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The transition to performance management in Eastern European countries

  • 1. Stefan cel Mare University (Suceava)

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The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how to apply the research process for the elaboration of a theoretical explanation in studies on performance management and management control systems. This is important because ambitious theoretical research tends to require explanatory study results, but previous research frameworks provide little guidance on this, potentially facilitating poorly defined research projects and a lack of common vocabulary and criteria for study evaluation. The methodology was undertaken by an examination of the literature to review empirical studies dealing with PM in ex-communist countries in the EEC. Its illustrated framework and application make the systematic logic of the research process visible and accessible to researchers. The authors explain how the framework supports the shift from empirical description to theoretical explanation during the research process and where the three levels could open up spaces for positioning new practices and conceptual and theoretical innovations. The framework provides guidance for a research explanatory design and a theory-building purpose, and has been developed in response to recent industry criticisms that highlight the large gap between cutting-edge practice and the delayed state of theory. It offers interdisciplinary vocabulary and evaluation criteria that can be applied by any researcher in accounting and management, whether it pursues critical, interpretive or positivist research and whether it primarily uses qualitative or quantitative research methods.

Scopul acestei lucrări este de a reflecta asupra modului de aplicare a procesului de cercetare pentru elaborarea unei explicaţii teoretice în studiile privind managementul performanţei şi sistemele de control al managementului. Acest lucru este important deoarece cercetarea teoretic ambiţioasă tinde să necesite rezultate explicative ale studiilor, dar cadrele de cercetare anterioare oferă puţine îndrumări în acest sens, facilitând potenţial proiecte de cercetare prost definite şi o lipsă de vocabular şi criterii comune pentru evaluarea studiilor. Metodologie a fost întreprinsă de o examinare a literaturii de specialitate pentru a revizui studiile empirice care tratează PM în ţările ex-comuniste din CEE. Cadrul şi aplicarea sa ilustrată fac logica sistematică a procesului de cercetare vizibilă şi accesibilă cercetătorilor. Autorii explică modul în care cadrul sprijină trecerea de la descrierea empirică la explicaţia teoretică în timpul procesului de cercetare şi unde cele trei niveluri ar putea deschide spaţii pentru poziţionarea unor practici noi şi inovaţii conceptuale şi teoretice. Cadrul oferă îndrumări pentru un design explicativ de cercetare şi un scop de construire a teoriei şi a fost dezvoltat ca răspuns la criticile recente din domeniu care evidenţiază decalajul mare dintre practica de vârf şi starea întârziată a teoriei. Oferă vocabular interdisciplinar şi criterii de evaluare care pot fi aplicate de orice cercetător în contabilitate şi management, indiferent dacă urmăreşte cercetări critice, interpretative sau pozitiviste şi dacă utilizează în primul rând metode de cercetare calitativă sau cantitativă.

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