Komori, N. (2016) West Meets East and East meets West: Gender Research as a Cultural Encounter in Accounting. Advances in Public Interest Accounting, 19. pp. 57-87. ISSN 1041-7060
Abstract
Globalisation has brought about migration and the transnational movement of people from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, using different languages, and has thereby facilitated intercultural interaction and re-interpretation of lived experiences. Gender research in accounting is also influenced by globalization, which has created a platform where different cultures can meet and interact, and where knowledge can be synthesized from the work of authors from various different countries. Building on my own research experiences and its outcomes, this study examines the globalisation of gender research in accounting by tracing the development of research on the relationship between Japanese women and accounting. The experiences of Japan highlight that knowledge in accounting, including gender-in-accounting studies, historically flows from West to East. The language, concepts and framework in existing Western-led accounting studies translate and visualise the history and phenomena in a Japanese context to be shared within the international accounting arena. This study demonstrates that this process provides a body of interesting evidence from Japanese contexts in the fields of history, household accounting and professionalization. Accounting played an enabling role for women in Japan, while positioning women to act as catalysts for social change. Questions arise regarding the potential for such findings (from the East) to flow to the West and be accorded equal status to Western-led accounting research. The study concludes by discussing, in terms of achieving sustainable and innovative knowledge creation in accounting, the importance of herstory in understanding local culture and its integration into ‘global’ academic research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Emerald Publishing Group. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2016 09:36 |
Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2018 15:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/S1041-706020160000019004 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Emerald Publishing Group |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/S1041-706020160000019004 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99756 |