Global Research in Organizational and Accounting Change (GROAC) Conference 9-11 July 2008

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(2006), "Global Research in Organizational and Accounting Change (GROAC) Conference 9-11 July 2008", Journal of Human Resource Costing & Accounting, Vol. 10 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhrca.2006.31610caa.001

Global Research in Organizational and Accounting Change (GROAC) Conference 9-11 July 2008

In association with the Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change (www.deakin.edu.au/conferences/jaoc)

Venue: Deakin University at Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Submission deadline for papers: 14 December 2007

We are pleased to announce that the first biennial international conference of the Global Research in Organizational and Accounting Change (GROAC) network will be held at the beautiful waterfront campus of Deakin University in Geelong from 9-11 July 2008. The theme of the conference is ``The role of accounting in the organizational (and social) change.''

The GROAC network is committed to high quality research on contemporary issues in organizational and accounting change. It aims at providing a platform for international researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines to disseminate information on organizational and accounting systems change. The 2008 conference will be organized in association with the Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change (JAOC). For more details about JAOC, please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jaoc/jaoc.jsp

Empirical and review papers are sought from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. In addition to empirical and case study articles, we also welcome replication of previously published studies and review articles on advances in accounting and organizational change research. We welcome manuscripts from any emerging and developed economies both in the public and private sectors on the following areas:

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  Sarbanes Oxley Act and its implications for the changes to the regulation of financial practice and corporate governance;

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  Accounting and management control systems change;

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  Performance management and the Balanced Scorecard;

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  Changes in social and environmental accounting and performance reporting;

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  Accounting change in transitional and developing economies;

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  Professional ethics, risk and ethical management;

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  Public sector reform and accounting change;

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  Corporate failure and auditing change;

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  International donor agencies, development economics and accounting change;

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  Development economy and accounting policy choice; and

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  Change in accounting education.

These themes are only indicative. Papers outside them with relevance to understanding the role of management control systems in the organizational (and social) change are welcomed.

Keynote speakers: Professor Colin Ferguson, The University of Melbourne, Australia and Professor John Burns, The University of Dundee, UK

The deadline for submission of papers for the conference is 14 December 2007. All enquiries and papers (in MSWORD) should be submitted to deakin-jaoc2008@deakin.edu.au. All papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. Papers accepted for concurrent sessions can also be designated as submissions to the Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. Please indicate whether you would like to submit your paper for consideration:

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  for conference only; or

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  for both conference and publication in JAOC.

Notifications of papers accepted for inclusion in the conference program will be made by 31 March 2008. Enquiries to Professor Zahirul Hoque (Conference Chair), School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds, VIC 3217 Australia. Tel (613) 5227 2733, Fax (613) 5227 1255; email: zahirul.hoque@deakin.edu.au

Conference information and related sites are available at: www.deakin.edu.au/conferences/jaoc