Stephen P Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1001784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen P Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen P |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Unit for Professional Training and Services in the Behavioural Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7285-9322 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social accounting in seventeenth century Florence. A Foucauldian analysis of a plague town
Informed by Foucault’s work on disciplinary power in 17th century plague towns, this study investigates the use of social accounting during the epidemic that struck Florence in 1630-1631. Social accounting devices, in the form of reports of visits to the streets of Florence, lists of internees in isolation hospitals and those buried in plague pits, effectively ‘froze’ the city space and enabled the tracking of each afflicted individual. The paper…
Being unbusinesslike. Financing strategy at the Great Exhibition
This study examines financing in an alternative organisation – the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Business aspects of the Great Exhibition have received limited attention. In contrast to the prevailing assumption that financing strategy was characterised by triumphant interventions, it is suggested that financial planning for the exhibition was problematic, and characterised by structural deficiencies, inattentive leadership, …
The Peruvian Amazon Company: An Accounting Perspective
This article presents an analysis of the operations of the Peruvian Amazon Company through an accounting lens. It is suggested that a focus on asset categories augments our knowledge of the company’s exploitation of the land and Indigenous peoples of Amazonia. In particular, the study explores the PAC’s questionable ownership of estates in the Putumayo, what its approach to valuing those estates implied about enslavement, how its treatment of “ex…
The Routledge Companion to Accounting History
No longer perceived as the narrow study of how a mysterious technique was used in the past, the scope of accounting history has widened substantially. This revised and updated volume moves beyond the history of accounting technologies, accounting theories and practices, and the accountants who applied them. Expert contributors from around the world explore the interfaces between accounting and the economy, society, culture and the polity. Account…
Routledge Companion to Accounting History
Adapting to Crisis: Accounting Information Systems during the Weimar Hyperinflation
German corporations are characterized as having been adaptable in the face of numerous traumatizing events during the twentieth century. This article explores how firms adapted their accounting information systems during the hyperinflation of the 1920s. It suggests that responses to the crisis focused on system elements identified as key to continuing operations. Initially, firms amended selling and purchasing arrangements, modified financial rep…
Unification and Dual Closure in the Italian Accountancy Profession, 1861–1906
Drawing on Parkin's [Marxism and class theory: A bourgeois critique. London: Tavistock Publications] concept of dual closure, this paper examines the attempt to secure the regulation of the accountancy profession in post-unification Italy. The state's establishment of a class of ‘expert accountants’ in 1865 represented an imperfect closure of the profession. In consequence, a chain of closure attempts ensued. These ventures involved shifting cons…
The applicability of the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder in a non-clinical multi-ethnic sample of university students
This study explored the applicability of the metacognitive model of excessive worry and generalized anxiety disorder to the understanding of worry in a multi-ethnic context. A convenience sample of 1224 university students (female = 57.9%; Black = 49.9%) with a mean age of 19.77 years (standard deviation = 2.323) participated in the study. Following exploratory factor analysis, hierarchical regression analyses were employed to analyse the data. I…
Accounting and accountability in the Iona Community
This paper explores the issue of accounting and accountability in the spirituality and practices of an ecumenical Christian group – the Iona Community. Fundamental to the existence and operation of the Iona Community is their Rule, which requires all full‐members to account to each other for their use of money and time. This paper explores the development of that Rule and how it is actualised. It examines the accounting practices of individuals i…
'Men of small standing'? Locating accountants in English society during the mid-nineteenth century
Depicts the social status of the 19th century accountant as revealed by the 1851 census of the UK for Devon, Norfolk and Warwickshire. Counts the number of accountants and their density, and their status within the family (including female accountants). Includes their professional titles, and the position in the firmm. Shows how many servants they had compared to other occupations, the occupations of their womenfolk, and of their neighbours. Conc…
Laissez-Faire, Collectivism and Companies Legislation in Nineteenth-Century Britain
The Peruvian Amazon Company: An Accounting Perspective
This article presents an analysis of the operations of the Peruvian Amazon Company through an accounting lens. It is suggested that a focus on asset categories augments our knowledge of the company’s exploitation of the land and Indigenous peoples of Amazonia. In particular, the study explores the PAC’s questionable ownership of estates in the Putumayo, what its approach to valuing those estates implied about enslavement, how its treatment of “ex…
Adapting to Crisis: Accounting Information Systems during the Weimar Hyperinflation
German corporations are characterized as having been adaptable in the face of numerous traumatizing events during the twentieth century. This article explores how firms adapted their accounting information systems during the hyperinflation of the 1920s. It suggests that responses to the crisis focused on system elements identified as key to continuing operations. Initially, firms amended selling and purchasing arrangements, modified financial rep…
The applicability of the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder in a non-clinical multi-ethnic sample of university students
This study explored the applicability of the metacognitive model of excessive worry and generalized anxiety disorder to the understanding of worry in a multi-ethnic context. A convenience sample of 1224 university students (female = 57.9%; Black = 49.9%) with a mean age of 19.77 years (standard deviation = 2.323) participated in the study. Following exploratory factor analysis, hierarchical regression analyses were employed to analyse the data. I…
Laissez-Faire, Collectivism and Companies Legislation in Nineteenth-Century Britain
'Men of small standing'? Locating accountants in English society during the mid-nineteenth century
Depicts the social status of the 19th century accountant as revealed by the 1851 census of the UK for Devon, Norfolk and Warwickshire. Counts the number of accountants and their density, and their status within the family (including female accountants). Includes their professional titles, and the position in the firmm. Shows how many servants they had compared to other occupations, the occupations of their womenfolk, and of their neighbours. Conc…
Accounting and accountability in the Iona Community
This paper explores the issue of accounting and accountability in the spirituality and practices of an ecumenical Christian group – the Iona Community. Fundamental to the existence and operation of the Iona Community is their Rule, which requires all full‐members to account to each other for their use of money and time. This paper explores the development of that Rule and how it is actualised. It examines the accounting practices of individuals i…
Unification and Dual Closure in the Italian Accountancy Profession, 1861–1906
Drawing on Parkin's [Marxism and class theory: A bourgeois critique. London: Tavistock Publications] concept of dual closure, this paper examines the attempt to secure the regulation of the accountancy profession in post-unification Italy. The state's establishment of a class of ‘expert accountants’ in 1865 represented an imperfect closure of the profession. In consequence, a chain of closure attempts ensued. These ventures involved shifting cons…
The applicability of the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder in a non-clinical multi-ethnic sample of university students
This study explored the applicability of the metacognitive model of excessive worry and generalized anxiety disorder to the understanding of worry in a multi-ethnic context. A convenience sample of 1224 university students (female = 57.9%; Black = 49.9%) with a mean age of 19.77 years (standard deviation = 2.323) participated in the study. Following exploratory factor analysis, hierarchical regression analyses were employed to analyse the data. I…
The Routledge Companion to Accounting History
No longer perceived as the narrow study of how a mysterious technique was used in the past, the scope of accounting history has widened substantially. This revised and updated volume moves beyond the history of accounting technologies, accounting theories and practices, and the accountants who applied them. Expert contributors from around the world explore the interfaces between accounting and the economy, society, culture and the polity. Account…
Routledge Companion to Accounting History
Adapting to Crisis: Accounting Information Systems during the Weimar Hyperinflation
German corporations are characterized as having been adaptable in the face of numerous traumatizing events during the twentieth century. This article explores how firms adapted their accounting information systems during the hyperinflation of the 1920s. It suggests that responses to the crisis focused on system elements identified as key to continuing operations. Initially, firms amended selling and purchasing arrangements, modified financial rep…
The Peruvian Amazon Company: An Accounting Perspective
This article presents an analysis of the operations of the Peruvian Amazon Company through an accounting lens. It is suggested that a focus on asset categories augments our knowledge of the company’s exploitation of the land and Indigenous peoples of Amazonia. In particular, the study explores the PAC’s questionable ownership of estates in the Putumayo, what its approach to valuing those estates implied about enslavement, how its treatment of “ex…
Being unbusinesslike. Financing strategy at the Great Exhibition
This study examines financing in an alternative organisation – the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Business aspects of the Great Exhibition have received limited attention. In contrast to the prevailing assumption that financing strategy was characterised by triumphant interventions, it is suggested that financial planning for the exhibition was problematic, and characterised by structural deficiencies, inattentive leadership, …
Social accounting in seventeenth century Florence. A Foucauldian analysis of a plague town
Informed by Foucault’s work on disciplinary power in 17th century plague towns, this study investigates the use of social accounting during the epidemic that struck Florence in 1630-1631. Social accounting devices, in the form of reports of visits to the streets of Florence, lists of internees in isolation hospitals and those buried in plague pits, effectively ‘froze’ the city space and enabled the tracking of each afflicted individual. The paper…
Business (6 works) · Accounting and Organizational Management (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Accounting (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Accounting (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works)