... scientists construct their occupational identity and the challenges they experience when enacting it. Design/methodology/approach Based on semi-structured interviews with data scientists working in different industries, the authors explore how these actors draw on their educational background, work...

...Kathryn Haynes Purpose I provide an exploration and critique of reflexive research practice, which explores the nature of reflexivity, its relevance to and influence on accounting academic identity formation. Design/methodology/approach The paper gives detailed explanations of three different...

...Paul D. Ahn; Kerry Jacobs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how and why accountants who moved from accounting firms to public service adapted their identities to reduce insecurity. The literature on accountant identity highlights insecurity caused by promotion criterion...

...Lee D. Parker; Samantha Warren Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the intersection of professional values and career roles in accountants’ presentations of their professional identity, in the face of enduring stereotyping of the accounting role. Design/methodology/approach...

...Lynda C. Taylor; Robert W. Scapens Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the implementation of a new accounting system in the accounting department of a large retail company. The paper seeks to understand and explain how management accounting change can be shaped by the identity...

... in order to secure their identity. This is particularly apparent when they speak of their career. Research limitations/implications – This research sheds light on the relationship between management controls and WLB. Management controls are effective in large multinational accounting firms because...

...Kathryn Haynes Purpose The aim of this paper is to critically evaluate sexuality and sexual symbolism within the organisational culture of an accounting firm to explore how it is implicated in processes of gendering identities of employees within the firm. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... to establish a recognisable persona in the public domain, in England, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and to enhance that identity by behaving in a manner designed to persuade the public of the professionalism associated with themselves and their work. Design/methodology/approach...