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International Accounting
 

Modern managerial accounting theories in works by foreign authors

Vol. 20, Iss. 12, JUNE 2017

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Received: 25 September 2015

Received in revised form: 2 October 2015

Accepted: 13 October 2015

Available online: 30 June 2017

Subject Heading: Managerial accounting

JEL Classification: M41

Pages: 705-720

https://doi.org/10.24891/ia.20.12.705

Samusenko S.A. Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
sv_sam@bk.ru

Importance Rapid development of economic systems, management methods and social sciences imposes new requirements to managerial accounting. Modern theories of managerial accounting developed by foreign authors are influenced by social sciences, namely, institutional economics, sociology, psychology and management theory.
Objectives The paper aims to systematize modern foreign studies addressing the formation and development of theories of managerial accounting.
Methods In the paper, I employ methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, grouping, summarizing, and the systems approach.
Results The paper describes the nature of normative and positive accounting theories and their impact on the formation and development of theories of managerial accounting, reviews differences between rigorous theories and concepts of managerial accounting, considers empirical and constructive approaches to development of managerial accounting concepts. Furthermore, I systematize modern theories of managerial accounting, i.e. the contingency theory, the agency theory, and sociological and psychological theories.
Conclusions Modern concepts of management accounting relate to the normative accounting theory. They aim at forming the fundamental principles and methods to solve practical problems, and apply the postulates and tools of a wide group of social and economic sciences. Developing the research within each group of theories leads to their mutual penetration, cross-use of results and common tools.

Keywords: management accounting theory, contingency theory, agency theory, sociological theory, psychological theory

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