... of disciplines, research methods and geographical areas, showing at the same time several points of convergence on important future themes (such as accounting as a mean for public, accounting, hybridity and value pluralism) and enabling conditions (accounting capabilities, profession and digitalisation) for PSA...

... in meeting those purposes than a charity with poor PBR. Gareth G. Morgan can be contacted at: gareth.morgan@shu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Charities Non-profit organisations Narratives reporting Public benefit Research methods Third sector organisations Third...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Qualitative research Quantitative research Research methods Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Volume 10, Issue 1 The following article was selected...

... the rationalized accounts that participants often provide initially. Researchers who conduct interviews to collect data may find this of particular interest. Cognitive interview Research methods Narrative Schema Rationalization Interviews Rationalization Qualitative field studies are now...

... as objective data with no strings attached”. The purpose of this paper is to provide additional insight based on a critical reflection of the interview as a research method drawing upon Alvesson's discussion from the neopositivist, romanticist and localist interview perspectives. Specifically, the authors...

... Limited 2011 Case studies Methodology Actor‐network theory Management accounting research Performative and ostensive research Research methods The methodological implications of using actor‐network theory (ANT) have already been described in accounting literature (Lowe, 2001...

... and the firm's expanding use of the BSC lead us to return to the qualitative data. Our initial plan of conducting a theory‐testing study was amended to conducting a theory‐building study. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Qualitative research Quantitative research Research methods...

... of the lessons drawn is that researchers are actively immersed in the research process and cannot purge their own interests and views. Accepting this lesson casts doubt on what the act of research may imply and achieve. Practical implications The paper shows that combinations of research methods should...

... analysis and interviews due to the use of these research methods in the focal study and in most prior mixed methods research examining voluntary environmental reporting. Originality/value This paper is one of few to reflect on the adoption of mixed methods research to examine voluntary environmental...

...” (Guba, 1990 , p. 17). In the social sciences, the concept of methods “triangulation” dates to the work of Campbell and Fiske (1959) who propose the use of more than one research method as part of a validation strategy to ensure the explained variance is the result of the underlying phenomenon...

... (2003) and O'Cathain et al. (2007) have called for increased documentation of the way researchers design and combine research methods in mixed method studies. Documentation is a means to both improve understanding about the process of mixed method research and to justify the research...

... and analyzes theoretical frameworks potentially useful for scholars, students and practitioners. It focuses on both traditional and novel areas of validity and reliability in mixed methods research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Accounting research Research methods While...

... developed leading to a study's results, such as Elharidy et al. (2008) , Ferreira and Merchant (1992) , Gurd (2008) , and Tomkins and Groves (1983a) . Interpretive research methods have increasingly gained prevalence in accounting research (Ahrens and Chapman, 2006 ; Baxter and Chua, 2008...

... at: Sten.Jonsson@gri.gu.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Working practices Research methods Learning The particular nature of interventionist research is that it presupposes action (Argyris et al., 1985) in practices/contexts where organizational members situate...

... contributes to the practice of interventionist research by opening up further the discussion of how it can be implemented in practice and what are some of the considerations from both the perspective of practice and the skills base of the participants. Research methods Narratives Intellectual capital...

..., a proposed alternative research design for utilisation in IR. Action research Research methods Vicki Baard can be contacted at: Vicki.Baard@efs.mq.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 to achieve its objectives; to maintain its internal environment; and to adapt...

... be contacted at: sven.modell@mbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Research methods Qualitative research Accounting Accounting research Though this be madness, yet there is method in't (an aside by Polonius, speaking in Hamlet, Act II Scene ii). You cannot go...

...? And if so, how? Design/methodology/approach This is a theoretical paper that attempts to investigate how researchers can use GT in relation to their ontological stance, methodological position and research methods. Findings The paper suggests that GT offers a balance between the expediency...

... their approach. The earliest published papers which use grounded theory go back to 1983 (Covaleski and Dirsmith, 1983). Smith's (2003) accounting research methods book contains a section on grounded theory – the first in this type of book. Despite the strong presence of grounded theory research in health...

... to recognising that researching in the context of small firms is quite different to researching large firms (Hill and McGowan, 1999). Kate Lewis can be contacted at: k.v.lewis@massey.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Small to medium‐sized enterprises Research methods New Zealand...