The real life guide to accounting research : a behind-the-scenes view of using qualitative research methods

A book that goes behind the more official presentations and accounts of research methods to explore the lived experiences, joys and mistakes of a wide range of international researchers principally working in the fields of accounting and finance, but also in management, economics and other social sciences. The authors of the articles in this book address a wide range of issues and obstacles that they have confronted at various stages in their respective research careers. In reflecting on their personal experiences, they provide practical guidance on how to overcome the types of problems that typically confront academic researchers in their day-to-day work. Includes:- Practical tips on how to undertake research and get findings published- Research project management skills- Inernational and interdisciplinary perspectives Contents......Page 10 Dedication......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Authors’ Biographies......Page 14 Introduction......Page 24 Section One: The Meaning of Research......Page 32 1. The Search for Clues in Accounting History......Page 36 2. Adventures in Social and Environmental Accounting and Auditing Research: A Personal Reflection......Page 54 3. Using Case Studies in Finance Research......Page 68 4. Accounting and Auditing Research in the United States......Page 88 5. Forever Destined to be Extras in a Broadway Show? A Discussion on the Status of National Accounting Research in an International Arena......Page 104 6. ‘Nice Work’: Writing a Ph.D. Thesis in Accounting......Page 126 7. Learning to Balance: The Experience of an Overseas Ph.D. student in the U.K.......Page 150 Section Two: Managing the Research Process......Page 168 8. Starting and Managing a European Union Funded Research Project......Page 170 9. Management of a Research Team......Page 180 10. Confessions of a Research Assistant......Page 194 11. Making Sense of Interactions in an Investigation of Organisational Practices and Processes......Page 206 12. Qualitative Research on Accounting: Some Thoughts on What Occurs Behind the Scene......Page 222 13. Critical Independence......Page 238 Section Three: Collecting and Analysing Data......Page 258 14. Case-Based Research in Accounting......Page 262 15. Doing Case Study Research......Page 288 16. What is the Object of Accounting? A Dialogue......Page 312 17. Refining Research Questions in the Course of Negotiating Access for Fieldwork......Page 326 18. Insights from Internet-Based Research: Realising a Qualitative Understanding from a Quantitative Search Process......Page 340 19. The Case Study, The Interview and The Issues: A Personal Reflection......Page 356 20. Qualitative Research: Experiences in Using Semi-Structured Interviews......Page 370 21. To Tape or Not to Tape: Reflections on Methods of Data Collection......Page 390 22. Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Respecting Voices Within Data Management and Analysis......Page 404 23. Qualitative Data Analysis: Illuminating a Process for Transforming a ‘Messy’ but ‘Attractive’ ‘Nuisance’......Page 422 Section Four: Publishing and Dissemination......Page 440 24. Requirements and Understandings for Publishing Academic Research: An Insider View......Page 442 25. How Do Accounting Research Journals Function? Reflections from the Inside......Page 464 26. Research and Public Practice Accounting......Page 480 27. Disseminating Research Through Teaching......Page 496 Section Five: Interdisciplinary Perspectives......Page 510 28. Qualitative Methodology in Practice: My Experience......Page 512 29. Raising the Profile of Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research......Page 522 30. Qualitative Dimensions in Finance and Risk Management Research......Page 540 B......Page 556 C......Page 557 G......Page 558 J......Page 559 M......Page 560 O......Page 561 R......Page 562 T......Page 563 Z......Page 564 E......Page 566 J......Page 567 P......Page 568 S......Page 569 W......Page 570 A book that goes behind the more official presentations and accounts of research methods to explore the lived experiences, joys and mistakes of a wide range of international researchers principally working in the fields of accounting and finance, but also in management, economics and other social sciences.

The authors of the articles in this book address a wide range of issues and obstacles that they have confronted at various stages in their respective research careers. In reflecting on their personal experiences, they provide practical guidance on how to overcome the types of problems that typically confront academic researchers in their day-to-day work.

Includes:
- Practical tips on how to undertake research and get findings published
- Research project management skills
- Inernational and interdisciplinary perspectives A book that goes behind the more official presentations and accounts of research methods to explore the lived experiences, joys and mistakes of a wide range of international researchers principally working in the fields of accounting and finance, but also in management, economics and other social sciences. The authors of the articles in this book address a wide range of issues and obstacles that they have confronted at various stages in their respective research careers. In reflecting on their personal experiences, they provide practical guidance on how to overcome the types of problems that typically confront academic researchers in their day-to-day work. Includes: - Practical tips on how to undertake research and get findings published - Research project management skills - International and interdisciplinary perspectives This work goes behind the more official presentations and accounts of research methods to explore the lived experiences, joys and mistakes of a wide range of international researchers principally working in the fields of accounting and finance, but also in management, economics and other social sciences