Professor of Accounting B. Econ. (U.N.E.) Dip. Rur. Acc. (U.N.E.) M. Econ. (U.N.E.) Ph.D (U.N.E.) ASCPS Australian Society of CPAs Dr. Pamela Kent undertook all her university education and training at the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales. She has had original research published in many overseas journals including Accounting and Business Research (United Kingdom), Accounting and Finance (New Zealand/Australia) International Small Business Journal (Europe), Journal of Small Business Finance (United States), Corporate Ownership and Control (Europe) and a reprinted article in a book(New York and London). Also, her research has been published in several Australian journals including Abacus, Australian Journal of Management and Australian Research Journal. Dr. Kent has delievered many presentations at overseas conferences including, American Accounting Association, European Accounting Association, British Accounting Association, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Annual International Accounting Conference in Turkey. She has undertaken sabbaticals at the University of Florida, the University of Manchester, and the City University of Hong Kong.
Articles
The decision to outsource management advisory services, Managerial auditing journal (2011)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper, using transaction cost economics as a theoretical framework,...
Auditor tactics in negotiations: A research note (with Janice Hollindale and Ray McNamara), International journal of auditing (2011)
This study provides a broad set of tactics identified and used by mediation experts widely...
Application of stakeholder theory to corporate environmental disclosures (with Christopher Chan), Corporate ownership & control (2009)
Ullmann's (1985) three-dimensional model of social responsibility disclosure is tested to determine whether it can...
Innate and discretionary accruals quality and corporate governance (with James Routledge and Jenny Stewart), Accounting and finance (2009)
This paper extends previous research on the association between corporate governance mechanisms and accruals quality....
Corporate governance and disclosures on the transition to international financial reporting standards (with Jenny Stewart), Business papers (2008)
For reporting periods ending on or after 30 June 2004, Australian companies were required to...
Conference Papers
The decision to outsource risk management activities (with Jacqueline Christensen), 9th Annual ANCAAR Audit Research Forum (2011)
This study uses transaction cost economics (TCE) to identify factors influencing Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)...
Corporate governance and the quality of green house gas emission disclosures (with Janice Hollindale and James Routledge), 23rd Asian-Pacific conference on international accounting issues (2011)
The introduction of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth) legislation is evidence...
The decision to internally generate or outsource risk management activities (with Jacqueline Christensen), 23rd Asian-Pacific conference on international accounting issues (2011)
This study uses transaction cost economics (TCE) to identify factors influencing Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)...
Voluntary employee disclosures in Australian annual reports applying Ullmann’s stakeholder theory (with Carolyn Windsor and Tamara Zunker), 2011 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) conference (2011)
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Many companies state in their reports that their employees are the company’s most valuable resource...
Are corporate governance recommendations relevant for small companies? (with Jacqueline Christensen, James Routledge, and Jenny Stewart), 1st Annual Journal of International Accounting Research (IJAR) conference (2011)
This study examines the extent to which small listed companies in Australia comply with the...