Accounting in Identity Regulation : Producing the Appropriate Worker
Abstract
It is acknowledged that identity regulation in organizations relies on discursive resources. This study moves beyond discourse – illustrating how discourse and accounting measurements are mobilized together in revising identity. Measurement produces persistence, clarity, transparency and comparability, as well as direction: Accounting’s quantitative knowledge ‘amplifies’ discourse. We explain the Great Alliance between words and numbers in a case study addressing events in an organization’s transformation. This extends our understanding of what takes place on the interface between identity and accounting.
Main Authors
Format
Articles
Research article
Published
2023
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Routledge
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202111195732Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0963-8180
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1997780
Language
English
Published in
European Accounting Review
Citation
- Vaivio, J., Järvenpää, M., & Rautiainen, A. (2023). Accounting in Identity Regulation : Producing the Appropriate Worker. European Accounting Review, 32(3), 693-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1997780
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