of the publication of Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal ( AAAJ ). Design/methodology/approach – The paper … for future research developments in those fields. Research limitations/implications – This paper serves as a selected … comprehensive review of developments in the relevant literature and of the possibilities for future research developments within the …

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to recognize the richness in exploring the inter‐linkages between accounting … and popular culture. Such an investigation should reap returns in not only furthering an understanding of accounting, but … to capture the significant transformative influence of accounting, and calculative practices more generally, in the …

Purpose – This paper seeks to extend the development of the historical accounting research agenda further into the area … accounting can be determined. Further support is provided for studies that seek to expand the accounting research agenda into new … territories. Originality/value – The study of popular culture is relatively novel in accounting research. This paper seeks to add …

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how accounting is entwined in the cultural practice of popular music. Particular … is paid in this respect to the biography and lyrics of the Beatles. Findings – Accounting and accountants play both the … economic prudence of the bourgeois accountant is required (although it might be resented). Research limitations …

accountability systems. In particular the paper aims to deal with the relationships between accounting‐based reforms, forms of … home‐based services. The accounting reforms were received very differently in these two areas. “Territoriali” was resistant … responses to accounting and consequent shifts in accountability in two contrasting service areas.  …

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the emergence of accounting shared service centers (SSCs) in the municipal sector … must find and recognize critical audiences that are receptive to their agenda. Research limitations/implications – The … action. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the accounting literature by investigating institutional …

Purpose – The paper aims to explore the social origins of Scottish chartered accountants and the accounting stereotype … representations of the accountant. Findings – The novels contribute to our understanding of the construction of accounting stereotypes … uses accounting skills to uncover corruption and address (social) wrongs. However, this unconventional portrayal may have …

Purpose – Accounting and water industry experts are developing general‐purpose water accounting (GPWA) to report … also affect financial returns to accounting and auditing firms and firms in water industries. In this paper the authors aim … to examine the roles of the accounting profession, water industries and other stakeholders in governing GPWA. Recognising …

, were in existence millennia ago. Research limitations/implications – Accounting is broader than has been widely perceived …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw attention towards how religious beliefs are linked to today's accounting … concepts have been widely used to justify various historical social injustices. Four basic accounting principles; matching …