Understanding the Sociology of the Accounting Profession: The Case of Australia

by Soma Pillay, Mahesh Joshi, Jasvinder Sidhu

Book Overview

This book presents the first non-European and non-North American comprehensive study explaining failures of key merger attempts by Australia's two leading accounting bodies.

It employs two complementary theoretical constructs namely, boundary work and exclusiveness versus market control, to explain the maintenance of professional boundaries in the Australian accounting profession.

In doing so, it illustrates key historical developments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9819915716
• ISBN13: 9789819915712
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"