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Shifting from Accounting Practitioner to Academia

Tactics, Tips, and Strategies for the Transition

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Addresses the considerations and factors that accounting professionals should take into account when pivoting from practice to higher education, think tanks, or other non-practitioner roles
  • Presents issues connected to the types of job opportunities, where and when these opportunities might arise, and how any practitioner can reimagine their professional persona
  • Includes the advice and anecdotes which add a tangible and real-world feel to the concepts and ideas discussed in this book

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Accounting and Finance Practice (PSAFP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. A Changing Profession

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 1-20
  3. Making the Transition

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 21-37
  4. The (Career) Options

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 39-63
  5. Institutional Options

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 65-86
  6. The Academic Workload

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 87-145
  7. My Personal Transition

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 147-170
  8. Building Bridges

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 171-188
  9. Building an Academic Portfolio

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 189-230
  10. The Changing Higher Landscape of Education

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 231-262
  11. Reflections and Observations

    • Sean Stein Smith
    Pages 263-281
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 283-287

About this book

This book addresses the considerations and factors that accounting professionals should take into account when pivoting from practice to higher education, think tanks, or other non-practitioner roles. Breaking down this transition, the book addresses issues connected to the types of job opportunities, where and when these opportunities might arise, and how any practitioner can reimagine their professional persona. Crafted from a first-hand perspective, the advice and anecdotes included throughout the book add a tangible and real-world feel to the concepts and ideas discussed in this book. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics and Business, Lehman College, Bronx, USA

    Sean Stein Smith

About the author

Dr. Sean Stein Smith is an assistant professor of Accounting in the Economics and Business Department at Lehman College. Sean serves on the Advisory Board of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, where he chairs the Accounting Working Group. His award-winning research has appeared in dozens of articles, books, and multi-media formats.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shifting from Accounting Practitioner to Academia

  • Book Subtitle: Tactics, Tips, and Strategies for the Transition

  • Authors: Sean Stein Smith

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Accounting and Finance Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67546-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67545-5Published: 08 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67548-6Published: 08 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67546-2Published: 07 February 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2524-8251

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-826X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Financial Accounting, Human Resource Management, Career Skills

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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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Hardcover Book USD 89.99
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