What does it take to become a partner at a big 4 Accounting firm? Insights from Singapore’s experience

• Main Authors: PAN, Gary, SEOW, Poh Sun, PANG, Yang Hoong, LEONG, Kwong Sin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Attributes; Partner; Big 4 accounting firm; Singapore; Accounting; Asian Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1721; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2748/viewcontent/Post_Print.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Due to the shift in partner’s identity, there have been growing interests in understanding characteristics, skills and behaviours of accounting partners. Given that Big 4 Accounting firms are supposedly international accounting firms that are organized in similar structures, an interesting question...