We've come a long way! Maybe! Re-imagining gender and accounting

Purpose - Transforming gender research in accounting is possible, desirable, and promising: the past few decades have included prescient work and expansive theories. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the legacy of the 1992 special issue "Fe[men]ists' account" and urge new lin...

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Published in:Accounting, auditing & accountability journal auditing & accountability journal, 2012-01, Vol.25 (2), p.256-294
Main Author: Lehman, Cheryl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Accounting
Accounting research
Boundaries
Discrimination
Economics
Environmental accounting
Expansion
Feminism
Feminist theory
Forensic accounting
Gender
Globalization
Globes
Joints
Legacy
Liberalism
Meaning
Men
Neoliberalism
Philosophy
Power
Researchers
Review articles
Rhetoric
Series & special reports
Social construction
Social justice
Violence
Women
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Summary:Purpose - Transforming gender research in accounting is possible, desirable, and promising: the past few decades have included prescient work and expansive theories. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the legacy of the 1992 special issue "Fe[men]ists' account" and urge new linkages and contexts for a continuation of visionary inquiries.Design methodology approach - By reviewing pioneering feminist research in various disciplines, the author opens the margins and boundaries of gender-in-accounting research. Innovative multidisciplinary works from different regions of the globe reveal methods for challenging entrenched premises and recasting new meanings.Findings - Reflecting on our embedded ideas, expanding boundaries, and imagining new areas of inquiry are not only plausible, they are essential, for contesting repression and discrimination and advancing social justice.Research limitations implications - Tying the current rhetoric of global neo-liberalism to contemporary feminist struggles, the paper illustrates the significant consequences of economic globalization on women, and accounting's connection. As there is no single story regarding gender, research exploring the unexplored has precedent in accounting literature, providing a foundation for new insights and enhanced possibilities for advancing and transforming the field.Originality value - The paper re-imagines the accounting-gender dilemma, offering practical yet expansive research concepts regarding values, class, the construction of gender, and the impositions of economic structures.
ISSN:0951-3574
1758-4205
DOI:10.1108/09513571211198764