All Outputs (5)

Politics and Personalities: The 1986 Commonwealth Games as Strategic Action Field (2025)
Journal Article
Millar, J., & Mueller, F. (online). Politics and Personalities: The 1986 Commonwealth Games as Strategic Action Field. Public Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2462256

Quadrennial sporting events are a recognized form of megaproject or mega-event and prior literature has examined in depth their motivations, and the reasons why they frequently fail to deliver promised outcomes. Much less attention has been paid in t... Read More about Politics and Personalities: The 1986 Commonwealth Games as Strategic Action Field.

Mediating ESG: Mapping individual responses to a changing field (2024)
Journal Article
Millar, J., Mueller, F., & Carter, C. (2024). Mediating ESG: Mapping individual responses to a changing field. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 100, Article 102766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2024.102766

Previous studies have called for more research into the human dimension of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Drawing on formal interviews and informal conversations with 57 fund managers and investment analysts working in the city... Read More about Mediating ESG: Mapping individual responses to a changing field.

Global investor responses to the International Sustainability Standards Board draft sustainability and climate-change standards: Sites of dissonance or consensus (2024)
Journal Article
Millar, J., & Slack, R. (2024). Global investor responses to the International Sustainability Standards Board draft sustainability and climate-change standards: Sites of dissonance or consensus. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 15(3), 573-604. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-03-2023-0128

Purpose
This paper aims to examine sites of dissonance or consensus between global investor responses to the draft standards, International Financial Reporting Standards S1 (IFRS) (General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financ... Read More about Global investor responses to the International Sustainability Standards Board draft sustainability and climate-change standards: Sites of dissonance or consensus.

Grassroots accountability: the practical and symbolic aspects of performance (2023)
Journal Article
Millar, J., Mueller, F., & Carter, C. (2023). Grassroots accountability: the practical and symbolic aspects of performance. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 37(2), 586-607. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-06-2022-5865

Purpose: Our study provides a theoretical framework for interdisciplinary accounting scholars interested in performances of accountability in front of live audiences. Design/methodology: This is a processual case study of ‘Falkirk in crisis’ that cov... Read More about Grassroots accountability: the practical and symbolic aspects of performance.

The gilded path: Capital, habitus and illusio in the fund management field (2021)
Journal Article
Millar, J. (2021). The gilded path: Capital, habitus and illusio in the fund management field. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34(8), 1906-1931. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-12-2019-4320

Purpose – The fund management sector plays an important role in society. The sector exists in close proximity to the accounting profession and the concerns of the paper reflect themes discussed by accounting scholars, particularly financialization, i... Read More about The gilded path: Capital, habitus and illusio in the fund management field.