Browsing by Supervisor "Davey, Howard"
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New Zealand financial management reform: organizational changes in secondary schools focusing on structure, resourcing, budgeting, and reporting
(The University of Waikato, 1998)School reform associated with Tomorrow’s Schools was ostensibly mobilised to engender various changes, the major ones being changes in financial management and accounting practices in schools. The reform sought, on the ... -
Action-research in education: a narrative of a longitudinal case study
(The University of Waikato, 1999)In recent years some academics have started to approach the study of Accounting from the perspective of social studies, and several journals have evolved to promote such an approach. These academics believe accounting ... -
Corporate environmental transparency in China
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The intensification of the environmental crisis has led stakeholders to pay increasing attention to corporate environmental transparency (CET). One obvious manifestation of this interest is that they require companies to ... -
Accountability in the retail and distribution sectors of the New Zealand electricity industry
(The University of Waikato, 2000)Since the mid-1980s organisation of the electricity industry in New Zealand has been radically reformed. The public sector reforms implemented by successive governments between 1984 and 1999 aimed to reduce or eliminate ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Towards a framework for Pakistan
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Corporations disseminate Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (CSRR) to discharge accountability and transparency to their stakeholders and achieve corporate legitimacy in society. Originating from the developed ... -
Towards an integrated reporting framework for China
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Integrated Reporting (IR) has emerged as a new corporate reporting approach to communicating to stakeholders about organisational value creation. IR is expected to produce better corporate reporting for stakeholders and ... -
Having your cake and eating it too: Toward a deeper understanding of the potential of self-regulation to address private and public goals
(The University of Waikato, 2004)The purpose of this thesis is to help develop a deeper understanding of the potential of self-regulation in fields where private and public interests converge. The focus of the research was on [i] the development of standards ... -
Water availability and quality in the Jordan River Valley and the Zarqa River Basin : stakeholders' perspectives
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The objective of the thesis is to investigate stakeholders’ perspectives of the impacts of pollution in the Jordan River Valley and the Zarqa River Basin in Jordan (Arabic: الأردن Al-Urdunn). The impacts that pollution has ... -
A stakeholder approach to the development of a framework for forensic accounting education within the Jordanian context
(The University of Waikato, 2019)If there is one business theme that has emerged over the last decades, it is financial corruption in the form of scandals. Billions of dollars in financial losses and an erosion of public confidence in financial reporting ... -
Towards understanding the root causes of outdoor education incidents
(The University of Waikato, 2005)Outdoor education involves the interaction of people with the natural environment, often in challenging situations. Because of this there are often real risks involved that must be suitably managed. Despite efforts at ... -
Towards the development of an integrated ethical decision-making framework for Sri Lankan accountants: A developing country context
(The University of Waikato, 2018)The rash of corporate collapses, fraud, and corrupt activities seen all around the world in recent years has not only provoked criticism of accountants, but also prompted researchers world-wide to increasingly turn their ... -
E Whakatipuranga o te Tāpoi Māori - Māori Indigenous Tourism Development: A Whānau based Māori Tourism development
(The University of Waikato, 2017)This Doctoral thesis uses a Kaupapa Māori research methodology, which is culturally grounded to identify the indigenous Māori underpinnings and processes that a Whānau (Māori family) experience when developing their Māori ... -
The Accountability of New Zealand's Charities: Meeting the Needs of Charity Stakeholders through Information Disclosure
(The University of Waikato, 2017)For decades, New Zealand’s charity sector has been able to operate, unfettered by regulation and with low levels of accountability. For this reason, gaining any information from charities about the work they do has been ... -
The level of voluntary disclosure by Malaysian listed family-controlled companies
(University of Waikato, 2017)The purpose of this research is to develop a best practice framework of voluntary disclosure for family-controlled companies in Malaysia. This study identifies the level of voluntary disclosure by Malaysian listed ... -
Examining the institutional work of sustainability reporting managers and sustainability assurance providers: An institutional work perspective
(University of Waikato, 2016)Sustainability reporting and sustainability assurance are new accounting technologies which have been introduced to assist organisations in transitioning to a sustainable growth model. The overarching research objective ... -
Improving Corporate Internet Reporting in China
(University of Waikato, 2014)For decades companies have disseminated information through traditional paper-based methods such as annual reports. This traditional method of reporting is limited by numerous issues and so cannot properly reflect the ... -
Voluntary Disclosure of Listed Chinese Companies~2008-2012: An Empirical Study
(University of Waikato, 2014)The Chinese stock exchanges are an integral part of Chinese and global economy having a combined market capitalization of 3697 billion USD at end of year 2012. Due to their size and economic impact it is important that ... -
Accounting students’ need for important generic and technical accounting skills in university education and as accountants in the workplace
(University of Waikato, 2012)Recent changes in the nature of accounting have led to an increasing amount of importance being placed on generic and technical accounting skills within the accounting workforce. However, universities providing training ... -
Voluntary disclosure of intellectual capital in Chinese (mainland) companies
(University of Waikato, 2012)This research examines the extent, quality, and determinants of intellectual capital (IC) disclosure in Chinese companies in order to obtain a comprehensive understanding with regard to the current status of IC disclosure ... -
Ethical Educational Interventions: Perceptions of Accounting Students and Graduates and the Legitimation of 'Ethical' Actions
(The University of Waikato, 2007)The issue of ethical educational interventions in the accounting classroom is not new. As far back as 1967, the Horizon for a Profession: The common body of knowledge for certified public accountants study indicated that ...
