Robert Ashton

Although there has been increased emphasis on research that attempts to understand, evaluate and improve audit decision making in recent years it is less well-known that some noteworthy contributions to the study of audit judgment were made in the 1950s and 1960s. Meer

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2024‘Essential reading for anybody who wants to understand rural life’ Patrick Galbraith, author of In Search of One Last Song‘This is a book of life and why we should celebrate our roots before it is too late’ John Connell, author of The Cow BookWhere Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? Meer

This volume collects together out of print and hard to find sources on the behavioural implications of accounting. It begins with the 1952 monograph, The Impact of Budgets on People by Chris Argyris, considered by many to mark the beginning of behavioural research in accounting and is followed by:a critique of the general state of accounting research in 1960critical evaluation of Argyris’ research and other behavioural studiesdiscussion of the research activity in the behavioural aspects of accounting during the 1960s and 70sa comprehensive perspective on the development of behavioural accounting research in the 1980s including discussion of the division of behavioural accounting research into two branches. Meer

We rely on the soil and its rich biodiversity for our food, traditions and folklore, but are we guilty of taking it for granted? In Down to Earth, Robert Ashton traces our evolving relationship with the soil from Neolithic flint miners to modern day naturists. Meer