Methodological Issues in African Accounting Research: Towards Alternative Theories and Methods

Kelum Jayasinghe; Teerooven Soobaroyen; Philippe Lassou; Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga

doi:10.26686/aafj.v4i1.9700

Authors

Kelum Jayasinghe University of Essex https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-3953
Teerooven Soobaroyen University of Essex https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-1666
Philippe Lassou University of Guelph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0408-2117
Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga Makerere University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0940-9745

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/aafj.v4i1.9700

Abstract

Editorial for volume 4 number 1 2022.

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Author Biographies

Kelum Jayasinghe, University of Essex

Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Teerooven Soobaroyen, University of Essex

Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Philippe Lassou, University of Guelph

Department of Management, Gordon S. Land School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Canada.

Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga, Makerere University

Department of Accounting, Makerere University Business School, Makerere University, Uganda.

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