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values of fatalism, traditionalism, and religious commitment were found to explain cross‐cultural variation in innovation …
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observable (e.g. age, race, religion) antecedents of innovation acceptance, the current research emphasized on the influence of …
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Zusammenfassung Zahlreiche Kulturlandschaften, die maßgeblich von religiösen Bauwerken, Traditionen oder Riten geprägt sind, nutzen in ihrem touristischen Marketing diese Besonderheiten und entwickeln darauf basierend eine regionale Marke mit eigenem Namen, Logo und Webauftritt. Die...
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Purpose – This paper explores the role of accounting in a religious setting and evaluates the sacred‐secular divide developed by Laughlin and Booth who suggested that accounting is antithetical to religious values, embodying the secular as opposed to the sacred. Yet Christian thinkers such...
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/implications – Religion and religious organizations occupy a greater importance in society than academic accounting research would indicate …
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Purpose – This paper offers a critique of the sacred and secular dichotomy, a theoretical framework recently introduced into the accounting and accountability literature primarily by Laughlin and Booth. The divide has been used to interpret the ambiguous roles of accountants and accounting...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the construction of the meanings of auditor independence (AI) in an oil‐rich autocratic state with an ideology straddling liberal market capitalism and Shari'ah (Islamic teachings). Design/methodology/approach – The concept of AI was...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Buddhist and Hindu people in non‐Western societies perceive rational accountability practices in religious organizations, through their respective religious “spirit” and “beliefs” and in combination with broader structural...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine financial management in the Pre‐Reformation church in Aberdeen, Scotland during the bishopric of Bishop William Elphinstone (1488‐1514). Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a combination of literature‐based analysis,...
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Purpose – Focusing on Sanitarium, a commercial‐charity operating as a department of a church, the paper aims to use Mashaw's taxonomy to examine this organisation's informal reporting in the context of accountability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a case study approach and...
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