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Professor Frank Mueller's Outputs (4)

Financial crisis and austerity: Interdisciplinary concerns in critical discourse studies (2015)
Journal Article
Kelsey, D., Mueller, F., Whittle, A., & KhosraviNik, M. (2016). Financial crisis and austerity: Interdisciplinary concerns in critical discourse studies. Critical Discourse Studies, 13(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2015.1074600

We begin our introduction to this special issue by considering the interdisciplinary collaborations behind this project before reviewing previous research on political rhetoric, financial reporting and media coverage of austerity in transnational con... Read More about Financial crisis and austerity: Interdisciplinary concerns in critical discourse studies.

The Dark Side of Professions: The Big Four and Tax Avoidance (2015)
Journal Article
Addison, S., & Mueller, F. (2015). The Dark Side of Professions: The Big Four and Tax Avoidance. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 28(8), 1263-1290. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-01-2015-1943

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the rhetorical framings that can be discerned by applying discourse analysis to a publicly available transcript of a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: In p... Read More about The Dark Side of Professions: The Big Four and Tax Avoidance.

Accounting for the banking crisis: repertoires of agency and structure (2015)
Journal Article
Whittle, A., & Mueller, F. (2016). Accounting for the banking crisis: repertoires of agency and structure. Critical Discourse Studies, 13(1), 20-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2015.1074598

In this article, we conduct a discourse analysis of the testimony of the leaders of British banks during a UK public inquiry into the financial crisis. We examine the discursive devices that were used to handle the accountability of banking leaders,... Read More about Accounting for the banking crisis: repertoires of agency and structure.

Can Audit (Still) Be Trusted? (2015)
Journal Article
Mueller, F., Carter, C., & Whittle, A. (2015). Can Audit (Still) Be Trusted?. Organization Studies, 36(9), 1171-1203. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615585336

This paper analyses audit as an exemplar of an expert system. The paper explores the premise that systemic trust in audit has been damaged and requires repair, looking specifically at the role of the institutionalized mechanism of the public inquiry.... Read More about Can Audit (Still) Be Trusted?.