Table 3

Accounting studies illustrating an emancipatory orientation of concern

StudyEmancipatory concernHow the study acts upon the field of accounting
Cho et al. (2015) Restoring sincerity to accountability claimsReveals the gap between symbolic disclosure and substantive behaviour, treating truthfulness as a condition for accountability
Dillard and Vinnari (2019) Institutionalising recognition through dialogueDevelops accountability as deliberation, building mutual recognition into organisational procedure
Gallhofer and Haslam (2011) Expanding moral and spiritual imaginationOpens space for emancipatory and spiritual registers of accounting that the field had historically sidelined
Haynes (2008) Recentring embodiment and care in professional identityRestores visibility to embodied and gendered experiences that professional norms had rendered invisible
Hopper (2019) Widening the geographical reach of accountabilityChallenges the metropolitan focus of accounting research, giving recognition to communities and contexts that mainstream work overlooks
Lehman (1999) Connecting accounting to social and environmental justiceWidens accountability to those who bear the consequences of organisational action, treating ecological and social subjects as legitimate addressees
Roberts (1991) Reframing accountability as mutual responsivenessReconstructs accountability as a relation of recognition, restoring the relational dimension that hierarchical measurement had silenced
Unerman and O'Dwyer (2006) Widening participation through advocacyShows how NGO engagement creates spaces in which marginalised communities gain voice within accountability processes
Source(s): Authors' own work

or Create an Account

Close subscription notice
Close access options