Purpose - This paper contributes to the sociology-of-science type of accounting literature, addressing how accounting knowledge is established, advanced and extended. Design/methodology/approach - The research question is answered through the example of research into linkages between accounting...

Since Hofstede published his book, The consequences of culture, numerous comparative studies have flourished and built on the well-known five-dimension model. In 1999, two critiques were addressed to these pieces of work. Bhimani (1999) critiqued their homogeneity and poor ability to enhance our...

Cet article analyse symétriquement le processus d'institutionnalisation des budgets qui a eu lieu de 1930 à 1960 et le processus de désinstitutionalisation entrepris par le Cam-i depuis les années 1990. La recherche se focalise sur les rhétoriques développées par les différents acteurs...

This paper has a methodological purpose, as we are aiming to show practices of accounting research designing. In that heuristic, we are basing our argument on Burrell's and Morgan's (1979), Feyerabend's (1975), Quattrone's (2000, 2004b) and Lowe's (2004a, b) epistemo-methodological writings and...

Purpose: The present paper is a comment on Gurd's paper published in QRAM on the use of grounded theory in interpretive accounting research. Methodology: Like Gurd, we conducted a bibliographic study on prior pieces of research claiming the use of grounded theory. Findings: We found a large...

Cet article a pour objet de présenter les principaux enjeux liés à la production de connaissances avec la grounded theory en contrôle de gestion. La recherche est une étude bibliographique confrontant les pratiques de la grounded theory avec les recommandations de ses fondateurs (Glaser et...

This paper questions the impact of Bhimani's (1999), Harrison's & McKinnon's (1999), McSweeney's (2002a) and Baskerville's (2003) critiques of Hofstede's model on accounting research. We assess how cultural studies published in accounting journals and referring to these critiques have been...

Cette communication évalue l'impact des critiques du modèle de Hofstede par Bhimani (1999), Harrison & McKinnon (1999), McSweeney (2002a) et Baskerville (2003) sur la recherche comptable. Nous évaluons comment les études culturelles publiées dans les revues en CCA se référant à ces...

Since Hofstede published his book, The consequences of culture, numerous comparative studies have flourished and built on the well-known five-dimension model. In 1999, two critiques were addressed to these pieces of work. Bhimani (1999) critiqued their homogeneity and poor ability to enhance our...

Our paper addresses what the moral foundations of accounting are, regardless of capitalistic operations, as we are seeking to trace a genealogy of accounting thinking disconnected from coincidence with Capitalism. We demonstrate that the three monotheisms have bared the core of accounting. We...