...Yuheng Wang; Junyuan Chen Purpose This study seeks to understand how accountant stereotypes have been constructed and reconstructed at the macro-national and the structural level in Chinese society. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative investigation into China's social construction...

... the existence of a stereotype dominated by features of conscientiousness, which is related to the superior performance of work tasks across job types. This feature comprises the core characteristics of the traditional accountant stereotype, which survives in a context challenged by financial scandals and crises...

...Garry D. Carnegie Purpose This paper aims to encourage the extension of the literature on accountant stereotypes beyond primarily Angelo-American contexts based on reflections formed on reading the novel, Blindness, by José Saramago. Design/methodology/approach A mindful insight...