The structure and progressivity of accounting research: the crisis in the academy revisited

By Sara Reiter, Paul F. Williams. 2002

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Homogeneity or heterogeneity of research in management accounting? (2002, background): “Consequently, the possibility for good scientific conversation would get violated and the progress of the discipline would be at risk (Longino, 1990; Reiter and Williams, 2002).”
In Search of Management Accounting Theory (2009, background): “…seem to believe one theory at a time, and make few attempts to modify or further develop, let alone reject those borrowed theories they use (Reiter and Williams, 2002; there are exceptions, of course, see for example Baiman and Demski, 1980, with regard to principal-agent theory; Covaleski…”
Contemporary public sector accounting research – An international comparison of journal papers (2010, background): “In accounting research in general there is growing concern (Khalifa & Quattrone, 2008; Reiter & Williams, 2002) with ‘the lack of recognition and communication across..paradigms resulting from the fragmentation and polarisation of accounting academia’ (Modell, 2009, p. 208).”