What Do Controllers Read? Implications for Accounting Faculty Research and Student Readings

Authors

  • D. Elaine Sanders
  • Cheryl L. Fulkerson
  • Sandra Welch
  • Chak-Tong Chau

Abstract

Accounting educators train future accountants and conduct research aimed at contributing to the development of practice. Given recent U.S. Department of Labor statistics that two in four accountants work in private industry, we surveyed accountants from industry (Fortune 500 controllers) in an effort to learn more about what accounting research publications controllers read and why. Further, we asked the controllers to tell us what accounting publications they view as the most influential, and what topics they would like to see researched in the future. Our results are shared in the context of motivating future faculty research, student research, and supplementary student readings.

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Vol. 14 (2002)

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What Do Controllers Read? Implications for Accounting Faculty Research and Student Readings. (2006). The Accounting Educators’ Journal, 14. https://www.aejournal.com/ojs/index.php/aej/article/view/29