Fourth Biennial Global Accounting and Organizational Change Conference
Article Type: Call for papers From: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Volume 11, Issue 1
17-20 November 2014, Sharjah, UAE
We are pleased to announce that the fourth biennial international conference of the Global Accounting and Organizational Change (GAOC) research network will be held at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 17-20 November 2014.
The theme of the conference is "Managing organizational change through good governance and sustainable performance management practices".
The GAOC research network is committed to high-quality research on contemporary issues in organizational and accounting change. In association with the Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change (JAOC), it aims to provide a platform for international researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines to disseminate information on organizational and accounting systems change. The 2014 conference will be organized by American University of Sharjah Accounting Department, School of Business Administration (Sharjah, UAE) with La Trobe University Centre for Public Sector Governance, Accountability and Performance (Melbourne, Australia) and the JAOC(Emerald Publishing, UK).
Papers are sought from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. We welcome manuscripts from any emerging and developed economies both in the public and private sectors on the following areas:
Role of accounting in sustainable management
Accounting for good governance
Accounting as a force for social change
Accounting and accountability in social ventures
Financial innovation, sub-prime mortgage and the change in financial regulation
Governance, accounting and performance measures adopted by nonprofit organizations
Performance management and the Balanced Scorecard
Accounting change in transitional and developing economies
Professional ethics, risk and ethical management
Public sector reform and accounting change
Corporate failure and auditing change
International donor agencies, development economics and accounting change.
These themes are only indicative. Papers outside of these themes with relevance to understanding the role of management control systems in organisational (and social) change are welcome.
Keynote speakers
Professor Thomas Ahrens, United Arab Emirates UniversityProfessor Lee Parker, RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaMr Ahmed Darwish, Chair ACCA Members Advisory Committee,DP World – UAE Region
All papers will be subject to a double-blind review process.
Important dates
Online submission deadline (full papers only). Early submission of papers is encouraged to enable more effective refereeing and revisions: 25 July 2014 Notification of acceptance of papers: Early-bird registration: Registration deadline:
19 September 2014
2 October 2014
20 October 2014
For more information, please visit: http://www.aus.edu/FBGAOCC
Dr Ashraf Khallaf, Associate Professor of Accounting, Accounting Department, School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Tel. +971 6 515 2457. E-mail: akhallaf@aus.edu Professor Zahirul Hoque, Centre for Public Sector Governance, Accountability and Performance, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia. Tel. +613 9479 3433. E-mail:
