USE OF NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY BY DOCTORATE-GRANTING ACCOUNTING PROGRAMS.

A shortage of doctorally-qualified accounting faculty exists in the United States. Recent research shows that this shortage is likely to become more severe in the next five to ten years if no new action is taken. This paper identifies one strategy that business schools might use to alleviate the shortage, the use of non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty, and then reports the results of two studies that assess the extent to which that strategy is being undertaken by business schools that have doctoral programs in accounting. The paper concludes with a summary of the implications of this research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]