A Doctoral Juries-Based Social Network of Spanish Accounting Scholars (Red social de contabilidad en España a partir de los tribunales de tesis)

Revista Espanola de Financiación y Contabilidad, Vol. 36, No. 136, pp. 707-726, 2007

20 Pages Posted: 12 Dec 2008 Last revised: 4 Nov 2010

See all articles by Cristóbal Casanueva Rocha

Cristóbal Casanueva Rocha

University of Seville - Department of Business Administration and Marketing

Bernabé Escobar

University of Seville

Carlos Larrinaga

University of Burgos

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

There is increasing recognition that extra-scientific issues such as social structures have an important impact on the investigation themes, in scientific and intellectual evolution and on knowledge dissemination. Crane (1972) proposed the notion of 'invisible colleges' to refer to groups of academics with privileged connections. However, in the Continental European context of accounting research, Panozzo (1997) and Carmona et al. (1999) elicit that publications are less indicative of the existence of different research traditions. This investigation explores the social structure of Spanish accounting academia. The social context analysed derives from the involvement in the juries that assessed PhDs on accounting in Spain for the period 1995-2004. After defining a network of more than 250 academics, the paper explores its structure, the existence of sub-networks and central positions, showing how the structure of the social network is associated with the election of the PhD jury and his President.

Keywords: PhD thesis, PhD Jury, Accounting, Social Networks Analysis, Centrality

JEL Classification: A23, Z10

Suggested Citation

Casanueva Rocha, Cristóbal and Escobar, Bernabé and Larrinaga, Carlos, A Doctoral Juries-Based Social Network of Spanish Accounting Scholars (Red social de contabilidad en España a partir de los tribunales de tesis) (2007). Revista Espanola de Financiación y Contabilidad, Vol. 36, No. 136, pp. 707-726, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1314859

Cristóbal Casanueva Rocha

University of Seville - Department of Business Administration and Marketing ( email )

Av. Ramón y Cajal no. 1
E-41092 Sevilla
Spain

Bernabé Escobar

University of Seville ( email )

Avda. del Cid s/n
Sevilla, Sevilla 41004
Spain

Carlos Larrinaga (Contact Author)

University of Burgos ( email )

Plaza Infanta Elena
E09001 Burgos
Spain

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