The commercialized Australian public university: An accountingized transition

L Parker, A Martin‐Sardesai… - Financial accountability & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the impact of neoliberalism on Australia's public higher education
system. It examines flaws in the university system revealed by the COVID‐19 pandemic and …

On James Bond and the importance of NGO accountability

J Unerman, B O'Dwyer - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability …, 2006 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to set out key issues in the academic study of non‐
governmental organisation (NGO) accountability, and to introduce papers appearing in this …

Australia's COVID-19 public budgeting response: the straitjacket of neoliberalism

J Andrew, M Baker, J Guthrie… - Journal of Public …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper explores how neoliberalism restrains the ability of governments to
respond to crises through budgetary action. It examines the immediate budgetary responses …

Public sector to public services: 20 years of “contextual” accounting research

J Broadbent, J Guthrie - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2008 - emerald.com
The purpose of this paper is to review and critique the field of public sector accounting
research. Many nation states deliver essential public services. In recent times, many of these …

Sustainability accounting and accountability in the public sector

A Ball, S Grubnic, J Birchall - Sustainability accounting and …, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Research and learning about sustainability accounting is very often focused on for-profit,
business organizations. This makes sense when we consider the historic role of …

On the adoption of accrual accounting in the public sector: a self-evident and problematic reform

I Lapsley, R Mussari, G Paulsson - 2009 - Taylor & Francis
In this brief foreword, we comment on the nature and extent of the adoption of accrual
accounting throughout the public sector of economies internationally, by focusing on two …

Accruals accounting in the public sector: A road not always taken

N Hyndman, C Connolly - Management accounting research, 2011 - Elsevier
The move from cash to accruals accounting by many governments is viewed as an aspect of
an ongoing New Public Management agenda designed to achieve a more business-like and …

The construction of auditing expertise in measuring government performance

Y Gendron, DJ Cooper, B Townley - Accounting, organizations and society, 2007 - Elsevier
Accounting research has increasingly been concerned to investigate professional expertise.
This paper contributes to this interest by examining the process by which state (or …

Accrual accounting in EU local governments: One method, several approaches

V Pina, L Torres, A Yetano - european accounting Review, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This paper seeks to measure the degree of accrual implementation in EU local government
accounting systems and also tries to give an answer to the question of why accrual …

Economic and non-financial performance indicators in universities: The establishment of a performance-driven system for Australian higher education

J Guthrie, R Neumann - Public Management Review, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the findings of a project investigating the intended and unintended
consequences of the contemporary performance-driven environment in the Australian …