Abstract This paper explores the effects of doctoral school and initial faculty appointment school status on the career publication productivity of accounting faculty. A sample of individuals awarded dissertation grants by prominent accounting organizations was used to more tightly control for variations in research skill and supportive environments. Using Linear Structural Relations (LISREL), the results show research productivity is related to both the status of the doctoral program and the status of the initial faculty appointment school. Differences were detected when the sample was divided by temporal cohort.
Fogarty et al. (Sat,) studied this question.