Journal articles

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Validation of a computer user satisfaction questionnaire to measure IS success in small business (with Gerard J. Fogarty, Don Dingsdag, and Julian Dimbleby), Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (2005)
The determination of factors that influence success in small business information systems (IS) is of...
 

Book chapters

The Business Enterprise Register: managing information for regional enterprise development (with Margaret Frances Drever), Supply management (1999)
Selected papers presented at the 6th International Annual Internation Council of Small Business (IPSERA )...
 
Job sharing in regional Australia: boosting employment opportunity? (with Helen Nohilly), Unemployment: economic promise and political will (1998)
Selected papers from the Fourth National Conference on Unemployment held in Adelaide in June 1997....
 

Working papers

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Destination choice - visitor behaviours in a coastal tourism destination on Australia’s east coast (Occasional paper) (with Don Fuller, Janet Hanlan, Simon J. Wilde, Stephen Mason, and Johan Edelheim), Center for Enterprise Development and Research, Occasional Paper (2005)
 
Examination of constructs underlying the User Information Satisfaction (UIS) Instrument (with Don Dingsdag and Gerard J. Fogarty), School of Multimedia and Information Technology Working Paper and Seminar Series (2002)
 
A spreadsheet model for information systems risk analysis, Management Development and Research Centre Working Paper Series (1992)
 
Information systems risk analysis, School of Information Technology Working Paper Series (1992)
 

Conference publications

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Destination choice - visitor behaviours in a coastal tourism destination on Australia’s east coast (with Don Fuller, Simon J. Wilde, Janet Hanlan, and Stephen Mason), 2nd International Conference on Destination Branding and Marketing (2007)
It is important to better understand the main drivers affecting the choice and later evaluation...
 

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Scales measuring characteristics of small business information systems (with Gerard J. Fogarty and Don Dingsdag), Research, Relevance and Rigour: Coming of Age, Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (2007)
There is a definite focus in Information Systems (IS) research that is based around the...
 
User satisfaction: an evaluation of a carbon credit information system (with William Smart and Jerome K. Vanclay), 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (2007)
This paper presents the analysis of user satisfaction with a web-based system that enables users...
 
Managing your business through effective IT management - secure it or lose it (with Tim Comber), School of Commerce and Management Papers (2005)
 

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Testing relationships among variables measuring credit management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (with Margaret Frances Drever), Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand : proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference (2005)

Small business failure has been the subject of considerable research effort (Beaver, 1966: Berryman, 1983:...

 

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Reasons why businesses relocate to a coastal region (Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia) (with Margaret Frances Drever), 17th Annual Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) Conference (2004)

This paper describes the findings of a research project that investigated the reasons why businesses...

 

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Exploring user satisfaction with information systems in a regional small business context (with Gerard J. Fogarty, Julian Dimbleby, and Don Dingsdag), Proceedings of Delivering IT and e-business value in networked environments: 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (2003)
In 1996 Seddon and Kiew undertook a partial test of DeLone and McLean's (1992) model...
 

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Internet and computer usage: comparisons among metropolitan centres, coastal regional centres and inland regional centres (with Tim Comber, Don Dingsdag, and Gerard J. Fogarty), Proceedings of Delivering IT and e-business value in networked environments: 14th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (2003)
In this exploratory paper the authors compare Internet and computer usage data from the Basic...
 
Legal awareness: issues in computing ethics (with Leonie Woodcock), Proceedings of 12th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) (2001)
 

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An electronic feedback tool for distance education students called ‘‘MarkIt’’ (with Margaret Frances Drever), Proceedings of Learning to choose - choosing to learn: 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiarty Education (ASCILITE) (2000)
This paper examines the characteristics of ‘MarkIt’, a PC-based application that provides feedback on assessment...
 
Electronic assessment software for distance education (with Douglas Neil and Don Dingsdag), Proceedings IWALT 2000 : advanced learning technology, design and development issues, International Workshop on Advanced Learning (2000)
 

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Factors for business establishment in regional Australia: an analysis of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales (with Douglas Neil, Margaret Frances Drever, and Don Dingsdag), Proceedings of Entrepreneurial SMES - engines for growth in the millenium: 45th International Council for Small Business Conference (2000)

This paper examines reasons why businesses relocated or established on the Mid North Coast region...

 
Information technology education and ethics: pedagogical impact of ethics in education on students in Australia (with Leonie Woodcock), Proceedings of Flow-on effects of information technology on quality of life and the environment: Australian Institute of Computer Ethics AICEC99 International Conference (1999)
 
An automated feedback system: EXPRES (with Don Dingsdag and S Cimino), Proceedings of Open learning 9̀8 : offering new directions: 3rd International Conference on Open Learning (1998)
 
Student feedback: EXPRES a method of automated feedback (with Don Dingsdag and S Cimino), Proceedings of Tertiary Education Management Conference (1998)
 
A consolidated approach to business data collection: the BER Project (with Margaret Frances Drever), Proceedings of Small enterprise: the key to regional & urban development: 1997 Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) Annual Conference (1997)
 
A review of automated feedback - EXPRES, Proceedings of National Open and Distance Education Student Network 1997 Annual Conference (1997)
"Original and revised papers from the 1997 NODES Net Annual Conference". Includes bibliographical references.
 
Enterprises in regional Australia: a case study of changes in Coffs Harbour 1990 to 1996 (with P Phibbs and C T. Wu), CARED Innovations in Economic Development Roundtable: papers, presentation notes and final report (1997)
 
The impact of job sharing strategies in regional Australia (with Helen Nohilly and Margaret Frances Drever), Fourth National Conference on Unemployment (1997)
Selected papers from the Fourth National Conference on Unemployment held in Adelaide in June 1997....
 
The role of job sharing in regional economies (with Helen Nohilly and Margaret Frances Drever), Proceedings of Small enterprise : the key to regional & urban development : 1997 Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) Annual Conference (1997)
 
Consolidating regional information services, National Business Enterprise Centre Conference (1996)
 
A feedback standard for distance education (with M Cook), Distance education : crossing frontiers : papers for the 12th biennial Forum of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (1995)
 
An analysis of student evaluations and student results of an MBA economics unit (with M Cook), Distance education : crossing frontiers : papers for the 12th biennial Forum of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (1995)
 
Application of the Prisoner's Dilemma Game to distance education (with M Cook), Distance education : crossing frontiers : papers for the 12th biennial Forum of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (1995)
 
Risk analysis for small business systems (with A Koronios), Update 94 (1994)
 
Analysis of risk in information systems projects, Proceedings of Overcoming isolation : the human-computer connection: Australian Computer Society Conference (1993)
 
Information systems strategies of the 90s (with D R. Roberts), Update 93 (1993)
 
Outsourcing: paradigm or local strategy (with B Smith), Proceedings of Overcoming isolation : the human-computer connection: Australian Computer Society Queensland Branch Conference (1993)
 
Outsourcing: strategies for success in SMEs (with B Smith), Proceedings of Overcoming isolation : the human-computer connection: Austraian Computer Society Conference (1993)
 
Using spreadsheets for information systems risk analysis, Proceedings of Overcoming isolation : the human-computer connection: Australian Computer Society Queensland Branch Conference (1993)
 
A method for systems acquisition (with D R. Roberts), Update 91 (1991)
 
Security and control analysis for the electronic office, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1990)
 

Consultancy papers and research reports

Analysis of transport needs at Coffs Harbour Education Campus, School of Commerce and Management Papers (2005)
 

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Coffs Coast visitor survey (with Stephen Mason, Don Fuller, Johan Edelheim, and Simon J. Wilde), Coffs Coast Tourism Association (2005)
 
Analysis of user attitudes to club facilities at the Coffs Harbour Ex-Services Club (with Leonie Woodcock), School of Commerce and Management Papers (2004)
 
Business census report for the Australia's Holiday Coast (with Douglas Neil and D O'Brien), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1999)
 
A report on comparative employee structures of medium and large businesses: Mid North Coast vs Sydney (with R Holmes), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1998)
 
Business census report: Coffs Harbour/Bellingen region (with Margaret Frances Drever), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Business census report: Hastings Region (with Margaret Frances Drever), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Business census report: Macleay region (with Margaret Frances Drever), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Business census report: Manning/Glocester region (with Margaret Frances Drever), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Business census report: Mid North Coast region of New South Wales (with Margaret Frances Drever), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Coordinated care trial IT management plan (with G D. Beggs and S Cimino), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Industry frameworks of the Mid North Coast region of NSW, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Operating characteristics of horticultural services providers, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1997)
 
Coffs Harbour/Bellingen business profile, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Expected employee increases of business on the Mid North Coast of NSW (with J Telford and P Telford), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Gender comparison of employment types by ANZSIC classification (with J Telford and P Telford), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Hastings district business profile (with B Wilson), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Inter-regional industry comparisions on the Mid North Coast of NSW, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Macleay district business profile (with B Wilson), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Manning/Gloucester business profile (with B Wilson), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Regional business census report for the Mid North Coast region of NSW (with B Wilson), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1996)
 
Feasibility and development plan for a regional economic indicators system, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1995)
 
Feasibility report: questionnaire development and scanning (with A Walker and E Tasker), School of Commerce and Management Papers (1995)
 
Criteria for evaluating CASE tool selection, School of Commerce and Management Papers (1991)