Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of gender on the usage of different funding sources in a sample of Finnish small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim is also to embed the results into the country‐context, which is characterized by the long history...

This paper investigates whether there are differences in cosmetic earnings management between firms audited by male vs. female auditors. A number of previous studies have documented that listed firms around the world engage in cosmetic earnings management. This paper is the first one to document...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether auditor gender has an impact on the magnitude of corporate earnings management in small and medium-sized private Finnish firms. Our results concerning gender differences in audit practices are twofold. First, when we regress the absolute...

Purpose – This paper acts as a commentary on the paper “Self‐reflexivity scrutinized: (pro‐)feminist men learning that gender matters” (Styhre and Tienari, 2013). Design/methodology/approach – The following discussion seeks to build on Styhre and Tienari's argumentation and points to...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to discuss and illustrate how contemporary market discourses rearticulate socio-political relationships and identities, including the rights, duties, and opportunities of individuals and categories of individuals as citizens. More specifically, the purpose...

In their search for alternative images and vocabularies organization theorists are using art as a source of inspiration to understand what organizations and organizing are all about. This stream of research argues that art provides an alternative through which we can visualize and narrate...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not auditor gender has an impact on the magnitude of corporate earnings management in small‐ and medium‐sized private Finnish firms. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the association between auditor gender...