Methodological Issues in Accounting Research

Zahirul Hoque is Professor and Chair of Accounting at La Trobe University, Australia. He earned his PhD from University of Manchester in 1993, and also has B.Com and M.Com from the University of Dhaka. He edits and contributes to a number of international accounting journals.

• 1 Introduction - Zahirul HoquePART I POSITIVISTIC PERSPECTIVES2 Rational choice theory - Jodie Moll and Zahirul Hoque3 Human relations theoryZahirul Hoque and Kate Mai4 Theorising and testing fit in contingency research on management control systemsRobert H. Chenhall and Christopher S. Chapman5 Agency theory and accounting research: emergent conceptual and empirical issues - Nava Subramaniam6 Transaction cost economics governance and control decisions - Julian Jones7 Strategic choice and management control systems: a review of theories and challenges for development - Bill Nixon8 Examining the strategy and management control relationship: a look at the past, present and future - Esin OzdilPART II NATURALISTIC RESEARCH APPROACH9 Grounded theory: a theory discovery method for accounting research - Joanne Lye, Hector Perera and Asheq Rahman10 Opening the black box: a practical account of grounded theory research - Dunia Harajli and Vassili Joannidès de LautourPART III INSTITUTIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES11 Legitimacy theory - Craig Deegan12 Institutional theory in accounting research - Jodie Moll, John Burns and Maria Major13 Beyond structural institutionalism: an overview of recent developments in accounting research - Margaret Meena Salter and Zahirul Hoque14 Stakeholder theory in accounting research - Manzurul Alam15 Interpreting management accounting systems within processes of organisational change - Cristiano Busco16 Social Interaction Theory in Accounting Research - Kate Mai17 Critical theory in accounting research - Robin Roslender18 The labour process theory - Jesse Dillard19 Gandhian–Vedic paradigm: facilitating changes to unsustainable production technologies and consumption patterns - Kala Saravanamuthu20 Actor-Network Theory and Accounting Research - Lise Justesen and Jan Mouritsen21 Practice theory in accounting research - Chaturika Seneviratne, Zahirul Hoque and Tarek Rana22 Power of accounting and power over accounting - Danture WickramasinghePART V RESEARCH STRATEGIES AND DATA ANALYSIS23 Case studies and action research - Carol Adams, Zahirul Hoque and Patty McNicholas24 The qualitative research tradition - Maria Major, Jodie Moll and Zahirul Hoque25 Survey research in management accounting: an update - Fereshteh Mahmoudian, Jamal A. Nazari, Theresa J.B. Kline and Irene M. Herremans26 Triangulation approaches to accounting research - Trevor Hopper and Zahirul Hoque27 Protocol analysis - David Campbell28 Reliability and validity in field study research - Anne M. LillisPART VI ETHICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH29 Dealing with human ethical issues in research: some advice - Zahirul Hoque and Tarek Rana30 Methodological issues regarding research on accounting ethics - C. Richard BakerPART VII PUBLISHING RESEARCH31 Publishing in academic accounting: practical advice and healthy iconoclasm for the early 21st century - Timothy FogartyThe EditorContributorsINDEX