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Article Information:
Title:
Balancing acts in qualitative accounting research
Author(s):
Sven Modell, Christopher Humphrey
Journal:
Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management
Year:
2008
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
92 - 100
ISSN:
1176-6093
DOI:
10.1108/11766090810888908
Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the motivation for this special issue and its contributions.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a conceptual editorial piece which discusses current methodological tendencies in qualitative accounting research.
Findings – The paper argues that qualitative research involves some balancing acts between, on the one hand, pragmatic and aesthetic aspects and, on the other, the necessary steps for establishing trust in a particular piece of research. The authors explicate how this is manifest in the contributions to this special issue.
Originality/value – This paper highlights the need for greater attention to the many pragmatic aspects associated with qualitative accounting research rarely accounted for in previous texts on the topic.
Keywords:
Accounting, Accounting research, Qualitative research, Research methods
Article Type:
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