Management accounting in less developed countries: what is known and needs knowing

T Hopper, M Tsamenyi, S Uddin… - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2009 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to evaluate management accounting research in
develo** countries and formulate suggestions for its progression. Design/methodology …

Behind the World Bank's ringing declarations of “social accountability”: Ghana's public financial management reform

C Alawattage, JDC Azure - Critical perspectives on accounting, 2021 - Elsevier
Accountability has become integral to many African development reforms and permeated
the World Bank's (WB) policy discourses, with “social accountability” as a major plank in its …

The socializing effects of accounting in flood recovery

A Lai, G Leoni, R Stacchezzini - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural disasters require authorities in charge of recovery, to be accountable to all those
involved in the process, including victims. Accounting systems can be used to track and …

The preservation of indigenous accounting systems in a subaltern community

K Jayasinghe, D Thomas - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability …, 2009 - emerald.com
Purpose–The paper aims to examine how indigenous accounting practices are mobilised in
the daily life of a subaltern community, and how and why the members of that community …

Institutional ambidexterity and management control: The role of religious, communal and political institutions

AAA Diab, AB Mohamed Metwally - Qualitative Research in …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate in depth how an organisation is able to
achieve its economic objectives in a situation of institutional complexity through being …

Accountability at a local community placed in a global context: the case of the Jasmine Village

A Diab - Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The study examines how calculative practices and accountability appear in a rural
community of marginalised people in Egypt who depend on jasmine plantations that …

Constructing constructivism in management accounting education: reflections from a teaching cycle with innovative learning elements

K Jayasinghe - Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to address the possibility of integrating some elements of the
“radical constructivist” approach to management accounting teaching. It answers the …

[HTML][HTML] Symbols in wood as a means of reciprocity: Accounting and social cohesion in pluralistic economies

P Forsberg - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2023 - Elsevier
Neoliberalism rests on a fatalistic rhetoric about more perfect markets, individualistic
calculus, and technologies for domination as crucial for the creation of financial value. This …

The appearance of community logics in management accounting and control: Evidence from an Egyptian sugar beet village

AA Diab - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explores the influence of traditional institutions on dominant economic institutions
and on formal organisational practices. The aim is to provide a cultural, political and …

Scandals from an island: Testing Anglo-American corporate governance frameworks

S Uddin, K Jayasinghe, S Ahmed - Critical perspectives on …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of banking scandals in relation
to corporate governance (CG) failures in an emerging economy, arguing that Anglo …