Browsing by Author "Narayan, A"
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Framing public sector accountability in uncertain context
Narayan, A (Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), 2012)Several studies have broadened the conceptualisation of accountability, but within the public sector, there has been a limited examination of the difficulties associated with the operationalisation of accountability in ... -
Potential Barriers Students Face When Completing a Tertiary Qualification: The Lived Experiences of a Particular Minority Community Studying at a Western University
Ali, I; Narayan, A (Global Research and Development Services (GRDS), 2015)Globally, there is growing focus by governments and tertiary education institutions to increase the participation, retention and success rates of students from disadvantaged communities. Concerted efforts are being made ... -
Use of Public Accountability Index (PAI) to assess the accountability practices of New Zealand Universities
Ahmed, Z; Guo, C; Kabir, H; Narayan, A (The School of Accounting, RMIT University, 2016)This study explores the trends in public accountability of New Zealand universities. It applies the Public Accountability Index (PAI) developed by Coy and Dixon (2004) to eight New Zealand universities’ annual reports from ... -
Why some accounting innovations fail? A case study of a New Zealand public tertiary education institution
Narayan, A (Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, 2015)This paper examines why activity-based costing (ABC) and the balanced scorecard, two most significant accounting innovations in recent years, failed to be successfully implemented in a large tertiary education institution ...