...Ruth Lynch Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamics in the relationship between tax practitioners and their tax clients, to understand how tax practitioners reconcile competing logics in their tax work. Design/methodology/approach This research adopts a qualitative approach...

... publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Accounting Auditing Affirmative action Qualitative Big 4 South Africa Although apartheid is over, its consequences endure. Since the return of democratic...

...Leona Wiegmann; Annemarie Conrath-Hargreaves; Zhengqi Guo; Matthew Hall; Ralph Kober; Richard Pucci; Paul J. Thambar; Tirukumar Thiagarajah Purpose The use of interviews for data collection is prevalent in qualitative accounting research. This paper examines vignettes – sketches of hypothetical...

... this review, and their application to interview-based papers, frame an argument for a general set of quality criteria and protocols rather than rigid rules for assessing qualitative work. These criteria can serve as anchor points for qualitative evaluation. Originality/value There is little guidance...