Table 1.

Coding frame of the multidimensional nature of SDG-Related accounting research

Research questionsKey elementsCorresponding codes
Q1. How does SDG-focused accounting research address the technical dimension of accounting research?What is studied?
  • SDGs reporting

  • Linkage to other frameworks

  • SDGs research

  • SDGs accountability and governance

  • Actors

  • Contexts of study

  • Individual SDGs

  • SDGs education

  • Management accounting

  • 1. Technical dimension

  • 1.1 SDGs reporting

  • 1.2 Link to other frameworks

  • 1.3 SDGs, sustainability, or accounting research

  • 1.4 SDG accountability and governance

  • 1.5 Actors other than organisations

  • 1.6 Contexts of study

  • 1.7 Individual SDGs

  • 1.8 SDGs education

  • 1.9 Management accounting

  • 1.10 Technical dimension major themes

Q2. How does SDG-focused accounting research address the social dimension of accounting research?What do the SDGs-related findings direct to practices, policy and future research?
  • Impacts on organisational and social functioning and development

  • Impact on practices and policy

  • Implications for future research

  • 2. Social dimension

  • 2.1 Implications for accounting practices and organisational functions

  • 2.2 Implications for policy and society

  • 2.3. Implications for future research

  • 2.4 Social dimension major themes

Q3. How does SDG-focused accounting research address the moral dimension of accounting research?What do findings of SDGs-related research apprise communities and societies on morality and for shaping a better world?
  • Stakeholders rather than shareholders

  • People, nature and planet

  • 3. Moral dimension

  • 3.1 Stakeholders rather than shareholders

  • 3.2 Public interest

  • 3.3 Planet’s interest

  • 3.4 Moral dimension major themes

Source(s) : Author’s own work

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