Document Type
Conference Paper
RIS ID
36297
Citation
Mustafa, Hasri and Gaffikin, Michael, 2010, On knowing, accounting and the methodological position of Geertz, Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (pp. 1-40)., Sydney: University of Sydney..
http://ro.uow.edu.au/era/2262
Abstract
Since the calls to view accounting as a cultural defined discipline Geertz’s work yields significant debate from accounting scholars. This review paper argues that Geertz á la interpretive anthropology has been inaccurately discerned by many accounting methodologists. They overlook the theoretical anchoring Geertzian conception of culture schemes - “by isolating its elements”, “internal relationships”, and “in some general way” - that illustrate accounting as a kind of being of knowing – the form of what accounting comes to. The paper traces the implications of this on fundamental consequences for accounting research methodology and establishes direction to critic with a position of where the claims of Geertz should apparently held.