Review of the Study of Chinese and Foreign Management Accounting in 2015-2017
- 1 School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Abstract
This paper collates, summarizes and reviews 95 management accounting research literatures published in 6 academic journals and seven foreign journals between 2015 and 2017, and makes a comparative analysis of the research topics, research methods and application theories of management accounting. The results show that compared with the previous management accounting research in China, there have been significant changes in both research topics and research methods and applied theory. Research topics or research hot spots are becoming more diversified, research on Performance appraisal and motivation has increased significantly, research methods are more focused on database-based empirical research and experimental methodology and questionnaires, applied theory is more systematic and comprehensive, the subject background is gradually extended and cross-cutting. However, China’s management accounting compared with foreign countries there is still a big gap; there is still a lot of room for development.
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