The accounting academic

Grant Samkin and Annika Schneider

Meditari Accountancy Research, 2014, vol. 22, issue 1, 2-19

Abstract: Purpose - – This paper aims to consider the accounting academic, the environment in which the academic operates and the challenges they face. Design/methodology/approach - – This paper explores a number of issues relating to the accounting academic. The five papers that make up the special issue are located within a framework which is used to illustrate how each one contributes to the field. This paper is primarily discursive in nature. Findings - – The theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches used in the papers that make up this special issue are described. In addition, the paper suggests that the accounting academic will remain a fertile area for future research. Practical implications - – This portrayal of accounting academics is of interest to accounting researchers, accounting historians, university managers and individual academics. Originality/value - – This special issue provides a range of examples of research relevant to the accounting academic and sets an agenda for future research.

Keywords: Autoethnography; Accounting research; Self-reflection; Scholarship; Diegesis; Accounting academic; Research output; Personal accounts; M40; M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-05-2014-0041

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