Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction and overview of the various papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – A short discussion of the main quests of interventionist research and how these are related to the papers in this special issue, is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further develop the epistemological base of interventionist research (IR) as a valid accounting and management research methodology, through the identification of intervention theory and an IR framework derived from social sciences. Moreover, this...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test an intervention technique developed earlier. The technique builds on an action research approach with a threefold aim: to produce change in a practical context, in our case to enhance the problem‐solving capacity in an operational team in an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction and overview of the various papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – A short discussion of the main quests of interventionist research and how these are related to the papers in this special issue, is...

Interventionist research is not unobtrusive since the researcher deliberately seeks to make an impact on the world in order to gain knowledge. In this chapter we examine the fundamental nature of interventionist research in management accounting, its philosophical anchoring, variations, and...