Accounting historians engaging with scholars inside and outside accounting: issues, opportunities and obstacles

Baskerville, R., Carrera, N., Gomes, D., Lai, A. and Parker, L. (2017) Accounting historians engaging with scholars inside and outside accounting: issues, opportunities and obstacles. Accounting History, 22(4), pp. 403-424. (doi: 10.1177/1032373217732349)

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Abstract

Originating in a panel presentation at the eighth Accounting History International Conference, this study offers a reflection on the issues, opportunities and obstacles which may arise when accounting historians engage with other accounting scholars and scholars outside of accounting. Supporting the view that accounting scholars need and should make an effort to engage with other scholars inside and outside accounting, various aspects are considered as enhancing the interdisciplinarity of accounting history research. Then, issues such as researchers and the community, research problems, theories, methods and data are addressed. The opportunities arising from interdisciplinary interactions with a wide range of scholars are then developed. Finally, the potential obstacles are addressed. These obstacles can be overcome by the development of robust communication and the invention of a new genre of discourse and research focus and by working with those outside our discipline and embracing the challenge of the new and the different.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:Delfina Gomes has conducted the study at Centre for Research in Political Science (UID/ CPO/00758/2013), University of Minho and was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science through national funds.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Parker, Professor Lee
Authors: Baskerville, R., Carrera, N., Gomes, D., Lai, A., and Parker, L.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Accounting and Finance
Journal Name:Accounting History
Publisher:SAGE Publications
ISSN:1032-3732
ISSN (Online):1749-3374
Published Online:29 September 2017
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 The Authors
First Published:First published in Accounting History 22(4): 403-424
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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