Editorial: Accounting research and the public interest
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
ISSN: 0951-3574
Article publication date: 1 October 2005
Abstract
Purpose
This essay sets out to introduce the special issue.
Design/methodology/approach
The essay discusses a variety of approaches to exploring the relationship between accounting and the public interest, and briefly reviews the contribution of the articles in the issue.
Findings
Not applicable.
Originality/value
The essay argues that accounting research can be opened up by problematizing the notion of the public interest, and by considering not only how accounting constitutes the public interest, but how various public interests constitute accounting.
Keywords
Citation
Neu, D. and Graham, C. (2005), "Editorial: Accounting research and the public interest", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 18 No. 5, pp. 585-591. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570510620457
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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