Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Thesis Supervisor "Hooper, Keith"
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Accountability in the accounting profession in Samoa: exploring the influence of Fa'aSamoa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This research study explores the impact of fa’aSamoa (Samoan culture) on accountability in the accounting profession in Samoa. This study also explores the influence that culture has had on the development of the accounting ... -
Accountability towards enabling commercialisation of research in public tertiary education institutions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Commercialisation of research has increasingly become a desirable activity for many tertiary education institutions (TEIs) across the globe. There is now widespread recognition by all sectors of society that TEIs engagement ... -
Actor-network theory analysis of the budgetary process in the New Zealand school sector
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This study aims to examine the operation of financial management practices in the New Zealand school sector, particularly in the area of budgetary process. Drawing upon actor-network theory (ANT), it specifically explores ... -
An investigation into the funding criteria used by funding organisations in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This research project aims to investigate the funding criteria adopted by funding organisations in New Zealand. The qualitative research methodology and semi-structured interview method is adopted to investigate the critical ... -
Common interests, rewards and shareholdings in the top 20 New Zealand companies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)This paper examines board of directors’ remuneration, shareholdings and directorships in the Top 20 New Zealand public companies by using recent data from annual reports. The findings reveal that New Zealand directors are ... -
Conservatism, change and resistance: a Bourdieuian study of the Vietnamese accounting field
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are currently proposed as a global set of standards which will provide high quality, transparent, comparable and understandable information to capital markets and other ... -
Cultural obstacles to the implementation of global accounting standards in China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The purpose of this study is to investigate the cultural and educational issues affecting the implementation of the IFRS-based accounting standards in China. The IASB has a goal to develop a single set of principle-based ... -
Financial reporting by New Zealand charities: Recommending a code of practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)This study aims to identify issues in the financial reporting of charities in New Zealand through an examination of their accounting practices. This study is primarily qualitative, based upon of in-depth interviews. A ... -
Financial Services Institutions and Corporate Social Responsibility: on taking a broad versus a narrow view
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The aim of this thesis is to examine understandings of corporate social responsibility (CSR), motivations for CSR reporting, and the nature of stakeholder engagement in relation to CSR reporting by financial services ... -
Intellectual capital reporting in Malaysian companies: a multidimensional analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research examines the status of intellectual capital (IC) reporting in Malaysian companies’ annual reports with a view to contributing to the understanding of IC reporting practices and the ... -
Intellectual capital reporting in New Zealand: refining content analysis as a research method
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This study examines voluntary intellectual capital reporting (ICR) in New Zealand firms' annual reports, with a view to contributing to understanding ICR practice. This study also reflects on content analysis with a view ... -
An investigation into the expansion of western professional accounting bodies - using the case of CPA Australia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Extensive research has been done on the formal professionalisation processes of western professional accounting bodies. It would appear that as the growth of local markets reaches saturation, professional accounting bodies ... -
An investigation of the factors that influence Chinese students to do a Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) program in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)More and more Chinese students choose to study abroad. New Zealand is one of the top choices. Many Chinese students come to New Zealand to continue their study. Accounting is a crucial part of business and decision making. ... -
Pacific business sustainability in New Zealand: a study of Tongan experiences
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Pacific business sustainability in New Zealand is important for the economic and social wellbeing of the Pacific Island people who have chosen New Zealand as their home. As with many ethnic minorities businesses overseas, ... -
Perceptions of accounting and accountants: an investigation into how and why these perceptions were formed
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)There is growing concern that a widespread perception of accounting and accountants is discouraging individuals with the required skills and capabilities from entering the accounting profession. At the same time, an ... -
Power relationships within a corporate finance department: a Foucauldian approach to corporate hierarchies and resistance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This PhD thesis investigates power relationships within a corporate Finance Department employing a Foucauldian approach to explaining corporate hierarchies and resistance and the implications.Research was conducted in the ... -
The productive & symbolic functions of management control in the Chinese hotel industry: a Foucauldian analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Purpose – Thus, this thesis concerns, more generally, the mobilisation of accounting control mechanisms in organisations. The generic research question is: “How is accountability determined by measuring the productive and ... -
Role of bank lending in sustaining income/ wealth inequality in Sri Lanka
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The purpose of this PhD thesis is to make a contribution to existing knowledge in the field of critical accounting by studying credit mechanisms and their link to income/wealth inequality in Sri Lankan society and the role ... -
Tax compliance and small and medium enterprise operators: an intra-cultural study in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Despite the economic importance of the tax collection process undertaken by small and medium enterprises (SMEs), little is known about their tax compliance behaviour in general, and particularly in relation to cultural ... -
The consideration of environmental matters in the audit of financial reports
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)There has been a dearth of research on ‘auditors and environmental matters’ since Collison (1996) and Collison and Gray (1997) completed their study on the views of UK auditors about whether auditing is changing, or should ...