Year
2017
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the underlying conflict between a lawless culture and accounting practices within the context of the Australian Construction Industry. This provided an opportunity to examine accounting’s role as a legitimising process, within the context of the Critical Accounting perspective of whether accounting practice is objective or subjective. In doing so, the aim was to examine the social system that accountants work within this industry. The thesis explores the role of accounting within this complex industry at a period of time, the 2003 Royal Commission, where its lawlessness had become such that society recognised its social contract was breached and told the industry that this behavior would no longer be tolerated.
Recommended Citation
Massingham, Rada Kosa, The Role of accounting in legitimising the culture of the Australian construction industry, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Wollongong, 2017. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/113
FoR codes (2008)
1501 ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.