Notes on editors -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Researching everyday accounting practice : epistemological debate / Mark A. Covaleski, Kathryn Haynes, Zahirul Hoque and Lee D. Parker -- Worldviews and paradigms -- Social constructionist research in accounting : a reflection on the accounting profession / Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith and Sajay Samuel -- Interpretive research in accounting : past, present and future / Kari Lukka and Sven Modell -- Critical studies in accounting: researching the exercise of power / Marcia Annisette and Christine Cooper -- Historiography in accounting research / Garry D. Carnegie and Christopher J. Napier -- Grounded theory approach to accounting studies : overview of principles, assumptions and methods / Andrew Goddard -- Visual methodologies for accounting and accountability / Jane Davison and Samantha Warren -- Appreciative inquiry for accounting research / Zahirul Hoque -- Methodologies and strategies -- Ethnography, ethnomethodology and anthropology studies in accounting / Colin Dey -- Case studies in accounting research / Bill Lee and Christopher G. Humphrey -- An emergence of narrative approaches in social sciences and in accounting research / Barbara Czarniawska -- Oral history / Theresa A. Hammond -- Autoethnography in accounting research / Kathryn Haynes -- Action research in accounting / Timothy J. Fogarty -- Discourse analysis in accounting research / Rihab Khalifa and Habib Mahama -- An introduction to interventionist research in accounting / John Dumay and Vicky Baard -- Reflexivity in accounting research / Kathryn Haynes -- Data collection and analysis -- Mixed methods for understanding accounting issues / Basil Tucker and Zahirul Hoque -- Field interviews : process and analysis / Habib Mahama and Rihab Khalifa -- Participant observation at the coalface / Lee D. Parker -- Content analysis / David Campbell -- Focus group discussions / Elizabeth Gammie, Susan Hamilton and Valerie Gilchrist -- Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data in management accounting research / Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith and Sajay Samuel -- Qualitative data management and analysis software / Fiona Anderson-Gough, Carla Edgley and Nina Sharma -- Credibility and authenticity in qualitative accounting research / Martin Messner, Jodie Moll and Torkel Stromsten -- Experiencing qualitative field research: personal reflections -- A case study research project : personal reflections / Sophia Ji -- Etics, emics and ethnomethodology in accounting research / Vassili Joannides -- Ethical considerations in qualitative research : personal experiences from the field / Esin Ozdil, Chatruika Seneviratne and Xuan Thuy Mai -- Conducting oral history research : reflections from the field / Kathie Ross -- Review process and list of reviewers -- Index