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Personal life values and professional identity: countering the accountant's stereotype

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dc.contributor.authorParker, L.D.
dc.contributor.authorWarren, S.
dc.contributor.conference2012 Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Accounting Conference (11 Jul 2012 - 13 Jul 2012 : Cardiff, United Kingdom)
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.identifier.citation10th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, 2012, 2012, pp.1-40
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/138689
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Research Group
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.rightsCopyright 2012 the Authors
dc.subjectstereotype
dc.subjectaccountants
dc.subjectcontemporary accountants’ roles
dc.titlePersonal life values and professional identity: countering the accountant's stereotype
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9915909750501831

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