Learning from the experience of others: lessons on the research-practice gap in management accounting - a nursing perspective
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2017
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Tucker, B.P.
Leach, M.
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Malina, M.A.
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Source details - Title: Advances in management accounting, 2017 / Malina, M.A. (ed./s), Ch.5, pp.127-181
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Purpose: The current study aims to cast light on the divide between academic research in management accounting and its applicability to practice by examining, from the standpoint of nursing, how this gap is perceived and what challenges may be involved in bridging it. Design/Methodology/Approach: The current study compares the findings of Tucker and Parker (2014) with both quantitative as well as qualitative evidence from an international sample of nursing academics. Findings: The findings of this study point to the differing tradition and historical development in framing and addressing the research-practice gap between management accounting and nursing contexts and the rationale for practice engagement as instrumental in explaining disciplinary differences in addressing the research-practice gap. Research Implications Despite disciplinary differences, we suggest that a closer engagement of academic research in management accounting with practice "can work," "will work," and "is worth it." Central to a closer relationship with practice, however, is the need for management accounting academics to follow their nursing counterparts and understand the incentives that exist in undertaking research of relevance. Originality/value: The current study is one of the few that has sought to look to the experience of other disciplines in bridging the gap. Moreover, to our knowledge, it is the first study in management accounting to attempt this comparison. In so doing, our findings provide a platform for further considering how management accounting researchers, and management accounting as a discipline might, in the spirit of this study's title, "Learn from the Experience of Others.".
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