Fields of Research

Sustainability accounting and reporting
Financial accounting
Corporate governance
Organisation and management theory

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Finance services
Environmentally sustainable information and communication services
Management
Financial services
Environmentally sustainable commercial services and tourism
Management of gaseous waste from commercial services and tourism (excl. greenhouse gases)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A finer-grained approach to assessing the “quality” (“quantity” and “richness”) of risk management disclosures; Managerial Auditing Journal
Are boards' risk management committees associated with firms' environmental performance?; British Accounting Review
Complying with best practice risk management committee guidance and performance; Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics
Corporate sustainability, earnings persistence and the association between earnings and future cash flows; Accounting and Finance
Determinants and consequences of financial constraints: a review of the empirical literature; China Accounting and Finance Review
Does external uncertainty matter in corporate sustainability performance?; Journal of Corporate Finance
Does risk management committee gender diversity matter? A financial distress perspective; Managerial Auditing Journal
Effect of mandatory sustainability disclosure announcements: cross-country evidence; Pacific Accounting Review
Meaning, perceptions and use of lean - New Zealand perspective; Pacific Accounting Review
Related party transactions and the cost of debt: evidence from China; China Accounting and Finance Review
Risk management committee and risk management disclosure: evidence from Australia; Pacific Accounting Review
Risk management committees and firm performance; Australian Journal of Management
Short selling and future cash flow predictability of capital investment: Evidence from Australia; Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Research Projects

Readability of Sustainability Disclosure and its Relation to Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Australia; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
The readability of risk management disclosures:evidence from Australia; Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Ltd (AFAANZ)

Research Candidate Supervision