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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Accounting in Identity Regulation : Producing the Appropriate Worker

Juhani VaivioMarko JärvenpääAntti Rautiainen

subject

vertailukirjanpitomittaustuloksellisuusorganisaatiottulkintaperformance measurementlaskentatoimidiskurssimanagement controltyöntekijätdiscourseidentiteettiidentity regulation

description

It is acknowledged that identity regulation in organizations relies on discursive resources. This study moves beyond discourse – illustrating how discourse and accounting measurements are mobilized together in revising identity. Measurement produces persistence, clarity, transparency and comparability, as well as direction: Accounting’s quantitative knowledge ‘amplifies’ discourse. We explain the Great Alliance between words and numbers in a case study addressing events in an organization’s transformation. This extends our understanding of what takes place on the interface between identity and accounting. peerReviewed

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202111195732