Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction - Zahirul Hoque
• PART I POSITIVISTIC PERSPECTIVES
• 2 Rational choice theory - Jodie Moll and Zahirul Hoque
• 3 Human relations theory
• Zahirul Hoque and Kate Mai
• 4 Theorising and testing fit in contingency research on management control systems
• Robert H. Chenhall and Christopher S. Chapman
• 5 Agency theory and accounting research: emergent conceptual and empirical issues - Nava Subramaniam
• 6 Transaction cost economics governance and control decisions - Julian Jones
• 7 Strategic choice and management control systems: a review of theories and challenges for development - Bill Nixon
• 8 Examining the strategy and management control relationship: a look at the past, present and future - Esin Ozdil
• PART II NATURALISTIC RESEARCH APPROACH
• 9 Grounded theory: a theory discovery method for accounting research - Joanne Lye, Hector Perera and Asheq Rahman
• 10 Opening the black box: a practical account of grounded theory research - Dunia Harajli and Vassili Joannidès de Lautour
• PART III INSTITUTIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES
• 11 Legitimacy theory - Craig Deegan
• 12 Institutional theory in accounting research - Jodie Moll, John Burns and Maria Major
• 13 Beyond structural institutionalism: an overview of recent developments in accounting research - Margaret Meena Salter and Zahirul Hoque
• 14 Stakeholder theory in accounting research - Manzurul Alam
• 15 Interpreting management accounting systems within processes of organisational change - Cristiano Busco
• 16 Social Interaction Theory in Accounting Research - Kate Mai
• 17 Critical theory in accounting research - Robin Roslender
• 18 The labour process theory - Jesse Dillard
• 19 Gandhian–Vedic paradigm: facilitating changes to unsustainable production technologies and consumption patterns - Kala Saravanamuthu
• 20 Actor-Network Theory and Accounting Research - Lise Justesen and Jan Mouritsen
• 21 Practice theory in accounting research - Chaturika Seneviratne, Zahirul Hoque and Tarek Rana
• 22 Power of accounting and power over accounting - Danture Wickramasinghe
• PART V RESEARCH STRATEGIES AND DATA ANALYSIS
• 23 Case studies and action research - Carol Adams, Zahirul Hoque and Patty McNicholas
• 24 The qualitative research tradition - Maria Major, Jodie Moll and Zahirul Hoque
• 25 Survey research in management accounting: an update - Fereshteh Mahmoudian, Jamal A. Nazari, Theresa J.B. Kline and Irene M. Herremans
• 26 Triangulation approaches to accounting research - Trevor Hopper and Zahirul Hoque
• 27 Protocol analysis - David Campbell
• 28 Reliability and validity in field study research - Anne M. Lillis
• PART VI ETHICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH
• 29 Dealing with human ethical issues in research: some advice - Zahirul Hoque and Tarek Rana
• 30 Methodological issues regarding research on accounting ethics - C. Richard Baker
• PART VII PUBLISHING RESEARCH
• 31 Publishing in academic accounting: practical advice and healthy iconoclasm for the early 21st century - Timothy Fogarty
• The Editor
• Contributors
• INDEX

About the Author

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.