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

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....

 

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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...

 

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What drives TBL reporting: Good governance or threat to legitimacy? (with Reza Monem), Business papers (2008)

This paper provides two complementary explanations for the adoption of triple bottom line (TBL) reporting...

 

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Auditor orientation, strategies, and tactics in audit negotiations (with Janice Hollindale and Ray McNamara), Business papers (2008)

This paper establishes the tactics that auditors use in negotiations with their client-management. It analyses...

 

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Conference Papers

Corporate governance and company performance in Australia (with Jacqueline Christensen and Jenny Steward), Twenty-first Asian-Pacific conference on international accounting issues (2009)

This study tests whether the adoption of Australian best practice corporate governance recommendations have a...

 

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Choice of non-audit services' supplier: Other consultants versus the external auditor (with Jacqueline Christensen and Jenny Stewart), 2009 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) conference (2009)

Extract: The research problem for this study is to identify factors that influence a company’s...