Researcher perceptions and choices of interview media: the case of accounting research

Tucker, B. P. and Parker, L. D. (2019) Researcher perceptions and choices of interview media: the case of accounting research. Accounting and Finance, 59(3), pp. 1489-1517. (doi: 10.1111/acfi.12393)

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Abstract

This study offers foundational insights into the ways in which perceptions of different interview media—principally, face‐to‐face, telephone and videoconferencing channels of communication—may influence researcher choices and practices. Informed by the reflections of 23 senior accounting researchers, our evidence identifies a duality of practices in the usage of different interviewing media, influenced primarily through the role played by experience, which informs perceptions upon which practices are based. We discuss this duality of practices in terms of information richness theory and channel expansion theory and offer further insights into the factors that influence and shape researchers’ perceptions of the contextual suitability of particular media available to interview‐based accounting research.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Parker, Professor Lee
Authors: Tucker, B. P., and Parker, L. D.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Accounting and Finance
Journal Name:Accounting and Finance
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:0810-5391
ISSN (Online):1467-629X
Published Online:13 July 2018
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2018 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
First Published:First published in Accounting and Finance 59(3): 1489-1517
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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