Societal Relevance of Management Accounting

List of contents

1. The societal relevance of management accounting: An introduction 2. In our ivory towers? The research-practice gap in management accounting 3. The societal relevance of management accounting innovations: economic value added and institutional work in the fields of Chinese and Thai state-owned enterprises 4. The ‘performativity thesis’ and its critics: Towards a relational ontology of management accounting 5. Relevant interventionist research: balancing three intellectual virtues

About the author

Sven Modell is Professor of Management Accounting at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. His research interests pivot on a broad range of management accounting topics, especially related to performance management, costing and resource allocation practices. He is an Associate Editor of Accounting and Business Research and has published widely in a number of leading accounting journals.

Summary

This book explores the relevance of management accounting research and practice for a range of broader, societal phenomena related to corporate governance and regulation, the creation and maintenance of markets and their concomitant social and political implications. It also explores the theoretical and methodological implications of pursuing a research agenda exploring such phenomena in greater detail.
Containing a number of theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions by leading management accounting scholars, The Societal Relevance of Management Accounting seeks to advance novel research approaches that go beyond the traditional intra-organisational focus that has long dominated management accounting research. As such, it seeks to enhance the relevance of management accounting research for a broader range of stakeholders and interest groups in and around individual organisations. This book was originally published as a special issue of Accounting and Business Research.

Product details

• Authors: Sven Modell, Sven (University of Manchester Modell
• Assisted by: Sven Modell (Editor), Sven (University of Manchester Modell (Editor), Modell Sven (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138930001
• ISBN: 978-1-138-93000-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Managerial, REFERENCE / Research, Sociology: work & labour, Management of specific areas, Management accounting & bookkeeping, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Research methods: general, Management accounting, bookkeeping and auditing