The Accountant’s Social Background and Stereotype in Popular Culture: The Novels of Alexander Clark Smith
2010; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
10.2139/ssrn.1657832
ISSN1556-5068
Autores Tópico(s)Scottish History and National Identity
ResumoPurpose The paper explores the origins of Scottish chartered accountants and the accounting stereotype as portrayed in popular fiction. It addresses calls for studies of the changing popular representation of the accountant (Hopwood, 1994; Carnegie and Napier, 2010). Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the detective novels of the Scottish chartered accountant Alexander Clark Smith as a lens by which to view competing theories about the origins of Scottish chartered accountants, and to explore the multi-dimensional character of the protagonist, as well as portrayals of other accountants.
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