JAOC Conference Alert

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(2007), "JAOC Conference Alert", Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Vol. 4 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/qram.2007.31404aaa.002

JAOC Conference Alert

Global Organizational and Accounting Change Research Conference

Hilton on the Park, MelbourneHosted by the School of Business, La Trobe UniversityIn association with the Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change,Emerald Publishing, UK9-11 July 2008Submission deadline for papers: 14 December 2007

We are pleased to announce that the first biennial international conference of the Global Organizational and Accounting Change Research (GOACR) network will be held at the Hilton on the Park in Melbourne from 9 to 11 July 2008. The theme of the conference is ''The role of accounting in organizational (and social) change.''

The GOACR 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 hosted by the School of Business, Faculty of Law and Management of La Trobe University 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 of these themes with relevance to understanding the role of management control systems in organizational (and social) change are welcome.

Keynote speakers:

Professor Colin Ferguson, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor John Burns, The University of Dundee, UK.

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.

Notification of papers accepted for inclusion in the conference program will be made by 31 March 2008. Submission enquiries to Professor Zahirul Hoque (Conference Chair), School of Business, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia. Tel: +613 9479 3433; Fax: +613 9479 2356; e-mail: Z.Hoque@latrobe.edu.au or jaoc@latrobe.edu.au. Registration enquiries to Stephen Muir (Conference Manager), Tel: +61 3 9479 2693; Fax: +61 3 9479 3363; e-mail: s.muir@latrobe.edu.au

Conference information and related sites will be available soon at La Trobe University homepage: www.latrobe.edu.au