The Calculated and the Avowed: Techniques of Discipline and Struggles Over Identity in Big Six Public Accounting Firms

Gender essentialism and occupational segregation in insolvency practice

“…Consistent with previous studies of gender and organisational practices in accounting, the study is performed at the micro-level (Covaleski et al, 1998;Anderson-Gough et al, 2005;Kornberger et al, 2010). Our focus is on exploring commonplace practices in a single occupational group.…”

The consideration of environmental matters in the audit of financial reports

“…Hence, Covaleski, Dirsmith, Heian, and Samuel (1998) and Gendron and Suddaby (2004) advised researchers to investigate realities from the perspective of interviewees.…”

“…Auditors were asked for their views and their experiences of current practices, making this the type of research which many authors (Covaleski et al, 1998;Gendron, 2000Gendron, , 2006Humphrey, 2008;Sullivan, 1993) strongly advocate as being of interest to accounting practitioners and stakeholders.…”

The abolition of the General Teaching Council for England and the future of teacher discipline

“…52% of teachers (73% of school leaders) agreed or strongly agreed that "there was not enough freedom for schools to dismiss poorly performing teachers; less than 21% did not agree. From a critical perspective, such findings may be indicative of the colonisation of teachers" subjectivity (Knights and McCabe, 2000) in the production of "corporate clones" (Covaleski et al, 1998). Alternatively, the findings may be further evidence of the panopticism embedded within the education sector whereby discipline becomes internalised.…”