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2023 | 47(4) | 51-67

Article title

Using photographs in qualitative accounting research

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Wykorzystanie fotografii w jakościowych badaniach w obszarze rachunkowości

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Purpose: When the “linguistic turn” is replaced by the “visual turn”, there is a natural need for social scientists to embrace the new reality and incorporate visuals in their research. As a result, the importance of visual research, which centers on the use of visual sources, is growing. This paper provides an overview of how visual materials and related methodological approaches can be used in qualitative management and accounting research. Methodology/approach: We begin by reviewing the literature on the research methods, drawing from many disciplines such as sociology, organizational learning, management, and accounting. Next, we analyze three cases – already published papers in accounting – to illustrate how photography can be used in qualitative accounting research. Findings: There is a growing literature on visual research methods. Researchers have used visual materials as primary and secondary data and multiple methodological approaches. Visual methods can also be used in accounting research. Originality/value: This paper provides an overview of emerging methodological approaches that use visual materials and discusses how they can be incorporated into qualitative account-ing research. Research limitations: Drawing a simple line between the various approaches presented in this paper is difficult as researchers can use visual material in unique ways throughout the research process. Therefore, the presented methodological categorizations can only help to better understand emerging visual research.
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Cel: Kiedy „podejście lingwistyczne” zostaje zastąpione „podejściem wizualnym” pojawia się naturalna potrzeba, aby badacze w naukach społecznych przyjęli nową rzeczywistość i włączyli materiał wizualny do swoich badań. W rezultacie rośnie znaczenie badań, które koncentrują się na wykorzystaniu materiałów wizualnych jako źródła danych. Celem ni-niejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie przeglądu, jak materiały wizualne mogą być wyko-rzystywane w badaniach z zakresu zarządzania i rachunkowości oraz możliwych podejść metodologicznych, które badacz stosujący metody jakościowe może zastosować przy włą-czaniu materiałów wizualnych do projektu badawczego. Metodyka/podejście badawcze: W artykule podjęto się usystematyzowania wiedzy z zakre-su wizualnych metod badawczych, czerpiąc z doświadczeń wielu dyscyplin, takich jak socjo-logia, organizacyjne uczenie się, organizacja, zarządzanie i rachunkowość. Następnie przedstawiono trzy studia przypadków – wcześniej opublikowane artykuły naukowe jako ilustracje, w jaki sposób, w szczególności, fotografia, może być wykorzystywana w bada-niach jakościowych w obszarze rachunkowości. Wyniki: Istnieje literatura na temat wizualnych metod badawczych. Badacze wykorzystu-ją materiały wizualne jako dane pierwotne i wtórne oraz stosują różne podejścia metodolo-giczne w celu włączenia materiałów wizualnych do projektów badawczych. Oryginalność́/wartość́: Niniejszy artykuł zawiera przegląd pojawiających się podejść metodologicznych, które wykorzystują materiały wizualne jako źródło danych i omawia, w jaki sposób można je włączyć do projektów badawczych w dziedzinie rachunkowości. Ograniczenia badawcze: Narysowanie prostej linii między różnymi podejściami przed-stawionymi w tym artykule jest trudne, ponieważ badacze mogą wykorzystywać materiały wizualne na różne sposoby, dlatego przedstawione kategoryzacje metodologiczne mogą jedynie pomóc w lepszym zrozumieniu pojawiających się badań wizualnych i nie mogą być traktowane jako kompletna lista.

Contributors

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  • Kozminski University, Department of Accounting, Poland
  • Kristianstad University, Department of Business Administration and Work Science, Sweden
  • Kozminski University, Department of Management, Poland

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