Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management: Volume 7 Issue 1

Interventionist research – the puberty years: an introduction to the special issue

Olle Westin, Hanno Roberts

The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction and overview of the various papers in this special issue.

A critical review of interventionist research

Vicki Baard

The purpose of this paper is to further develop the epistemological base of interventionist research (IR) as a valid accounting and management research methodology, through the…

A critical reflective discourse of an interventionist research project

John C. Dumay

The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflective discourse about a particular interventionist research project utilising a critical framework.

Open book accounting in practice – exploring the faces of openness

Petri Suomala, Tommi Lahikainen, Jouni Lyly‐Yrjänäinen, Jari Paranko

In spite of the increased research activity on inter‐organizational cost management (IOCM) and open‐book accounting (OBA), detailed evidence on the application of these tools in…

A method for action research interventions to improve joint problem solving in operational teams in the Swedish construction industry

Lars Sunding, Per Odenrick

The purpose of this paper is to test an intervention technique developed earlier. The technique builds on an action research approach with a threefold aim: to produce change in a…

Interventionism – an approach for the future?

Sten Jönsson

The purpose of this paper is to address the distinctive problems of interventionist research that originate from intervention in ongoing practices as opposed to the experiment's…

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh