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2. Self-Orienting Process and Schatzki’s Lens

verfasst von : Panida Chotiyanon, Vassili Joannidès de Lautour

Erschienen in: The Changing Role of the Management Accountants

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In order to gain a better understanding of the self-orienting process of management accountants, the authors review contemporary theoretical approaches to the self-orienting process and highlight the advantages of Schatzki’s practice theory and its notion of teleoaffective structure and practice memory (Schatzki, The site of the social: a philosophical account of the constitution of social life and change. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 2002; Organ Stud 27(12): 1863–1873, 2006) in making sense of management accountants’ lifelong self-orienting process.

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Titel: Self-Orienting Process and Schatzki’s Lens
verfasst von: Panida Chotiyanon
Vassili Joannidès de Lautour
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Changing Role of the Management Accountants
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-90299-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-90300-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90300-2_2