This paper offers the first wide-ranging review and synthesis of visual research in
accounting. It aims to shape, order and evaluate the field for the first time. Visual forms are …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the role of accountants as advisors in
professional services firms (PSFs), and it examines the impact of digital transformation on …

The objective of our article is to obtain a better understanding of how auditors anticipate the
potential for PCAOB inspection, experience the inspection, cope with the consequences of …

The competition to attract trainee accountants is fierce among accounting firms. Millennials
seemingly have expectations in terms of work experiences and work environments that …

Abstract To examine how Big Four auditors react to public scrutiny, we explore their
evidence at a public inquiry on the Irish banking crisis. We use impression management …

The Big 4 have acquired numerous consulting firms since the late 2000s, and regulators are
concerned that a focus on consulting practices could negatively affect audit quality through …

This study draws on Berger and Luckmann's (1966) social constructivism and on Van
Leeuwen's (2007) work on the discursive forms of legitimation to examine how individual …

This paper examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting undertaken by the
20 largest professional accounting firms in the United Kingdom. Professional service firms …

In this conceptual paper, we explore professional accountants' identity formation and the
roles played by various audiences in society, accounting associations, and accounting firms …

Using Bourdieu's sociology, this study investigates students' experience of the public
accounting recruitment process. It is based on interviews with Canadian undergraduates …