Finding the balance between career and personal life has always been a challenge for working people. Work-life balance refers to people spending sufficient time at their jobs while also spending adequate time on other pursuits, such as family, hobbies, and community involvement. This study...

The purpose of this study is to examine the current developments in the distribution of men and women in accounting academia, including university faculty positions and in leadership roles in the American Accounting Association (AAA). The study also reviews women's participation in the...

Accounting, the accounting system and the accounting profession are all dimensions, which are deeply influenced by economic, social and political evolutions of the Romanian existence from the first considered paper within Romanian accounting literature (1792) until today. We therefore set out...

It took 100 years for the French State to control the accounting structures, turning year after year some awkward government into powerful governance. The first factor of control was the generalisation of the income tax by the companies and the citizens. For that, it was necessary to take some...

This article reminds the reader that companies must produce their output efficiently or else they will become high-cost producers and get competed out of existence. This article quotes published research to show that adoption of models other than historical cost (including fair value accounting)...

Using legitimacy theory this paper contrasts the values portrayed by public accounting firms via their recruitment practices and society's expectations of the responsibilities of a professional accountant. Society confers on organisations legitimacy when the value system of the organisation is...

The world financial and economic crisis is the worse since the Great Depression. But it should not be forgotten that climate change is dangerously and continuously destroying planet earth. This editorial does not deny the importance of the economic mess that bankers and hedge-fund managers have...

This study investigated the skills that are considered necessary in an accounting career and the factors that influence the career choice of accountants in an emerging economy. Using a sample of 643 accountants, the study established that contribution to personal development and society and...

The aim of this study is to investigate the development of accounting as a scientific discipline in Turkey. In the Ottoman State (Turkey has historically deep-rooted ties), the accounting system developed within the context of the importance attributed to personal law, emanet and zakat....