Transforming Management Accounting: Digitalisation, Sustainability and Organisational Change
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Transforming Management Accounting: Digitalisation, Sustainability and Organisational Change
Journal: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 01 March 2027
Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management invites high-quality submissions for its Special Issue on Transforming Management Accounting: Digitalisation, Sustainability and Organisational Change.
About the Special Issue
This Special Issue explores how management accounting is evolving in response to digitalisation, sustainability challenges, and organisational transformation. Advances in data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital platforms are reshaping accounting systems, while growing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) expectations are expanding the role of management accounting beyond traditional financial control toward sustainable value creation and organisational resilience.
The issue seeks qualitative research that provides rich, context-sensitive insights into how organisations adapt their management accounting practices in response to technological disruption, regulatory change, sustainability imperatives, and evolving organisational environments. Contributions from diverse institutional and geographical contexts are encouraged.
Topics of Interest
Submissions may include, but are not limited to:
Digitalisation, data analytics, and AI in management accounting
Sustainability, ESG, and management accounting practices
Beyond budgeting and adaptive control systems
Strategy, value creation, and business model transformation
Platforms, ecosystems, and inter-organisational control
Behavioural and cultural transformation in accounting
The evolving role of management accountants
Governance, ethics, and performance measurement
Accounting transformation in public, healthcare, education, and social purpose organisations
Risk, resilience, and crisis-driven organisational change
Management accounting in emerging economies and indigenous contexts
Qualitative research methods for studying accounting transformation
Preferred Article Types
The journal welcomes:
Original Qualitative Research Articles only
Submission Information
Opening Date for Submissions: 01 November 2026
Submission Deadline: 01 March 2027
Only qualitative research articles will be considered for peer review.
Manuscripts must be submitted through ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Authors should select the Special Issue title during the submission process.
All submissions must be original, unpublished, and follow the journal's official Author Guidelines.
Guest Editors
Associate Professor Umesh Sharma, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Professor Chris Akroyd, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Dr. Yuki Guo, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Leanne Johnstone, Örebro University School of Business, Sweden
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