Research Methods in Accounting (Paperback)

Designed to help accounting students and researchers make the most appropriate choice of method and strategy in the development of their research projects. This fifth edition features extended coverage of:

• Content analysis
• Online sources
• Mixed-methods research
• Impression management

It includes new sections dedicated to:

• Social media impact on research
• Big Data Analytics
• Endogeneity issues in regression analysis
• Benford’s Law as a forensic tool
• Readability studies
• Whistleblowing research

Professor Malcolm Smith

Malcolm has held professorial positions in accounting at universities in both UK  and Australia. He was Foundation Professor of Accounting at the University of South Australia.

Malcolm’s research output includes 16 books, 13 book chapters and over 180 journal articles, but he is best known for his publications in two areas:

·         Financial communication: concerned with the analysis and interpretation of corporate narratives, and

·         Strategic management accounting: concerned with the diffusion of accounting innovations.

Malcolm has received numerous awards for teaching and supervision, and has supervised over 20 doctoral candidates to completion.