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Should Research on Accounting in Africa incorporate Paradigm Shifts?

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posted on 2022-07-04, 12:33 authored by Hopper Trevor, Olayinka MosesOlayinka Moses, Waweru Nelson
This paper evaluates recent reviews of accounting research in Africa. These prompt consideration of nurturing research approaches encompassing diverse paradigms. Accounting research in highly ranked accounting journals has contained a small proportion of articles on Africa, predominately on larger, richer countries with developed capital markets. However, a gradual paradigm shift is apparent. About 51% of published African accounting research has employed qualitative methods unlike that on other developing countries, especially in Asia, where quantitative market-based research has been dominant. A gradual shift in African accounting research philosophies and methodologies has accompanied investigations of topics more pertinent to Africa, such as attaining Sustainable Development Goals. Significant numbers of African accounting articles in lesser or unranked English language journals, and in non-English language journals, especially in French, German, Portuguese, and Italian exist but fell outside the scope of this exercise. They need reviewing.

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Trevor, H., Moses, O. & Nelson, W. (2022). Should Research on Accounting in Africa incorporate Paradigm Shifts? African Accounting and Finance Journal, 4(1), 54-69. https://aafassociation.com/

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African Accounting and Finance Journal

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4

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1

Publication date

2022-07-04

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54-69 (16)

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Published

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Article

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2683-6599

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