Purpose – This editorial seeks to reflect on seven contributions to this AAAJ special issue and on the interdisciplinary accounting, auditing and accountability movement and its future directions. The seven papers were invited plenary contributions to the APIRA 2007 conference, which in part...

Purpose – This editorial seeks to reflect on seven contributions to this AAAJ special issue and on the interdisciplinary accounting, auditing and accountability movement and its future directions. The seven papers were invited plenary contributions to the APIRA 2007 conference, which in part...

Purpose – This paper sets out to demonstrate a conceptual structure for the study of performance management systems which subsumes one major aspect of management accounting activity, namely performance evaluation and control. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the varied concerns of delegates at an international accounting conference. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology takes the form of a prose article and accompanying fictional poem. Findings – Accounting conferences gather many...