Personal life values and professional identity: countering the accountant's stereotype
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2012
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Parker, L.D.
Warren, S.
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10th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, 2012, 2012, pp.1-40
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2012 Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Accounting Conference (11 Jul 2012 - 13 Jul 2012 : Cardiff, United Kingdom)
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This study presents an investigation of accountants’ construction of their personal and professional identities with a view to unpacking their conceptions of their professional role and image. Informed by the theories of Goffman and Bourdieu, the investigation employs an auto-photography methodology involving unstructured photo-driven interviews of accountants working in Australia and the UK. Their professional identity aspirations emerge as a determination to construct a professional role that sits within the context of an overall personal values driven lifestyle. These values include a commitment to serving people and community that are manifested in their broader scope role set facilitated by their employment of a wide range of ‘soft’ skills. These orientations contribute to their attempts at countering what they see to be the persistent numbers stereotype of the professional accountant.
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Copyright 2012 the Authors