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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 sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Humphrey, Christopher, Lee, Bill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Christopher Humphrey and Bill Lee
  • Section One. The Meaning of Research / 1. The Search for Clues in Accounting History / Stephen P. Walker
  • 2. Adventures in Social and Environmental Accounting and Auditing Research : A Personal Reflection / David Owen
  • 3. Using Case Studies in Finance Research / Greg Stoner and John Holland
  • 4. Accounting and Auditing Research in the United States / Tom A. Lee
  • 5. Forever Destined to be Extras in a Broadway Show? : A Discussion on the Status of National Accounting Research in an International Arena / Maria Antonia Garcia-Benau and Jose Antonio Lainez-Gadea
  • 6. "Nice Work" : Writing a Ph. D. Thesis in Accounting / Anne Loft
  • 7. Learning to Balance : The Experience of an Overseas Ph. D. student in the U.K. / Naoko Komori
  • Section Two. Managing the Research Process
  • 8. Starting and Managing a European Union Funded Research Project / Frank Birkin
  • 9. Management of a Research Team / Jane Broadbent and Richard Laughlin
  • 10. Confessions of a Research Assistant / John Burns
  • 11. Making Sense of Interactions in an Investigation of Organisational Practices and Processes / Irvine Lapsley
  • 12. Qualitative Research on Accounting : Some Thoughts on What Occurs Behind the Scene / Jean Bedard and Yves Gendron
  • 13. Critical Independence / Brendan McSweeney
  • Section Three. Collecting and Analysing Data
  • 14. Case-Based Research in Accounting / Anthony J. Berry and David T. Otley
  • 15. Doing Case Study Research / Robert W. Scapens
  • 16. What is the Object of Accounting? : A Dialogue / Masaya Fujita and Yoshiaki Jinnai
  • 17. Refining Research Questions in the Course of Negotiating Access for Fieldwork / Thomas Ahrens
  • 18. Insights from Internet-Based Research : Realising a Qualitative Understanding from a Quantitative Search Process / Alan Sangster and David E. Tyrrall
  • 19. The Case Study, The Interview and The Issues : A Personal Reflection / David E.W. Marginson
  • 20. Qualitative Research : Experiences in Using Semi-Structured Interviews / Joanne Horton, Richard Macve and Geert Struyven
  • 21. To Tape or Not to Tape : Reflections on Methods of Data Collection / Treasa Hayes and Ruth Mattimoe
  • 22. Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software : Respecting Voices Within Data Management and Analysis / Fiona Anderson-Gough
  • 23. Qualitative Data Analysis : Illuminating a Process for Transforming a "Messy" but "Attractive" "Nuisance" / Brendan O'Dwyer
  • Section Four Publishing and Dissemination
  • 24. Requirements and Understandings for Publishing Academic Research : An Insider View / James Guthrie, Lee D. Parker and Rob Gray
  • 25. How Do Accounting Research Journals Function? : Reflections from the Inside / Kari Lukka
  • 26. Research and Public Practice Accounting / Stuart Turley
  • 27. Disseminating Research Through Teaching / Sue Richardson and John Cullen
  • Section Five. Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • 28. Qualitative Methodology in Practice : My Experience / Harry Collins
  • 29. Raising the Profile of Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research / Catherine Cassell and Gillian Symon
  • 30. Qualitative Dimensions in Finance and Risk Management Research / Kevin Dowd.