Abstract Networking through golf is recognized in the business world as one possible component of professional development. After documenting an underrepresentation of females during the annual departmental golf outing at a regional public university, we developed this study using the action research methodology to measure the success of various iterations of a student-golf program created in response to this gender diversity gap. The motivation behind implementation of the program is to train more female students in this non-traditional skillset because it may otherwise prove as a limitation to important networking opportunities that may hinder those individuals’ success in public accounting. Using various structures of the Golf Links program, we find a tradeoff between more thoroughly developing the skillset of a small number of students as compared to providing limited instruction to a larger number of students. Given the feedback from accounting professionals suggesting that non-golfers do not see the networking value in learning golf, we find that providing a brief introduction to the sport to a wider number of students may be more effective in overcoming that hurdle and incentivizing students to pursue golf on their own as a means of professional networking.

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高尔夫，网络和会计教育：性别平等方法

摘要通过高尔夫建立人脉网络是商业领域公认的职业发展的一种可能。在记录了某地区公立大学年度部门高尔夫郊游中女性人数不足的情况后，我们使用行动研究方法对这项研究进行了研究，以衡量针对这一性别多样性差异而创建的学生高尔夫计划的各种迭代是否成功。实施该计划的动机是，在这种非传统的技能中训练更多的女学生，因为否则它可能会被证明是对重要社交机会的限制，而这种机会可能会阻碍这些人在公共会计领域的成功。使用高尔夫链接计划的各种结构，与为大量学生提供有限的指导相比，我们发现在更全面地发展少数学生的技能方面需要权衡。鉴于会计专业人士的反馈表明，非高尔夫球手在学习高尔夫球运动中看不到网络的价值，我们发现，向更多的学生提供这项运动的简要介绍可能会更有效地克服这一障碍并激励学生追求高尔夫运动自己打高尔夫，将其作为专业网络的一种手段。