Stagnation in accounting education research. Issue 2 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rebele, James E.; St. Pierre, E. Kent
• Is Part Of: Journal of accounting education. Volume 33:Issue 2(2015:Jun.)
• Page Start: 128
• Page End: 137
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Accounting -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Accounting -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Periodicals; Comptabilité -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; Comptabilité -- États-Unis -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; 657.0711
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2015.04.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-5751

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab0010"> <title id="st0010">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0010"> <list id="ulist0010"> <list-item id="u0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0010">We present evidence from the literature to show that accounting education research has stagnated.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0015">Evidence of research stagnation includes focusing on the same topics and using non-experimental research methods.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0020">We document a trend toward accounting education journals publishing more cases and descriptive articles.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0025">We provide suggestions for overcoming the accounting education research stagnation problem.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>