The spread of the principles and techniques of financial accounting into new systems for
measuring, ranking, and auditing performance represents one of the most important and …

Our research focuses on the fast-changing landscape of contemporary social media where
user-generated content is increasingly being used to evaluate a wide range of products and …

Field research is increasingly being employed by audit researchers around the world.
However, given that many doctoral programs, especially in North America, devote little or no …

Based on the development of a more refined conception of legitimacy than has been used in
prior audit/assurance and sustainability accounting research, this paper analyses how the …

A proliferation of rankings and league tables increasingly permeate everyday life. An
objective of this paper is to explain the profusion of such rankings, in particular on-line user …

The economic success of the Big Four professional accounting firms has been influenced by
their willingness and ability to expand into new and potentially lucrative areas of business …

Purpose Theorizing in the extant sustainability assurance literature is limited. This paper
aims to identify apposite organizational theories from related fields which scholars could …

If there is one thing all university rankings have in common, it is that they are the target of
widespread criticism. This article takes the many challenges university rankings are facing …

This paper argues that it is useful to regardreputational risk'as a pervasive logic of
organizing and organizational attention. First, we suggest that the risk management agenda …

Drawing on the case of accounting for the impact of research in UK universities, and building
on key contributions to Accounting, Organizations and Society, the paper explores the …