title: Academic elite in accounting: linkages among top-ranked graduate programs.
abstract: The 10 top-ranked graduate programs in accounting, based on a national survey of deans and top administrators, were linked to one another by hiring in the programs one another's graduates. Almost one-half (45.9%) of the faculty members in these 10 programs (N = 172) had graduated from one of these 10 programs. It is suggested that this linkage helps these programs to maintain and enhance their prestige.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Emporia State University, KS 66801, USA. bairjeff@emporia.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bair
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D000124:Achievement; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011209:Power, Psychological; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014495:Universities