Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal: Volume 28 Issue 8

Scoping an agenda for future research into the professions

Chris Carter, Crawford Spence, Daniel Muzio

This paper is premised on the understanding that professions remain central means of institutionalising expertise in society. A summary of major issues that are prominent in…

Professional service firms, globalisation and the new imperialism

Mehdi Boussebaa

The purpose of this paper is to draw critical accounting research to ground the study of globalising of professional service firms (GPSFs) more firmly in the history and actuality…

Blurred roles and elusive boundaries: On contemporary forms of oversight surrounding professional work

Mouna Hazgui, Yves Gendron

The purpose of this paper is to extend research on contemporary forms of oversight surrounding professional work in an era characterized by increased skepticism regarding…

The dark side of professions: the big four and tax avoidance

Susan Addison , Frank Mueller

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the rhetorical framings that can be discerned by applying discourse analysis to a publicly available transcript of a Public Accounts…

How hybrid managers act as “canny customers” to accelerate policy reform: A case study of regulator-regulatee relationships in the UK’s tax agency

Graeme Currie, Penelope Tuck, Kevin Morrell

The purpose of this paper is to analyse role transition for professionals moving towards hybrid managerial roles. Specifically, the authors examine reforms to the national tax…

Illusio and overwork: playing the game in the accounting field

Ioana Lupu, Laura Empson

The purpose of this paper is to understand: how and why do experienced professionals, who perceive themselves as autonomous, comply with organizational pressures to overwork…

Beyond segments in movement: a “small” agenda for research in the professions

Carlos Ramirez, Lindsay Stringfellow, Mairi Maclean

The small accounting practice, despite being the most numerous part of the profession by number of firms, remains largely under-researched. Part of the reason the small practice…

Industry analysts – how to conceptualise the distinctive new forms of IT market expertise?

Neil Pollock, Robin Williams

The purpose of this paper is to explore conceptual issues arising in an empirical study of the emergence of a distinctive new form of expertise – of industry analysts and in…

Annexing new audit spaces: challenges and adaptations

Paul Andon, Clinton Free, Brendan O'Dwyer

The purpose of this paper is to examine attempts at jurisdictional expansion in the audit field. Specifically, the authors critically analyse the professional implications of “new…