Fields of Research

Accounting, auditing and accountability
Auditing and accountability

Research Objectives

Productivity (excl. public sector)
Communication
Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Administration and business support services

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A legitimacy model for future research: a meta-analysis of literature on organisational legitimacy; A-CSEAR2017
Best Paper Award - Emerging Scholar at CSEAR 2009
Characteristics of chairpersons' letters in the annual reports of high- and low-pwerformance companies: comparisons of readability and metadiscourse use; Financial Reporting & Business Communication Tenth Annual Conference
Impression management and legitimacy the Australian Red Cross; Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)
Metadiscourse use in chairpersons' annual report letters: a performance and time-contingent analysis; Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference 14th Annual Conference
Modelling Factors Influencing the Research Productivity of Accounting Academics; International Colloquium on Business and Management in conjunction with the International Conference on Business and Management Education
Organisational Legitimacy: The Case of the Australian Red Cross
Perceptions of Company Performance: A Study of Impression Management; 9th International Business Research Conference
Perceptions of Company Performance: A Study of Impression Management
Perceptions of company performance: a study of impression management; Journal of Business and Policy Research
Research Productivity of Accounting Academics in Challenging Times: A meta-analysis; International Colloquium on Business and Management in conjunction with the International Conference on Business and Management Education
Research productivity of accounting academics in changing and challenging times; Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change
The textual complexity of annual report narratives: a comparison of high-and low-performance companies; New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research

Research Projects

Sporting Personalities and Charities in Australia - A Question of Accountability?; Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Ltd (AFAANZ)

Research Candidate Supervision