Accounting research methods

Author: Malcolm Smith
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Although the research methods we see in magazines are rigorous, research has never been simple, systematic, or uniform. The research process can be chaotic and may lack planning. Meanwhile, accounting students are abandoning mathematical and practical research methods and turning toward experimental methods, case methods, and field methods. Accounting Research Methods will help enhance accounting students' intuitive understanding of research projects, enabling them to reach the level of academic publication, and it particularly emphasizes the problems researchers should avoid. Additionally, the book offers valuable advice on handling difficult research challenges. Accounting Research Methods illustrates the application of archival, experimental, survey, and field methods through examples, explaining the research process from an insider's perspective. Professor Smith guides readers through every stage of the research process: selecting initial ideas; developing conceptual models; defining theories and literature; formulating detailed hypotheses; collecting and analyzing data; and publishing research findings. Furthermore, the book dedicates separate chapters to ethical issues in research and guidance on doctoral supervision and examination processes. This book will greatly benefit upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, as well as supervisors and academic researchers in the field of accounting research. The author, Malcolm Smith, is a professor of accounting at Edith Cowan University in Australia. The book is divided into 11 chapters, briefly explaining research methods and methodology, as well as how to develop research perspectives, theories, literature and hypotheses, and the collection and analysis of data. It focuses on ethical issues in accounting research and various research methods.