Disability and the professional accountant: insights from oral histories

Angus Duff, John Ferguson

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Abstract

This paper provides an analysis of the typical modes of ideology in introductory financial accounting textbooks and training materials. Drawing on Thompson's (1990) schema concerning the typical linguistic modes through which ideology operates, this research suggests that the operation of ideology is apparent within educational accounting texts, with particular strategies being more evident than others: in particular, the strategies of universalization, narrativization, rationalization and naturalization. Given the predominantly technical nature of introductory financial accounting textbooks and training manuals, the modes of ideology identified in the texts were often quite subtle; more specifically, the ideological characteristics displayed in each of the six texts analysed were often expressions of implicit or taken-for-granted assumptions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-101
Number of pages31
JournalAccounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • oral history
  • accountancy
  • disability

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