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Informationen zum Autor AHMED RIAHI-BELKAOUI is Professor of Accounting at the College of Business Administration, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and Chairman of the Cultural Studies and Accounting Research Committee, American Accounting Association (Internal Accounting Section)./e Riahi-Belkaoui is also a member of the editorial board of several professional journals and is the author of twenty four previous Quorum books and co-author of three more. Klappentext Once considered an intruder into the academic community, accounting has developed into a full fledged social science, with fierce competition among its different paradigms. Riahi-Belkaoui explains that these paradigms, each striving for primacy through publications, conferences, and other means of self-exposure, are characterized by their exemplars, their image of the subject matter, their theories, and finally the methods they use. In doing so they have given accounting a certain, new cachet. Riahi-Belkaoui thus provides a critical examination of each of these paradigms in an effort to guide researchers and policymakers in their search for proper interpretations and positionings of the products of accounting research. A stimulating discussion for academics and knowledgeable professionals alike. In six chapters each devoted to a specific paradigm, the book elucidates each paradigm's contribution to accounting thought and practice. Covered are the anthropological/inductive paradigm, the true income/deductive paradigm, the decision usefulness/decision model paradigm, the decision usefulness/decision maker/aggregate market behavior paradigm, and the decision usefulness/decision maker/individual user paradigm. The result is a book that makes unique use of philosophy of science concepts in accounting, and a book that will also have applications in university graduate-level courses in research methodology and accounting theory. Zusammenfassung Covered are the anthropological/inductive paradigm! the true income/deductive paradigm! the decision usefulness/decision model paradigm! the decision usefulness/decision maker/aggregate market behavior paradigm! and the decision usefulness/decision maker/individual user paradigm. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Accounting: Toward a Multiple Paradigm Science The Anthropological/Inductive Paradigm The True Income/Deductive Paradigm The Decision Usefulness/Decision Model Paradigm The Decision Usefulness/Decision Maker/Aggregate Market Behavior Paradigm The Decision Usefulness/Decision Maker/Individual User Paradigm Index ...