David Cooper, University of Alberta
Accounting, Operations and Information Systems
Business
Professor
Edmonton, Alberta
david.cooper@ualberta.ca
Office:
(780) 492-5413
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Bio/Research
My research is primarily in critical management studies, management accounting and control, and the regulation of accounting and accountants. My research is interdisciplinary, critically orientated, and problem centered, drawing on sociology, political science and social theory to understand regu...
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Bio/Research
My research is primarily in critical management studies, management accounting and control, and the regulation of accounting and accountants. My research is interdisciplinary, critically orientated, and problem centered, drawing on sociology, political science and social theory to understand regulation, organizational and managerial rationality, and performance measurement and management.
I am actively involved in two longstanding interdisciplinary research projects. The first examines globalization and management systems. This work draws on institutional theory and theories of cultural globalization. This research focuses on performance measurement systems (in corporations, governments. and NGOs). Second, I continue to work on international accounting regulation, including the ideology of self regulation, the governance of professional bodies, professional ethics, the construction of demand for accounting and assurance services, and the translation of global accounting standards into national regulatory regimes.
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I am actively involved in two longstanding interdisciplinary research projects. The first examines globalization and management systems. This work draws on institutional theory and theories of cultural globalization. This research focuses on performance measurement systems (in corporations, governments. and NGOs). Second, I continue to work on international accounting regulation, including the ideology of self regulation, the governance of professional bodies, professional ethics, the construction of demand for accounting and assurance services, and the translation of global accounting standards into national regulatory regimes.
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