...Milind Sathye Purpose This study aims to develop an understanding of strategies used by two major banks in Australia to manage reputation risk after court proceedings were initiated by the government for serious breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act...

... be contacted at: basil.tucker@unisa.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Organizational performance Management control systems Informal control Not-for-profit Nonprofit organizations Australia One of the most common themes in survey-based business research focuses...

... of accountability. It contributes to practice by providing a comprehensive explanation of a contemporary governance arrangement. It contributes to the public policy debate since a key issue currently under review in Australia, and New Zealand, to name just two jurisdictions, is the attribution of responsibilities...

...Michael Kend; Dean Katselas Purpose The purpose of this exploratory study is to gain a better understanding of the motivations behind private equity (PE) activities in Australia. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports findings arising from face‐to‐face semi‐structured interviews...

... and Chapman, 2006 ; Langfield‐Smith, 1997). Building on this theory, this research seeks to understand how organizations change their levers of control following a takeover. The empirics are based on a qualitative case study of an Australian manufacturing firm, referred to here as Summit Peak Australia [1...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Accountants Small businesses Customer relations Social media Small business managers Newsletters Client relations This is a study of the effectiveness of the client relations methods used by accountants. The study's focus is the newsletters...

.../approach Research evidence has been collected via a mixed methods approach utilising 20 semi‐structured interviews with key hotel management contract stakeholders in Australia and a questionnaire survey administered to hotel general managers in Australia and New Zealand. Findings A review...

...Nick Sciulli Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide explanations for the factors affecting sustainability disclosures by a local coastal shire council in Australia. Drawing on the theory of accountability, a further aim is to examine how this information is communicated to stakeholders...

..., in contrast, is stuck in much less pleasant circumstances: Accounting Poetry Culture Australia This paper represents a response to Hopwood's (1994) call to explore how accounting and practices and terminology come to permeate everyday life. It also considers Choudhury's (1988) contention...

... of financial management in small firms. Financial information Accountants Australia Small enterprises Financial reporting However, to produce accounting reports, a firm's owner requires some type of accounting information system which allows him or her to collect, process and produce those reports...

... regarding the research question: “Does reporting under the IFRS regime add value to the management of local government?” Design/methodology/approach Following analysis of a survey instrument distributed to all local governments in all states of Australia, this research reports on interviews within...

..., policy and program developments, human resource initiatives, and employee and customer responses. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Absenteeism Public sector organizations Employee behaviour Australia What happens when workers are required by government policy to implement...