Part I. The meaning of work: Adam's curse -- Why we work -- The problem with perfection -- Part II. The purposeful human organization: The tyranny of shareholder value -- The business of building cathedrals -- Putting a noble purpose to work -- How to turn around a business without everyone...

Recent techniques and shifts in the environment are often viewed as leading management accountants to adopt a business orientation. However, empirical evidence pointing to clear shifts in the role played by management accountants remains relatively scarce. From in-depth qualitative research...

This paper studies the process by which a change in the institutional logic of an organisational field diffuses through the management control system of a firm. The theoretical framework proposed by Hasselbladh and Kallinikos (2000) enables us to describe the institutionalisation process of...