Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management: Volume 5 Issue 1

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management – the journey so far

Deryl Northcott, Bill Doolin

The paper's aim is to reflect on the progress of the journal Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management since its inception in 2004.

Case studies and a single, differentiated reality: A reply to Sue Llewellyn (2007)

Andrew Sayer

The paper's purpose is to provide a commentary on “Case studies and differentiated realities” a paper by Sue Llewellyn published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management…

Pluralist ontology: comments on Llewellyn (2007)

Robert W. Scapens, ChunLei Yang

The aim is to provide a commentary on “Case studies and differentiated realities”, a paper by Sue Llewellyn, published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Vol. 4…

Differentiated realities? A response to Andrew Sayer and Bob Scapens and ChunLei Yang

Sue Llewellyn

The paper aims to provide a response to commentaries in this issue by Andrew Sayer, and Robert W. Scapens and ChunLei Yang on “Case studies and differentiated realities” a paper…

Design of MACS in growth and revival stages of the organizational life‐cycle

Hanna Silvola

This study aims to describe and explain the design of management accounting and control systems (MACS) in the growth and revival stages of the organizational life‐cycle of the…

Academics as professionals or managers? A textual analysis of interview data

John Chandler

This paper aims to explore the themes of professionalism and managerialism in how academics in England talk about their work in universities today. The aim is to examine how…

Qualitative management accounting research: rationale, pitfalls and potential

Juhani Vaivio

The paper aims to provide an overview of the rationale for qualitative research in management accounting. It discusses how qualitative research could serve the development of…