used to align training programs, degree programs, and continued education in the field.