Helen has been teaching at university level for 20 years in the areas of Introductory Accounting and Financial Accounting. She was on the staff in the School from 1992 - 1995 as an Associate Lecturer, prior to taking up an Australian Postgraduate Award in 1996 to undertake her PhD studies, returning to the School as a Lecturer in 2000. Her early experience was in a large chartered accounting firm, and since then she has worked as a contract writer and tax agent, as well as teaching at university. Helen's doctoral thesis was on the institutionalisation of accounting practices in a large religious/charitable organization, and her research interests include the sociology of accounting, accounting history, financial reporting and ethnographic studies.
Articles
Extractive industries accounting and economic consequences: past, present and future (with C. L. Cortese and M. A. Kaidonis), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
Accounting for the extractive industries has been a contested issue for decades as a result...
Standard Setting for the Extractive Industries: A Critical Examination (with C. Cortese and M. Kaidonis), Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2008)
This study examines the players involved in the setting of an international accounting standard for...
Mission or money? Competitive challenges facing public sector nonprofit organisations in an institutionalised environment. (with S. Dolnicar and K. Lazarevski), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
This paper exposes the impact of competitive grant funding on public sector nonprofit volunteer organisations,...
The relationship between grant funding and administrative capabilities in public sector nonprofit organizations: The case of Bushcare NSW (with K. Lazarevski and S. Dolnicar), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
Research into nonprofit organizations abounds, but not much is known about public sector nonprofit organizations....
Standard setting for the extractive industries: a critical examination (with C. L. Cortese and M. Kaidonis), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
This study examines the players involved in the setting of an international accounting standard for...
Contributions to Books
The legitimizing power of financial statements in The Salvation Army in England, 1865 - 1892, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2005)
Since its inception The Salvation Army has relied heavily on external funds to survive. There...
Presentations
Mentoring in Academe: An Australian Response to the Drought of Senior Accounting Academics (with L. Moerman and K. Rudkin), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
The purpose of this paper is to expose the shortage of senior academics in Australian...
The Effect of Funding Changes on Public Sector Non-Profit Organisations: The Case of Bushcare NSW (with K. Lazarevski and S. Dolnicar), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
Research into non-profit organisations abounds, but public sector non-profit organisations have been neglected. Recent funding...
Beware the reformers: A Machiavellian view of the accounting profession and public sector reform in Australia (with C. Chau and K. A. Cooper), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
During the last two decades of New Public Management (NPM), reformist governments have transformed the...
The hollow promise of an accounting standard setter (with C. L. Cortese and M. Kaidonis), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
Purpose – This paper applies a power framework to critically analyse the international accounting standard...
The legitimising power of regulation for Australian banks: an institutional approach (with H. Deo and A. Abraham), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
The history of the Australian banking system has been one of a striving for legitimacy,...