Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Palea, Vera
Author-Email:vera.palea@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Journal Rankings and the Sustainability of Diversity in Accounting Research.
Abstract: “Whither Accounting Research?” is the question raised by Hopwood (2007) in an essay documenting a growing 
sense of unease about the state and direction of accounting research. A number of critical studies have highlighted a
detrimental tendency in academia, that is the excessive spread of performance measurement practices and the flow of 
superficiality and conformity they consolidate (e.g. Gendron, 2008; Gendron 2015; Parker, 2011; Pelger and Grottke, 
2015). Too much intellectual inquiry operates within academic parameters that have limited the development of research 
relevant to society.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the causes that have led to research stagnation and to propose some remedies 
with a specific focus on the European Union.
In tackling these issues, this paper presents a view of research that is strongly embedded in the social, political 
and economic context in which accounting operates.
Length: 53 pages
Creation-Date: 2015-11
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2015dip/wp_46_2015.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:201546