Since the inception of the United Nations Global Compact sponsored initiative Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in 2007, there has been increased debate over how to adapt management education to best meet the demands of the 21st-century business environment. While consensus has been reached by the majority of globally focused management education institutions that sustainability 1] must be incorporated into management education curricula, the relevant question is no longer why management education should change, but how?

Many businesses and organizations are increasingly aware of the case for promoting gender equality, both within and outside their organizational boundaries. Evidence suggests that gender equality in the workplace boosts performance, and legal frameworks in many countries mandate specific action on gender inequality in the workplace. However, despite organizational policies on promoting equality and equal opportunities, there remain challenges to be overcome in many businesses, including throughout their supply chains. The book provides research rationales as to why responsible organizations must address the issue of gender equality in the workplace. It also presents case studies, action research and examples of good practices, describing how businesses and organizations are working to promote gender equality in various contexts. The book is designed to support the rationale for gender equality in business and organizations, providing evidence of implementation of gender equality in the workplace and advice on how to deal with and overcome challenges. It will be of interest to academics, employees, practitioners, policy-makers, businesses, institutions and organizations.

Many businesses and organizations are increasingly aware of the case for promoting gender equality, both within and outside their organizational boundaries. Evidence suggests that gender equality in the workplace boosts performance, and legal frameworks in many countries mandate specific action on gender inequality in the workplace. However, despite organizational policies on promoting equality and equal opportunities, there remain challenges to be overcome in many businesses, including throughout their supply chains. The book provides research rationales as to why responsible organizations must address the issue of gender equality in the workplace. It also presents case studies, action research and examples of good practices, describing how businesses and organizations are working to promote gender equality in various contexts. The book is designed to support the rationale for gender equality in business and organizations, providing evidence of implementation of gender equality in the workplace and advice on how to deal with and overcome challenges. It will be of interest to academics, employees, practitioners, policy-makers, businesses, institutions and organizations.

Outlines the necessity for management educators to set new gender equality agendasExplores gender inequality issues from a global perspective and a range of business disciplinesProvides historical context, including overview of Women's Empowerment Principles

This volume addresses the need to integrate gender equality into business and management education and provides examples of leading initiatives illustrating how this can occur from various disciplinary and global perspectives. Gender inequality has a long history in business schools and the workplace, and traditions are hard to change. Some disciplines remain resolutely gendered, affecting both women and men; and case materials on women leaders and managers are still rare.The chapters provide conceptual and research rationales as to why responsible management education must address the issue of gender equality. They also identify materials and resources to assist faculty in integrating gender issues and awareness into various disciplines and fields. These include specific case studies and innovations that assess or address the role of gender in various educational environments.The book is designed to help faculty integrate the topic of gender equality into their own teaching and research and gain support for the legitimacy of gender equality as an essential management education topic. This is the first book in a series on gender equality as a challenge for business and management education, published with the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Working Group on Gender Equality.

Concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are widely used by businesses, professional bodies and academics, but are also widely contested. CSR is usually described as comprising three elements: environmental, economic and social, though there is no serious consensus on how to go about translating ideas into practice. This research handbook addresses some key areas of contention, theory and practice within CSR in order to address, challenge and inform debate in academia and practice. The collaborative text extends understanding of CSR through articulating current thinking on each facet of a vital subject. Each theme is represented by inter-disciplinary discussion of key questions on CSR by researchers and practitioners in the field. In doing so, the book: Explores and critiques CSR goals, and national, organizational and managerial strategies Reviews the distinctive role and importance of CSR to academics, professionals and practitioners and identifies appropriate bridging strategies Evaluates the nature, direction and applicability of selected theoretical dimensions which inform the understanding of CSR Assesses the opportunities for theory building, to support further understanding of the complexities of CSR and the sustainability and long term value of CSR practice to corporations and civil society This timely and significant contribution to the theory and practice of CSR will prove to be vital reading for students, researchers and practitioners involved with the field. It will also become a key reference for anyone with an interest in business and society.

Selecting from the wide range of research methodologies remains a dilemma for all scholars, not least those looking to study the world of accounting. Both established and emerging research methods are frequently advocated, creating a challengingly broad range of choices.

Covering a selection of qualitative methodological issues, research strategies and methods, this comprehensive compilation provides an essential guide to the choice and execution of qualitative research approaches in this field. The contributions are grouped into four sections:

Worldview and paradigms

Methodologies and strategies

Data collection methods and analysis

Experiencing qualitative field research: personal reflections

Edited by leading scholars, with contributions from experts and rising stars, this volume will be essential reading for anyone looking to undertake research in the qualitative accounting field.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction

1. Researching Everyday Accounting Practice: Epistemological Debate

Mark A. Covaleski, Kathryn Haynes, Zahirul Hoque and Lee D. Parker

Part II: Worldviews and Paradigms

2. Social Constructionist Research in Accounting: A Reflection on the Accounting Profession

Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith and Sajay Samuel

3. Interpretive Research In Accounting: Past, Present and Future

Kari Lukka and Sven Modell

4. Critical Studies in Accounting: Researching the Exercise of Power

Marcia Annisette and Christine Cooper

5. Historiography in Accounting Research

Garry D. Carnegie and Christopher J. Napier

6. Grounded Theory Approach to Accounting Studies: Overview of Principles, Assumptions and Methods

Andrew Goddard

7. Visual Methodologies for Accounting and Accountability

Jane Davison and Samantha Warren

8. Appreciative Inquiry for Accounting Research

Zahirul Hoque

Part III: Methodologies and Strategies

9. Ethnography, Ethnomethodology and Anthropology Studies In Accounting

Colin Dey

10. Case Studies in Accounting Research

Bill Lee and Christopher G. Humphrey

11. An Emergence of Narrative Approaches in Social Sciences and in Accounting Research

Barbara Czarniawska

12. Oral History

Theresa A. Hammond

13. Autoethnography In Accounting Research

Kathryn Haynes

14. Action Research in Accounting

Timothy J. Fogarty

15. Discourse Analysis in Accounting Research

Rihab Khalifa and Habib Mahama

16. An Introduction to Interventionist Research in Accounting

John Dumay and Vicky Baard

17. Reflexivity in Accounting Research

Kathryn Haynes

Part IV: Data Collection and Analysis

18. Mixed Methods for Understanding Accounting Issues

Basil Tucker and Zahirul Hoque

19. Field Interviews: Process and Analysis

Habib Mahama and Rihab Khalifa

20. Participant Observation at the Coalface

Lee D. Parker

21. Content Analysis

David Campbell

22. Focus Group Discussions

Elizabeth Gammie, Susan Hamilton and Valerie Gilchrist

23. Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data in Management Accounting Research

Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith and Sajay Samuel

24. Qualitative Data Management and Analysis Software

Fiona Anderson-Gough, Carla Edgley and Nina Sharma

25. Credibility and Authenticity in Qualitative Accounting Research

Martin Messner, Jodie Moll and Torkel Stromsten

Part IV: Experiencing Qualitative Field Research: Personal Reflections

26. A Case Study Research Project: Personal Reflections

Sophia Ji

27. Etics, Emics and Ethnomethodology in Accounting Research

Vassili Joannides

28. Ethical Considerations In Qualitative Research: Personal Experiences From The Field

Esin Ozdil, Chatruika Seneviratne and Xuan Thuy Mai

29. Conducting Oral History Research: Reflections From the Field

Kathie Ross /

The nature of services in society and the economy is wide-ranging and complex, and the management of services and their innovation provokes a number challenges for practitioners, professionals, and academics. This book provides a range of perspectives on understanding, managing, and reconceptualising service by bringing together contributions from leading figures in service research, to make a timely and significant multi-disciplinary contribution to the theory and practice of service management. The book presents a collection of contemporary perspectives on service management challenges, extending the understanding of service through exploration and critique of service organizational and managerial strategies from selected theoretical and empirical perspectives. Amongst other contributions, it reviews the distinctive role and importance of service to academics, professionals, and practitioners; identifies appropriate bridging strategies; evaluates selected aspects of the practice of service management, and investigates the challenges inherent in managing services; reviews the nature, direction, and applicability of selected theoretical dimensions which inform the understanding of service management; considers contemporary innovations in services and service management; and assesses the opportunities for theory building, to further support understanding of the complexities of service management and its impact on organisations and wider society. It will be of interest to graduate students, academics and practitioners in service management.

Concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are widely used by businesses, professional bodies and academics, but are also widely contested. CSR is usually described as comprising of three elements: environmental, economic and social, though there is no serious consensus on how to go about translating ideas into practice. This research handbook addresses some key areas of contention, theory and practice within CSR in order to address, challenge and inform debate in academia and practice. The collaborative text extends understanding of CSR through articulating current thinking on each facet of a vital subject. Each theme is represented by inter-disciplinary discussion of key questions on CSR by researchers and practitioners in the field. In doing so, the book: Explores and critiques CSR goals, and national, organizational and managerial strategies Reviews the distinctive role and importance of CSR to academics, professionals and practitioners and identifies appropriate bridging strategies Evaluates the nature, direction and applicability of selected theoretical dimensions which inform the understanding of CSR Assesses the opportunities for theory building, to support further understanding of the complexities of CSR and the sustainability and long term value of CSR practice to corporations and civil society This timely and significant contribution to the theory and practice of CSR will prove to be vital reading for students, researchers and practitioners involved with the field. It will also become a key reference for anyone with an interest in business and society.

Selecting from the wide range of research methodologies remains a dilemma for all scholars, not least those looking to study the world of accounting. Both established and emerging research methods are frequently advocated, creating a challengingly broad range of choices. Covering a selection of qualitative methodological issues, research strategies and methods, this comprehensive compilation provides an essential guide to the choice and execution of qualitative research approaches in this field. The contributions are grouped into four sections: Worldview and paradigms Methodologies and strategies Data collection methods and analysis Experiencing qualitative field research: personal reflections Edited by leading scholars, with contributions from experts and rising stars, this volume will be essential reading for anyone looking to undertake research in the qualitative accounting field.