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Critical Perspectives on Accounting 17 (2006) 399–418 Linking narrative and identity construction: using autobiography in accounting research Kathryn Haynes∗ Department of Management Studies, University of York, Sally Baldwin Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK Received 31 July 2003; received in revised form 1 August 2004; accepted 2 August 2004 Abstract This paper is concerned with the derivation of methodological principles, using autobiographical narrative, to research the lived experience of accountants, drawn from my experiences of accounting, academia and motherhood.

In the accounting context, relatively few studies have employed interpretative, biographical or autobiographical methodologies in a study of the accounting profession, or examined the subjective experience and identity of accountants.

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