Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

The future of public sector accounting research. A polyphonic debate

Giuseppe Grossi, Ileana Steccolini, Pawan Adhikari, Judy Brown, Mark Christensen, Carolyn Cordery, Laurence Ferry, Philippe Lassou, Bruce McDonald III, Ringa Raudla, Mariafrancesca Sicilia, Eija Vinnari

The purpose of this polyphonic paper is to report on interdisciplinary discussions on the state-of-the-art and future of public sector accounting research (PSAR). The authors hope…

Researchers’ hate-love relationship to performance measurement systems in academia – a Foucauldian perspective

Karin Seger, Hans Englund, Malin Härström

The purpose of this paper is to describe and theorize the type of hate-love relationship to performance measurement systems (PMSs) that individual researchers tend to develop in…

The habitus of individuals in performance measurement practices in universities: a case study

Chaturika Priyadarshani Seneviratne, Zahirul Hoque

This study aims to explore the role of individuals’ habitus in an organization’s performance measurement practices. Habitus refers to how individuals with a particular background…

Engaging with matters that matter: a cross-cultural journey into the financialization of climate change effects

Wai Fong Chua, Tanya Fiedler

The purpose of this paper is to develop a concept of engaged research that promotes research on matters that matter. Engaged research comes to the fore at the margins of…

Reconciling field-level logics and management control practices in research management at Austrian public universities

Judith Frei, Dorothea Greiling, Judith Schmidthuber

The purpose of this paper is to explore how Austrian public universities (APUs) respond to the challenge of maintaining academic freedom while complying with legal requirements…

Accountingisation of social care: the multiplicity and embeddedness of calculations and valuations in costing and caring practices

Cemil Eren Fırtın

This study aims to explore the calculations and valuations that unfold in everyday practices within social care settings. Specifically, the paper concerns the role of accounting…