Tracking the numbers: Across accounting and finance, organizations and markets

Vollmer H, Mennicken A, Preda A. Tracking the numbers: Across accounting and finance, organizations and markets. ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY. 2009;34(5):619-637.This introductory essay reviews recent advances in the emergent field of social studies of finance (SSF) and, subsequently, sets out to illustrate how a closer engagement with SSF might benefit research interests in accounting and vice versa. Finally, it provides a sketch of how mutual engagements across the fields might be intensified in what is identified as all emerging accounting and finance track in the discourse of social science. The prospects of a broader field of research exploring the use of financial numbers across social settings, markets, organizations and cultures arc projected, and the possibility of articulating a strong sociological programme of research is considered. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved