Title: The practical relevance of management accounting research and the role of qualitative methods therein
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present and analyze the opinions of a number of editors of accounting journals on the value they attach to the practical relevance of management accounting research and the potential role of qualitative methods in conducting this type of research.Design/methodology/approach – This paper collects together commentaries from these journal editors about the theme indicated above, together with an overview and reflections by the editors of this special issue.Findings – The journal editors do not regard a lack of practical relevance in management accounting research as a key concern. Most of them see practice‐relevance and theoretical advancement as complementary, while the latter is given by far the most weight as the core of academic work. Furthermore, most journal editors have no clear preference for either qualitative or quantitative research in relation to the practical relevance issue. Neither do they seem to have strong opinions about the specific benefits of qua...
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-08-24
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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