Qualifications Ph.D. University of Queensland, Field of Commerce M.Bus. Queensland University of Technology, Accounting GDipMgt Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education, Management B.Com. University of Queensland Keitha Dunstan has been the Head of the School of Business at Bond University since November 2009. Prior to accepting this appointment, she had held several positions at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. She was the Head of the School of Accounting and Commercial Law and Professor of Accounting 2006 - 2009, Research Professor 2000 - 2006 and the founding Director of the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research 2001 - 2007. Professor Keitha Dunstan was a Commissioner of the New Zealand Securities Commission, a position she held 2003-2011. Professor Dunstan is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Chartered Accountant. She commenced her accounting career with Mann Judd Edmonds in Brisbane. Keitha moved into academia in 1989 when she joined Queensland University of Technology, Australia, where she remained until accepting her appointment at Victoria University of Wellington. Her research interests are in the areas of corporate governance and financial accounting. Keitha is a past New Zealand President of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (2005 - 2007), a past co-editor of the Pacific Accounting Review (2002 - 2006) and a member of the editorial board of Accounting and Finance.
Articles
Public regulatory reform and management earnings forecasts in a low private litigation environment (with Gerry Gallery and Thu Phuong Truong), Accounting and finance (2011)
We examine the impact of continuous disclosure regulatory reform on the likelihood, frequency and qualitative...
Co-deterministic relationship between ownership concentration and corporate performance: Evidence from an emerging economy (with Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, and Akm Waresul Karim), Accounting research journal (2010)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to test whether dominant shareholder(s) of a...
Corporate governance in Bangladesh: Link between ownership and financial performance (with Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, and A. K. M. Waresul Karim), Corporate governance: An international review (2007)
This paper investigates empirically the effect of board ownership on firm performance in Bangladesh. By...
Ownership structure and corporate performance: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Omar Al Farooque, Tony van Zijl, and A. K. M. Waresul Karim), Asia pacific journal of accounting & economics (2007)
This paper models the corporate ownership and performance relationship in Bangladesh listed firms using a...
Conference Papers
The influence of corporate governance on management earnings forecast (with Thu Phuong Truong), Paper presented at the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) (2011)
We examine the influence of three important external corporate governance
mechanisms – continuous disclosure regulatory reform,...
The effect of IFRS adoption and investor protection on earnings quality around the world (with Muhammad Houqe, Wares Karim, and Tony van Zijl), Paper presented at the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) conference (2011)
This study examines the effects of mandatory IFRS adoption and investor protection on the quality...
The influence of board gender diversity on the value of NZX listed firms and its association with growth options (with Trish Keeper, Thu Phuong Truong, and Tony van Zijl), Paper presented at the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) (2011)
Our study principally examines the relationship between board gender diversity and firm value and the...
Auditor tenure, non-audit services and earnings conservatism: Evidence from Malaysia (with Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Tony van Zijl), 2010 AFAANZ conference (2010)
This paper examines the effect of auditor tenure and provision of non-audit services on earnings...
Board ethics and auditor choice - International evidence (with Muhammad Houqe, Tony van Zijl, and Wares Karim), 2010 AFAANZ conference (2010)
This study examines whether firms' auditor choice relates to Board ethics for forty-six countries around...