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Educating professionals Describing the knowledge agency of Accounting academics

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to describe the multiplicity of the role of the Accounting
academic as a knowledge agent: in terms of the discovery of new knowledge and its recontextualisation
into pedagogy, as well as effective teaching and learning in the field of Accounting.
Design/methodology/approach – Through a literature review and the collection of qualitative data
(using purposive sampling), this study describes the Accounting academic’s role as a knowledge agent,
as viewed by Accounting academics and professional accountants, with the aim of providing insight
into the tensions that exist in the education of professionals.
Findings – The data collected in this study indicate that Accounting academics find themselves torn
between their different roles: those of researcher and teacher. Accounting academics do not feel valued
in their role as teachers, as at the university, more emphasis is placed and promotion is based on
research, yet the Accounting profession places more value on their teaching and scholarship role.
Practical implications – There is an urgent need in professional Accounting education (trapped
within a multiple principal paradigm) for some fundamental re-thinking of the focal point of research,
and the knowledge agency of academe, particularly within a developing economy, such as South Africa.
Originality/value – The value of this paper is in its identification and description of the tensions experienced in the education of professional accountants. The university and profession are urged to value, acknowledge and reward the multiple roles of Accounting academics.

Keywords Accounting, Research, Knowledge, Agency, Profession, Meta-professional, Recontextualisation (Bernstein), Scholarship

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Meditari Accountancy Research

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: Emerald Group., 2014

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Meditari Accountancy Research Vol. 22 No. 1, 2014 pp. 107-127

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English

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