The Real Life Guide to Accounting Research: A Behind-the-Scenes View of Using Qualitative Research Methods

Contents......Page 10
Dedication......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Authors’ Biographies......Page 14
Introduction......Page 24
Section One: The Meaning of Research......Page 32
1. The Search for Clues in Accounting History......Page 36
2. Adventures in Social and Environmental Accounting and Auditing Research: A Personal Reflection......Page 54
3. Using Case Studies in Finance Research......Page 68
4. Accounting and Auditing Research in the United States......Page 88
5. Forever Destined to be Extras in a Broadway Show? A Discussion on the Status of National Accounting Research in an International Arena......Page 104
6. ‘Nice Work’: Writing a Ph.D. Thesis in Accounting......Page 126
7. Learning to Balance: The Experience of an Overseas Ph.D. student in the U.K.......Page 150
Section Two: Managing the Research Process......Page 168
8. Starting and Managing a European Union Funded Research Project......Page 170
9. Management of a Research Team......Page 180
10. Confessions of a Research Assistant......Page 194
11. Making Sense of Interactions in an Investigation of Organisational Practices and Processes......Page 206
12. Qualitative Research on Accounting: Some Thoughts on What Occurs Behind the Scene......Page 222
13. Critical Independence......Page 238
Section Three: Collecting and Analysing Data......Page 258
14. Case-Based Research in Accounting......Page 262
15. Doing Case Study Research......Page 288
16. What is the Object of Accounting? A Dialogue......Page 312
17. Refining Research Questions in the Course of Negotiating Access for Fieldwork......Page 326
18. Insights from Internet-Based Research: Realising a Qualitative Understanding from a Quantitative Search Process......Page 340
19. The Case Study, The Interview and The Issues: A Personal Reflection......Page 356
20. Qualitative Research: Experiences in Using Semi-Structured Interviews......Page 370
21. To Tape or Not to Tape: Reflections on Methods of Data Collection......Page 390
22. Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Respecting Voices Within Data Management and Analysis......Page 404
23. Qualitative Data Analysis: Illuminating a Process for Transforming a ‘Messy’ but ‘Attractive’ ‘Nuisance’......Page 422
Section Four: Publishing and Dissemination......Page 440
24. Requirements and Understandings for Publishing Academic Research: An Insider View......Page 442
25. How Do Accounting Research Journals Function? Reflections from the Inside......Page 464
26. Research and Public Practice Accounting......Page 480
27. Disseminating Research Through Teaching......Page 496
Section Five: Interdisciplinary Perspectives......Page 510
28. Qualitative Methodology in Practice: My Experience......Page 512
29. Raising the Profile of Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research......Page 522
30. Qualitative Dimensions in Finance and Risk Management Research......Page 540
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