Australian accounting academics: challenges and possibilities. Issue 1 (14th July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prof. Grant Samkin, Ms. Annika Schneider, Assoc.; Guthrie, James; Evans, Elaine; Burritt, Roger
• Is Part Of: Meditari accountancy research. Volume 22:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 20
• Page End: 37
• Publication Date: 2014-07-14
• Subjects: Accounting -- Periodicals; Finance -- Periodicals; 657.05
• DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-09-2013-0038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-372X

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title> <p> – The purpose of this paper is to provide a thought-provoking, attention-directing diegesis about the quality of the experience for those working as academic accounting scholars. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title> <p> – Using storytelling by the authors as narrators and a literature review, this paper examines challenges to, and possibilities for, accounting academics. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title> <p> – The study reveals a number of possibilities for the sustainability of the accounting academy in Australia, all of which rely on the symbiotic relations between the three elements of the profession – practitioners, policymakers and academics – to prepare accounting and business professionals for the future. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Research limitations/implications</title> <p> – The study is limited to the Australian context of academic accountants and, therefore, the identified possibilities for accounting academics in other contexts may differ. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Practical implications</title> <p> – This paper identifies the challenges for contemporary accounting academics in Australia and presents opportunities for sustainability of the Australian accounting academy. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title> <p> – This paper uses a story to explore its overarching theme of the quality of the academic experience for accounting academics in Australia. The story is developed from the authors' combined experiences of > 80 years as accounting academics who are also actively engaged with the profession.</p> </sec> </abstract>