Research Perspectives in Accounting - Hardcover

"Riahi-Belkaoui presents a very good overview of a variety of accounting research areas and issues of current concern. The author takes the reader step by step through many topics, from social theory and human nature to worldviews and value freeness, explaining how these diverse perspectives impact accounting research today."-Choice ?Riahi-Belkaoui presents a very good overview of a variety of accounting research areas and issues of current concern. The author takes the reader step by step through many topics, from social theory and human nature to worldviews and value freeness, explaining how these diverse perspectives impact accounting research today.?-Choice

Dr. Riahi-Belkaoui calls for new, higher standards of research into accounting and its problems. To understand this he compares the perspectives or visions used by researchers in other fields to what is desirable in the accounting field, outlining six areas of critical concern to accounting professionals and scholars. Out of this readers will get a better understanding of exactly what is meant by higher standards in research methodology, greater confidence in its outcomes, and a more complete understanding of how complex the research process in accounting really is. Practicing accountants, academics, businesspersons, and others working in the social sciences will gain new insights into the problems that accounting faces, and how the search for solutions can be best undertaken.