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Wenjun Wen
Affiliated researcher
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Rethinking Accounting Professionalisation in China : A Study of the Development of the Chinese Public Accounting Profession since the “Reform and Opening-up”
Author
Summary, in English
The aim of this thesis is to nuance the hegemony representations of accounting professionalisation in China. Drawing on previously unaccessed archive materials and a series of interviews with representatives of the Chinese public accounting profession, this thesis examines the interactions between key domestic and international actors involved in and the impact of such interactions on the process of accounting professionalisation in China over time. This thesis demonstrates that, through interactions, actors collectively construct an evolving consensus on the institutional arrangements that are central to two key aspects of accounting professionalisation in China: the organisation of the professional domain and the practice of professionals within the professional domain. In contrast to the hegemony representations, neither the Chinese state nor the Big Four were found to be fully capable of dominating the process of accounting professionalisation in China. The process is more complicated than that recognised in prior studies, involving ongoing interactions between the Chinese state, the Big Four and other actors including, most significantly, the CICPA. The interactions between these actors are also relevant for the identity construction of individual practitioners. In doing so, this thesis provides more nuanced insights that help to deepen our understanding of accounting professionalisation in China.
Department/s
- Department of Business Administration
- Accounting and Corporate Finance
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Studies in Economics and Management
Issue
156
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Lund University
Topic
- Business Administration
Keywords
- public accounting profession
- accounting professionalisation
- professional accounting body
- the Chinese state
- CICPA
- Big Four
- China
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Anne Loft
- Karin Jonnergård
- Christopher Humphrey
- Amanda Sonnerfeldt
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-91-8039-081-1
- ISBN: 978-91-8039-082-8
Defence date
25 November 2021
Defence time
13:15
Defence place
EC3:207
Opponent
- Timur Uman (Associate Professor)