Rhetoric and case study research: response to Joni Young and Alistair Preston and to Sue Llewellyn

Abstract

Provides a response to the comments by Joni Young and Alistair Preston and by Sue Llewellyn, and seeks to clarify the authors’ use of the term “rhetoric”. Argues that both sets of commentators rely on rhetoric to express their own arguments. While the authors recognize and agree with most of the concerns raised by Llewellyn, they do not accept many of Young/Preston’s criticisms of their paper. Emphasizes that, although the authors were arguing for more scholarship, they were not seeking to dismiss the work of others.

Citation

Humphrey, C. and Scapens, R.W. (1996), "Rhetoric and case study research: response to Joni Young and Alistair Preston and to Sue Llewellyn", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513579610129462