Fields of Research

Accounting, auditing and accountability
Sustainability accounting and reporting
Other commerce, management, tourism and services
Financial accounting
Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy
Auditing and accountability
Economic theory
Management accounting
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
Taxation accounting
Leadership
Public policy
Corporate governance
Information systems philosophy, research methods and theory
Other education

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Expanding knowledge in human society
Other education and training
Other environmental management
Management and productivity
Environmentally sustainable commercial services and tourism
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Management
Management of solid waste from commercial services and tourism
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Other economic framework
Other law, politics and community services
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Learner and learning
Socio-cultural issues in tourism
Expanding knowledge in education
Environmentally sustainable information and communication services
Microeconomic effects of taxation
Management, resources and leadership
Professions and professionalisation
Tourism infrastructure development
Taxation

Career Best Publications

A Metaphoric Approach to Stakeholder Theory: The Decision to Report Environmental Information
Corporate Environmental Performance. A Test of Legitimacy Theory; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
The Adoption of Environment Related Management Accounting. An Analysis of Corporate Environment Sensitivity; Accounting Forum
The Role Of Accounting and the Accountant in the Environmental Management System; Business Strategy and the Environment

Research Publications

A Metaphoric Approach to Stakeholder Theory: The Decision to Report Environmental Information
Accounting for national waste data: a Southern Tasmania outsourcing perspective; Public Money and Management
Accounting for SGARAs: Towards Comparability and Consistency; Australian Accounting Review
Adoption of Information Technology within the Accounting Information System: the case of the IPOs and non-IPOs SMEs in Thailand; Global Review of Business and Economic Research
An Introduction to Environmental Accounting and the Triple Bottom Line; Greening Australia Retreat
ASX guidelines for disclosure on Australian company websites. Changing times is the ASX perception of stakeholders information needs met?; 9th Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
ASX Guidelines for Disclosure on Company Websites - are Australian Listed Companies conforming?; Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
Blowing in the wind - legitimacy theory, an environmental incident and disclosure; Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA)
Board Leadership Structure and Firm Risk-Taking Behaviour; Corporate Ownership & Control
Coming to grips with corporate governance in local government; Australian Journal of Public Administration
Corporate Environmental Performance. A Test of Legitimacy Theory; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
Corporate governance and performance implications of CEO ownership: Australian evidence; AFAANZ
Counting nature: some implications of quantifying environmental issues in corporate reports; Meditari Accountancy Research
Do managers understand importance of securing IT resources; International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking
Environmental reporting through an ethical looking glass; Journal of Business Ethics
Flexible Teaching and Learning: The Technology Hybrid; Quantitative Analysis of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Business, Economics and Commerce
Going flexible! the corporate governance initiative - the case of organisational risk management; Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues
Going Flexible! The Corporate Governance Initiative the Case of Organisational Risk Management; Quantitative Analysis of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Business, Economics and Commerce
Insights from Stakeholder Theory: the Motivation for Managers to Report Environmental Information; Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference
Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability; Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability
Leadership-in-teams, ready, willing and able: Perspectives of international accounting students students; Meditari Accountancy Research
Managing the Risk - Planning for Positives, Vaporising Negatives; 2005 NIA Tasmanian CPE Intensive
Peformance management practice in the Thai SMES; Performance Measurement Association Conference
Red Dust - there she blows - an environmental incident, corporate disclosure and legitimacy theory; Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
Stakeholder engagement and the GRI: Implications of effective risk management; Corporate Ownership & Control
Stakeholder Theory Modelling Stakeholder Theories as a Research Tradition: Some Australian Evidence; 16th Asia Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues
Stakeholder theory one grand theory or multiple perspectives? some Australian evidence; Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA)
Stakeholder Theory: Modelling Stakeholder Theories as a Research Tradition: Some Australian Evidence; Journal of the Asian Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability
Stakeholder Theory: Not One Theory but a mixture of Understandings about the Nature of the Firm-Stakeholder Interaction; Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
Sustainability reporting by local government in Australia: Current and future prospects; Accounting Forum
Sustainability reporting in local government in Australia - a preliminary analysis; Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
Tackling the Challenges - Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Business and Taxation; 2005 NIA Tasmanian CPE Intensive
Teamwork in the accounting curriculum: stakeholder expectations, accounting students’ value proposition, and instructors’ guidance; Accounting Education
The achievability of sustainable reporting practices in agriculture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
The Adoption of Environment Related Management Accounting. An Analysis of Corporate Environment Sensitivity; Accounting Forum
The constraining effect of incomplete contracts on the public reporting of waste management data; Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
The contribution of stakeholder theory to understanding good corporate governance; Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues
The role of accountants in sustainability reporting - a local government study; Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference (APIRA)
The Role Of Accounting and the Accountant in the Environmental Management System; Business Strategy and the Environment
The Role of Accounting and the Accountant in the Environmental Management System; Social and Environmental Accounting
Toward a data Utilisation Model in the Public Sector: A country Study Malaysia; The Indonesian Management and Accounting Research
Toward a Metaphoric Approach to Stakeholder Theory in the Decision to Report Environmental Information; British Accounting Association Conference
Why is it that Managers report Environmental Information to Stakeholders?; 5th Annual Conference of the Asian Accounting Association

Research Projects

Local Government Accountants and Sustainability Reporting - A Mismatch?; Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Ltd (AFAANZ)

Research Candidate Supervision

"Does the Successful Business Try First to Profit or Serve?"- Exploring the Perceptions of Executives of the Largest Australian Companies
A Theoretical Exploration of the Adoption of GRI (Global Reporting Initiatives) Guidelines in Corporate Sustainability Reports
ABC Implementation in the Universities Sector
Accounting for SGARAs - Has Comparability and Consistency Been Achieved?
An Investigation into the practice and implications of the reporting of non-statutory profit figures by Australian Companies
Are Local Government Authorities in Australia Reporting on Sustainability?
Corporate Governance Disclosure of Non-institutional Controlled and Institution Controlled Public Company Entities
Enhancing Internal Control and Risk Management in the Accounting Information System-Thai SMEs
Exploring the Ethical Approaches of Corporate Environmental Disclosure
Facilitating Collaborative Learning in Accounting Students
Growing the University's Funding Through Philanthropy- An Australian and a Malaysian Case Study
Legitimacy Theory and Legitimacy Categorisation - Links to Impression Manangement in Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosures
National Competition Policy, Cost Recovery and its Impact on the Accountability Structures of Water Utilities- A Structuration Theory Analysis
Optimal Decision Making by Thai Management- Focus on the Enterprise Information System
Outsource of Core Business Services- A Focus on the Accounting Profession
Performance Measurement and Management Practices in Thai SMEs
Professional Scepticism- Another Audit Expectation Gap?
Reporting of Performance Management Information in Respect to Objective Outcomes on Solid Waste Management in the Parks and Reserves of Tasmania
Role of the Boards and Senior Management within Formal, Technical and Informal Components- IS/IT Security Governance in the Malaysian Publicly Listed Companies
The Adoption of Data Mining Technology within Accounting Information Systems in Publicly Listed Companies in Jordan
Use and Effectiveness of Multi-Modal Impression Management
Utilisation of Data Mining Technology Within the Accounting Information System in the Public Sector- A Country Study - Malaysia