We present a new ethical dimension of mixed methods research (MMR) with embedded artificial intelligence (AI), referred to as responsible MMR (RMMR). First, we present an overview of ethical principles applied to research from several national and international perspectives before dealing...

Mixed methods research (MMR) is being utilized in more fields due to its ability to account for complex phenomena. Qualitatively oriented mixed methods research (QMMR) addresses this need by focusing on participants’ perspectives and local contexts. The purpose of this chapter is to support...

The Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Business and Management has been written by academics, researchers and industry professionals based in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Columbia, France, Spain, India and the United Kingdom, who have extensive knowledge and expertise in mixed...

The Handbook of Accounting, Accountability and Governance demonstrates how these three bodies of practice are interwoven. Accountability is a fundamental attribute of humanity, and both accounting and governance have developed to make accountability possible. However, accounting has come under...

This chapter synthesizes and critiques recent studies examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accounting, accountability and governance, and categorizes them according to different organization-types and common themes. Our analysis highlights how traditional approaches to accounting,...

Large multi-national corporations commonly comprise many separate legal entities, which commonly also present a complexity of intragroup relationships. The related accounting requirements offered through the International Accounting Standards Board standards are equally complicated, resulting in...

Spotlight Accounting is an emerging concept and practice that redistributes the existing locus of control over an organization’s accounting, accountability and governance (AAG) activities through applying dialogic accounting principles. As a concept, Spotlight Accounting conceptualizes all...

Counter accounts are alternative representations of the activities and impacts of organizations, industries or governance regimes. Often developed by activists or non-governmental organizations, their aim is to flag abuses of power and thereby rectify a state of affairs that is considered...

Islam is the world's second-largest religion, and accountability (to God and to fellow humans) lies at its heart. Islamic principles and rules of conduct, constituting the Shariah, restrict the actions of Muslims, in particular forbidding the payment and receipt of interest. Since the 1970s, an...

Hybrid organizations are ubiquitous and their accounting, accountability and governance structures can be complex. We broadly refer to hybrid organizations as those organizational forms where public, private and civil societies interact through various logics, ownerships, funding sources and...