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Mentoring In Academe: An Australian Response To The Drought Of Senior Accounting Academics, H. J. Irvine, L. Moerman, Kathy Rudkin
Mentoring In Academe: An Australian Response To The Drought Of Senior Accounting Academics, H. J. Irvine, L. Moerman, Kathy Rudkin
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The purpose of this paper is to expose the shortage of senior academics in Australian accounting schools, to relate the way one school is addressing this crisis through an innovative mentoring program, and to challenge existing institutional arrangements. This is a qualitative case study of one mentoring program set within the institutional context of Australian accounting schools. Data collected from semi-structured interviews, archival sources and personal reflections, is presented using metaphor to theorize (Llewellyn 2003). The scheme achieved some notable individual successes, but raised many issues and challenges to extant mentoring models and existing structures. Mentoring is a multifaceted investment …
Motivations Behind Human Capital Disclosure In Annual Reports, Indra Abeysekera
Motivations Behind Human Capital Disclosure In Annual Reports, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Although much has been discussed about voluntary disclosure of human capital in annual reports there has been limited examination of the motivations behind such disclosure. This study uses the perspective of the political economy of accounting to understand motivations. Using the method of content analysis, this paper examines human capital disclosure practices in annual reports of a sample of firms in Sri Lanka, a developing nation. Eleven case study interviews from the sample explore the motivations behind the disclosure practices of firms. Findings reveal that firms use disclosure to reduce tension between firms and their constituents, in the interest of …
Keeping Up Appearances: The Quest For Governance Legitimacy, Graham Bowrey
Keeping Up Appearances: The Quest For Governance Legitimacy, Graham Bowrey
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
An effective corporate governance structure is as crucial to a public sector organisation as it is to a private sector organisation. This paper reviews the profile of directors on governance boards of government controlled organisations and finds that, while the governance structures are similar with those in the private sector, the real power to set the strategic, financial and operational directions of these organisations is not in the hands of the directors, as it is in the private sector, but in the hands of the responsible ministers. This de-coupling, it is argued, is due to the perception that private sector …
Preferred Learning Methods: Comparisons Between International And Domestic Accounting Students, Indra Abeysekera
Preferred Learning Methods: Comparisons Between International And Domestic Accounting Students, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This study provides a comparison between the preferred learning modes (traditional, interactive, group case-based lectures) of international and domestic students undertaking a new undergraduate accounting topic at an Australian university. A Likert-scale survey questionnaire was used to determine the differences and similarities between the two groups. When the results are analysed using the Hofstede model of societal cultural dimensions, they indicate significant differences between the two groups of students with regard to their preferences for formal versus interactive and group case-based lectures. The paper provides a discussion of the implications of these findings for teaching methods, assessment and curriculum development.
Value For Money? Neoliberalism And New South Wales Prisons, J. Andrew, D. Cahill
Value For Money? Neoliberalism And New South Wales Prisons, J. Andrew, D. Cahill
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
The NSW prison sector has undergone considerable reform over the last ten years. The NSW government now oversee the operation of publicly managed prisons, one privately managed prison and a number of new public prisons operating under the new ‘Way Forward’ management model. In order to establish which approach to prison management offered the best value for money, the NSW government undertook a ‘value for money’ assessment in 2005. In this paper, we argue the cost accounting information used in the assessment process was limited and partial, and provided a poor basis on which to form policy. Even so, the …
Accounting By Women: Fear, Favour And The Path To Professional Recognition For Australian Women Accountants, K. Cooper
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
This paper traces the campaign by women in Australia to gain admission to accounting bodies. The opposition to female membership of accounting bodies is set within the context of views of the abilities and place of women at the time. In general, women had neither the nature nor the intelligence for the commercial world. Even if women were mentally equipped for commercial work, this was contrary to nature because women should be companions to men not competitors. However, two crises saw the beginning of the acceptance of women as members of accounting bodies. One such crisis was the monetary impact …
Intellectual Capital Reporting Between A Developing And Developed Nation, Indra Abeysekera
Intellectual Capital Reporting Between A Developing And Developed Nation, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Purpose - This paper examines the patterns of intellectual capital reporting (ICR) of large listed firms in a developing nation, Sri Lanka. The aim of this study is to highlight the differences in ICR practice between developing and developed nations.
Design/methodology/approach - The paper begins by examining each of the top 30 firms by market capitalization listed on the Colombo stock exchange in 1998/1999 and 1999/2000. Using the content analysis method, it reviews the annual reports of these firms to determine the types of intellectual capital (IC) items reported in Sri Lanka. It then compares these findings with a similar …
Human Capital Value Creation Practices Of Software And Service Exporter Firms In India, V. Murthy, Indra Abeysekera
Human Capital Value Creation Practices Of Software And Service Exporter Firms In India, V. Murthy, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This study explored the human capital (HC) value creation practices of the top seventeen software and service exporter firms in India. The study used HC disclosure attributes as a tool to the contents of the annual reports for the year 2003-04, to evaluate the type and amount of HC disclosed by the software firms. The study conducted semi-structured interviews with the Heads of Human Resources of fourteen software firms to obtain a greater understanding of the similarities between reporting and managed HC practices. The study identified most reported and least reported attributes of HC using content analysis and explained their …
Mary Addison Hamilton, Australia’S First Lady Of Numbers, K. Cooper, A Kurtovic
Mary Addison Hamilton, Australia’S First Lady Of Numbers, K. Cooper, A Kurtovic
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
In the early 20th century, the restriction of women entering the accounting as well as other professions was common, yet Australia’s first lady of numbers, Mary Addison Hamilton (Addie) has also been Australia’s forgotten pioneer. Addie became the first woman admitted to membership of a recognised professional accounting body in the British Commonwealth during a time when women’s admission to the accounting arena was strongly discouraged. This paper will attempt to explain why it is that Addie’s outstanding achievement has gone unnoticed by the modern day accounting profession rating no mention in Australian accounting history literature. Was it a case …
The Project Of Intellectual Capital Disclosure: Researching The Research, Indra Abeysekera
The Project Of Intellectual Capital Disclosure: Researching The Research, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper examines a number of key issues relating to intellectual capital (IC) disclosure by addressing some of the strengths, weaknesses and gaps of the extant research. The paper begins by examining the definitions of intellectual capital and intellectual capital disclosure currently in use. Methodological issues are examined in relation to the use of source documents, coding frameworks, and research methods. Both positivist and critical theoretical perspectives used to provide a theoretical underpinning of IC disclosure analysis are reviewed. The paper concludes by arguing for the importance of addressing these issues in order to improve the credibility of IC disclosure, …
Implications For Accounting Educators Of Student Socio-Economic Circumstances, A. De Zoysa, K. Rudkin
Implications For Accounting Educators Of Student Socio-Economic Circumstances, A. De Zoysa, K. Rudkin
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
This study investigates the relationship between students’ socio-economic circumstances and students’ academic performance in an undergraduate accounting degree at a regional Australian university. The employment patterns and course participation preferences of accounting students are documented to understand actions needed to better attract future quality accounting students. The pilot study encompassed a survey of one hundred third year accounting students. It found no direct significant relationship between students’ paid work and their academic performance. Significantly the study revealed a positive relationship between student shift work and academic performance. Other findings were that students displayed a preference for online materials as opposed …
An Empirical Investigation Of Annual Reporting Trends Of Intellectual Capital In Sri Lanka, Indra Abeysekera, J. Guthrie
An Empirical Investigation Of Annual Reporting Trends Of Intellectual Capital In Sri Lanka, Indra Abeysekera, J. Guthrie
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This study examines the annual reports of each of the top 30 firms listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in the period 1998/1999 to 1999/2000, using the ‘content analysis’ method. The findings indicate that the most reported accounting category during this period was external capital and the second most reported was human capital. There was an increase in the frequency of intellectual capital reporting over the 2 years, which this paper explains using political economy of accounting theory. Interestingly, the individual intellectual capital items of each capital category reported by firms in Sri Lanka differed from those found in other …
Human Capital Reporting In A Developing Nation, Indra Abeysekera, J. Guthrie
Human Capital Reporting In A Developing Nation, Indra Abeysekera, J. Guthrie
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In recent years, a trend in management has been the introduction of human capital (HC) management and accounting. As a result of this trend, there has been a demand from external stakeholders for a different sort of information, and many firms have, in an attempt to meet this demand, become more involved in the creation, measurement and reporting of information other than ‘financial’ data. Using the method of content analysis, this paper reports on human capital reporting (HCR) practices taken from a sample of firms in Sri Lanka, a developing nation. The paper aims first to examine the disclosure patterns …
Political Economy Of Accounting In Intellectual Capital Reporting, Indra Abeysekera
Political Economy Of Accounting In Intellectual Capital Reporting, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Several factors shaping intellectual capital reporting (ICR) in the context of the political economy of accounting (PEA) theory were discussed in relation to traditional accounting reporting system, intellectual capital and intellectual reporting definitions, techniques employed to report intellectual capital (IC), and theoretical classification of IC. Reporting intellectual capital enables firms to report them in a fashion that best suits the relationship between the firm and their political, economic, and social arrangement. The unregulated reporting can increase manipulation of ICR in a borderless reporting environment to reduce the tension between the firm and its political, social, and economic arrangement.
A Framework To Audit Intellectual Capital, Indra Abeysekera
A Framework To Audit Intellectual Capital, Indra Abeysekera
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Until recently few firms have attempted to measure and assess Knowledge, the new intangible. Previous research shows that key components of intellectual capital are poorly understood, inadequately identified, inefficiently managed and inconsistently reported. Two types of audit are available: auditing by competence, and auditing individual or a spectrum of items. There are several methods for auditing these types, and selection depends both on the type of audit, and whether the aim is to quantify monetarily, to make comparisons, or to set benchmarks. A better way to approach the audit is to combine more than one method and audit object, so …
Habermas, Freud, Accountants: An Epidemic Of Self-Deception And/Or Public Abuse?, M. M. Day
Habermas, Freud, Accountants: An Epidemic Of Self-Deception And/Or Public Abuse?, M. M. Day
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
In this paper I focus on Habermasian therapeutic discourse, which, according to Habermas, is a prerequisite for transformation and emancipation. I describe Habermas' reconstruction of Freudian psychoanalysis, and subject it to critique by drawing on several works, including some feminist authors. In the second part of the paper, I draw parallels between the power/knowledge construct of psychoanalysis and a power/knowledge construct of financial accounting, with particular reference to tax-effect accounting. I conclude with a consideration of accountants as reproducers of self-deception and generators of public abuse.
Accounting, Sexual Repression, And Pacioli, E. Rigby
Accounting, Sexual Repression, And Pacioli, E. Rigby
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
In "No Accounting For Sexuality", Gibson Burrell claimed that by seeking evidence "in other fields of knowledge", using" little historical documentation" and engaging in "speculative" discussion he was able "undoubtedly" and "clearly" to paint a picture of a monastery and a Church which suppressed sexuality and influenced the life of the monk responsible for the development of double-entry bookkeeping. This paper critically evaluates Burrell's historical method and presents evidence which conflicts with his sources. It argues for a feminist critique of accounting using historiography, rather than the uncritical use of secondary sources when writing feminists' accounts of accounting.
Students' Understanding Of Accounting Concepts And The Effects Of A Computerised Accounting Package: Preliminary Results Of An International Study, M. A. Kaidonis
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
This paper focuses on the use of a PC-based accounting package (Sybiz Plus rev L), to help teach accounting information systems concepts. Australian and Hong Kong students were used to investigate whether the use of computerised accounting information systems actually helped the students' understanding of accounting concepts. The students' identification numbers were used to match each students' performance before and after the Sybiz section. Accounting concepts were tested using true/false and multiple choice tests divided into five parts to identify different concepts. A questionnaire seeking demographic detail was given to the students to identify contributing variables.
The Incorporation Of Society's Values And Expectations Into Auditing Standards, O. A. Zaid
The Incorporation Of Society's Values And Expectations Into Auditing Standards, O. A. Zaid
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
One of the criticisms directed at the accounting profession is that auditing standards are determined, examined, evaluated and interpreted by accountants themselves through their professional bodies. It appears that auditing standards fall behind changes in society's values and expectations. This paper examines the need for and significance of incorporating changes in society's values and expectations into auditing standards as perceived by different groups within Australian society. This examination is based on a questionnaire survey of external auditors, company accountants, internal auditors, solicitors, academics, taxation officers, company directors and others. The study revealed that these groups support the need for the …
Habermas & Learning & Teaching, M. M. Greenwell
Habermas & Learning & Teaching, M. M. Greenwell
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
This paper presents an illustration of the use of some of the insights from the work of Jurgen Habermas within a learning and teaching situation. The empirical work is reported and informed in tandem with various aspects of the theory of communicative action (Habermas 1981), and the style of this paper is process-oriented. The illustration is sited within the course AC304 Auditing in the Department of Accounting & Financial Management at the University of the South Pacific during second semester in 1991. Four groups of people as students (a total of 17 people) took up the offer of a project …
Cognitive Style As A Factor In Accounting Students' Performance On Multiple Choice Examinations, F. A. Gul, H. Y. Teoh, R. Shannon
Cognitive Style As A Factor In Accounting Students' Performance On Multiple Choice Examinations, F. A. Gul, H. Y. Teoh, R. Shannon
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
Using 59 final year accounting students as subjects and multiple regression analysis, this paper tests the hypothesis that accounting students' performance on multiple choice examinations is related to field dependence cognitive style. Results support the hypothesis and suggest that in evaluating student performances in multiple choice examinations, accounting academics should bear in mind that the scores on these examinations may be partly a function of students' cognitive style. This finding has implications for the use of multiple choice examinations in classroom evaluations.