Accounting academic elites: The tale of ARIA |
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Authors: | John Richard Edwards Graeme Dean Frank Clarke Peter Wolnizer |
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Affiliation: | 1. Cardiff Business School, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, Wales, UK;2. The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Building H69, NSW 2006, Australia;3. Faculty of Business and Law, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia |
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Abstract: | “Golden age” accounting theorists Robert Sterling, George Staubus, Yuji Ijiri and Arthur Thomas joined together to create an elite organisation, the Accounting Researchers International Association (ARIA) in 1974, with its chief instigator Robert “Bob” Sterling serving as its first President. Written correspondence between the early members, in conjunction with oral testimony, suggest that ARIA’s formation was motivated by a desire to protect and advance normative-based research. The early members also shared a mutual zeal for intellectual progress and a common passion to rid accounting practices of its defects. They shared a conviction that bringing together a well-recognised, dedicated group of scholars would create an environment in which individual differences would wilt under the pressure of scholarship. |
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