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 – This paper adds to a focus of the social accounting literature (on perceptions and attitudes to social … accounting) by seeking to offer insights into Syrian accountants' attitudes towards, and perceptions of, social accounting in … specificities, including Islam. Interviewees perceived a significant role for a social accounting – that would parallel the Western …

Purpose – Transforming gender research in accounting is possible, desirable, and promising: the past few decades have …/methodology/approach – By reviewing pioneering feminist research in various disciplines, the author opens the margins and boundaries of gender-in-accounting … struggles, the paper illustrates the significant consequences of economic globalization on women, and accounting's connection …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to revisit the special issue of Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal … published in 1996 on the theme “Accounting history into the twenty-first century”, in order to identify and assess the impact of … the special issue in shaping developments in the accounting history literature, and to consider issues for future …

Purpose – The issue of accounting change, why and how accounting evolves through time and within specific … accounting change, organisations confronting similar environmental pressures show different outcomes of change. Design … cases show two different patterns of accounting change, where only one case is able to finally reach radical change …

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the emergence of accounting shared service centers (SSCs) in the municipal sector … action. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the accounting literature by investigating institutional …

Purpose – This paper seeks to extend the development of the historical accounting research agenda further into the area … Britain and explores how an accounting failure disrupted the tension between the two established competing discourses, leading …, as necessary, in support. Findings – The paper demonstrates that accounting, although it may not be central to a …

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. …