Part I: Introduction
1. Researching Everyday Accounting Practice: Epistemological Debate
Mark A. Covaleski, Kathryn Haynes, Zahirul Hoque and Lee D. Parker
Part II: Worldviews and Paradigms
2. Social Constructionist Research in Accounting: A Reflection on the Accounting Profession
Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith and Sajay Samuel
3. Interpretive Research In Accounting: Past, Present and Future
Kari Lukka and Sven Modell
4. Critical Studies in Accounting: Researching the Exercise of Power
Marcia Annisette and Christine Cooper
5. Historiography in Accounting Research
Garry D. Carnegie and Christopher J. Napier
6. Grounded Theory Approach to Accounting Studies: Overview of Principles, Assumptions and Methods
Andrew Goddard
7. Visual Methodologies for Accounting and Accountability
Jane Davison and Samantha Warren
8. Appreciative Inquiry for Accounting Research
Zahirul Hoque
Part III: Methodologies and Strategies
9. Ethnography, Ethnomethodology and Anthropology Studies In Accounting
Colin Dey
10. Case Studies in Accounting Research
Bill Lee and Christopher G. Humphrey
11. An Emergence of Narrative Approaches in Social Sciences and in Accounting Research
Barbara Czarniawska
12. Oral History
Theresa A. Hammond
13. Autoethnography In Accounting Research
Kathryn Haynes
14. Action Research in Accounting
Timothy J. Fogarty
15. Discourse Analysis in Accounting Research
Rihab Khalifa and Habib Mahama
16. An Introduction to Interventionist Research in Accounting
John Dumay and Vicky Baard
17. Reflexivity in Accounting Research
Kathryn Haynes
Part IV: Data Collection and Analysis
18. Mixed Methods for Understanding Accounting Issues
Basil Tucker and Zahirul Hoque
19. Field Interviews: Process and Analysis
Habib Mahama and Rihab Khalifa
20. Participant Observation at the Coalface
Lee D. Parker
21. Content Analysis
David Campbell
22. Focus Group Discussions
Elizabeth Gammie, Susan Hamilton and Valerie Gilchrist
23. Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data in Management Accounting Research
Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith and Sajay Samuel
24. Qualitative Data Management and Analysis Software
Fiona Anderson-Gough, Carla Edgley and Nina Sharma
25. Credibility and Authenticity in Qualitative Accounting Research
Martin Messner, Jodie Moll and Torkel Stromsten
Part IV: Experiencing Qualitative Field Research: Personal Reflections
26. A Case Study Research Project: Personal Reflections
Sophia Ji
27. Etics, Emics and Ethnomethodology in Accounting Research
Vassili Joannides
28. Ethical Considerations In Qualitative Research: Personal Experiences From The Field
Esin Ozdil, Chatruika Seneviratne and Xuan Thuy Mai
29. Conducting Oral History Research: Reflections From the Field
Kathie Ross