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Volume 4, Issue 4
1 December 1991
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Lee Parker;
Lee Parker
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James Guthrie
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Research Article| December 01 1991

The Role of Oral History in Accounting Available to Purchase

Marilynn Collins;
Marilynn Collins
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Robert Bloom
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4205
Print ISSN: 1368-0668
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (1991) 4 (4)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001931

The case is made for oral history as a research tool, and a possible role in respect to the accountancy profession is recommended and discussed: the study of the evolution of accounting standards. The collection and preservation of oral records is described. Illustrative examples are provided. The benefits and drawbacks of this kind of research are analysed.

Keywords:
Accounting, Research, History, Methodology, USA
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