Research areas
Accounting professionalisation projects, the interplay of accounting and imperialism, the role of the accounting profession in grand corruption, accounting history, accounting education and ethics.
Research group membership
Learning and Teaching Research Group, Faculty of Economic and Financial Studies – since 2007
Organisational Governance and Performance Research Network, Department of Accounting and Finance – since 2008
Areas of research supervision
Human capital, the balanced scorecard, corporate governance, corporate strategy, and the not-for-profit sector.
Research supervision
Honours
Qi Ying Pang, 2008, “Professional accountants’ views on conceptual issues relating to the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme 2010”, with Associate Professor Lorne Cummings
Hua Yu, 2007, “Management and Staff Attitudes toward Balanced Scorecard Initiatives in the NSW Health Sector” with A/Prof. Lorne Cummings
Chen Rong Rong, 2006, “Exploring the link between Board of Directors and Corporate Strategy”with Dr. Sue Wright
Jessica Hua Chen, 2006, “Exploring the identity of not-for-profit organisations in Australia” with Associate Professor Lorne Cummings
Postgraduate
Loretta O’ Donnell (Macquarie Graduate School of Management), PhD, 2008, “An examination of the current and potential role of human capital analysis in the dialogue between boards and markets, with reference to the Australian biotechnology industry”, with Professor Robin Kramar
Jessica Hua Chen, PhD, current, “Accountability in the Not-for-Profit Sector in Australia”, with A/Prof Lorne Cummings
Nazila Razi, 2008, “Performance Measurement in Service Industry: the Case of Unwired Australia” Master of Financial Management Research Project.
Research grants and projects
- Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) 2007 Emerging Scholars' Fund for a project titled, “Accounting, empire, and discipline: the case of Filipino labour in early 20th century Hawaiian sugar plantations”
- 2006-2008 Macquarie University Research Development Grant for a project titled, “Exposing the complicit role of the accounting profession in grand corruption in the Philippines” – an interdisciplinary and collaborative project with Dr. D. Chaikin, Discipline of Business Law, University of Sydney, and A/Prof C. Poullaos, Discipline of Accounting, University of Sydney
- 2006-2007 Macquarie University Strategic Curriculum Development Grant for a project titled, “An investigation of approaches to developing, integrating and maintaining ethics education in undergraduate accounting programs” – an interdisciplinary and collaborative project with A/Prof. R. Radich, Dr. S. Wright, Department of Accounting and Finance, Macquarie University, and A/Prof C. Mackenzie, Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University
- 2006-2007 Outside Studies Program Project, “Accounting, empire, and discipline: the case of Filipino labour in early 20th century Hawaiian sugar plantations”
- 2004-2005 Macquarie University New Staff Research Grant for a project titled, “An analysis of the cost accounting practices in a Philippine tobacco factory, 1781-1882” - completed.
- 2004-2005 Macquarie University Department of Accounting and Finance Research Grant for a project titled, “Evaluating assessed group-work in a second-year management accounting subject” with A/Prof. A. Reid and A/Prof H. Schoch (Department of Accounting and Finance, Macquarie University) – completed.
- 2004 UNSW Faculty of Commerce and Economics Special Research Grant for a project titled, “Brewing accounting information: Financial reporting by NSW and Victorian breweries, 1882-1920” - with A/Prof. R. Morris, School of Accounting, UNSW
