JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
A Functional Elaboration Theory Perspective on Management Accounting in Small Firms
Author(s): James M. Wilkerson, Angela D. Bassani
Citation: James M. Wilkerson, Angela D. Bassani, (2020) "A Functional Elaboration Theory Perspective on Management Accounting in Small Firms," Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 20, ss. 1, pp. 102-111
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
We note a lack of theoretical explanations in a recent review of small-firm management accounting research and draw on recent organizational research (functional elaboration theory and theory of asymmetric effects of misfit, specifically) that may further illuminate findings in some small-firm management accounting studies. After briefly discussing how the functional elaboration process model in Wilkerson and Seers (2019) may be adapted to small-firm management accounting research, we offer recommendations for questionnaire measures of management accounting’s qualitative functional
elaboration and underfit in small firms. Finally, we discuss implications for practice and entrepreneurship education.