... between managers’ bonuses and real earnings management. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Accounts management Accounting Accounting Research In this paper, we separately examine the association between managers’ bonuses and two methods of earnings management: accrual earnings...

...) and economics‐based (Bessant et al., 2003 , p. 56). However, academic accounting research in the UK has been described as both “world class” and displaying a “startling eclecticism” (Bessant et al., 2003 , pp. 55‐56; see also, Otley, 2002 , p. 398) that includes qualitative research...