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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-09-2019
Abstract: Grand challenges are complex, large-scale problems requiring collaborative, multidisciplinary attention. Cross-sector collaboration can potentially play a significant role in addressing these challenges by capturing the erse vision, experience, knowledge and resources of different sectors. Yet we still know little of the inter-organisational dynamics of how sectors work together to address grand challenges and the consequences of doing so. Our article contributes to the literature at the intersection of management and grand challenges by identifying how cross-sector collaborations can be used more effectively to address grand challenges. Drawing on a study of Australia’s offshore processing of refugees, we highlight the inter-organisational issues that emerge and develop a collaborative governance framework to overcome these problems and guide future cross-sector collaborations directed at grand challenges. JEL Classification: M5, H11
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-2022
DOI: 10.1111/AJR.12836
Abstract: To investigate students' perceptions of the impact of coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 on rural and remote placements facilitated by 16 University Departments of Rural Health in Australia in 2020. A mixed‐method design comprising an online survey and semi‐structured interviews. Australia. Allied health, nursing and medical students with a planned University Departments of Rural Health‐facilitated rural or remote placement between February and October 2020. A planned rural or remote placement in 2020 facilitated by a University Departments of Rural Health, regardless of placement outcome. Questionnaire included placement outcome (completed or not), discipline of study (nursing, allied health, medicine), and Likert measures of impact to placement (including supervision, placement tasks, location, accommodation, client contact and student learning) and placement experience (overall, support, supervision, university support). Semi‐structured interviews asked about placement planning, outcome, decisions, experience and student perceptions. While coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 reportedly impacted on the majority of planned placements, most students (80%) were able to complete their University Departments of Rural Health‐facilitated placement in some form and were satisfied with their placement experience. Common placement changes included changes to tasks, setting, supervisors and location. Allied health students were significantly more likely to indicate that their placement had been impacted and also felt more supported by supervisors and universities than nursing students. Interview participants expressed concerns regarding the potential impact of cancelled and adapted placements on graduation and future employment. The coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic was reported to impact the majority of University Departments of Rural Health‐facilitated rural and remote placements in 2020. Fortunately, most students were able to continue to undertake a rural or remote placement in some form and were largely satisfied with their placement experience. Students were concerned about their lack of clinical learning and graduating on time with adequate clinical competence.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 13-09-2019
Abstract: The fourth industrial revolution has arrived however, this industrial revolution is unlike those witnessed in the past. Equal opportunity and growth have been replaced by the 21st century trend of rising inequality, in which advancement through digitisation and automation brings fortune to the few and hardship to the many, as income and property stratification grows. As a result, current tax systems are under pressure with displaced workers requiring support, and the fiscal purse, which has historically been funded by income taxes, being eroded due to a decreasing number of workers to tax. Conceivably, it is up to governments to address this ‘double negative effect’, but it is unclear how this could be achieved and what theoretical basis should be leveraged to do so. This article provides a discussion of three important normative philosophies of distributive justice, utilitarianism, libertarianism and John Rawls’ theory of justice, to determine a theoretical basis on which the redistribution of income via a tax on automation is justified. The pertinent theory is then operationalised with the proposal of three alternate models of taxation: a Pigouvian tax, a tax on economic rents and an appreciation tax. Each of these models is evaluated alongside a discussion on the shift in global tax policy from taxing income to taxing capital. This article argues that this shift is necessary to reduce income inequality and to ensure even the lowest common denominator is provided for, for we are the 99%. JEL Classification: H23, H25, K34, O23
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Date: 09-10-2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 17-12-2014
Abstract: This study investigates the governance attributes of firms that have been subject to securities class actions (SCAs). There has been a recent sizable increase in the number of firms subject to SCAs in Australia. We examine a s le of firms that have been subject to SCAs due to disclosure breaches and match the firms by industry and size to a control s le. First, we examine the compliance culture of the SCA firms via the frequency of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) queries of the firm and find that the frequency of ASX queries is positively associated with the occurrence of a SCA. Secondly, we provide evidence that SCA firms exhibit weaker levels of corporate governance than the matched control s le. In addition, we contribute to the understanding of firms subject to SCAs and their corporate governance attributes. Our results suggest the presence of a nomination committee may be associated with higher agency costs and that the influence of CEO duality may reduce the effectiveness of a nomination committee.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-03-2202
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2021
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 11-07-2023
DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-06-2021-1341
Abstract: This study aims to examine whether the sustainability committee, a specialized governance mechanism for environmental and social issues, is related to environmental performance. Specifically, the authors consider the presence and effectiveness of the sustainability committee. Using a s le of Australian firms (2002–2016), the presence of a sustainability committee and sustainability committee effectiveness (consisting of 12 sustainability committee characteristics) are examined. Firms’ environmental performance is measured by Thomson Reuters Asset4 ratings. The authors confirm prior findings of a positive relationship between the presence of a sustainability committee and the firm’s environmental performance. More importantly, sustainability committee effectiveness is found to be positively associated with environmental performance, indicating the active role that the composition and function of the sustainability committee plays in enhancing environmental performance. The findings are of interest to directors and managers who are interested in improving firms’ environmental performance, in addition to investors and regulators who are concerned about environmental performance. This study meaningfully expands the extant literature that studies the sustainability committee in at least three ways. First, the authors evidence the effect of an unexplored dimension of committee heterogeneity (sustainability committee effectiveness) by hand-collecting detailed information of sustainability committee members. Second, the authors distinguish from prior studies, in that the authors test the direct relationship between sustainability committee effectiveness and environmental performance. Third, by adopting different robustness tests of endogeneity along with s ling firms in various industries over 15 years, the authors offer more compelling and more comprehensive evidence in this regard. Broadly, the authors enrich the literature on corporate governance and environmental performance.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-12-2020
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12320
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-10-2018
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12242
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2007
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-09-2013
Publisher: Office of the Academic Executive Director, University of Tasmania
Date: 08-03-2022
DOI: 10.53761/1.19.1.04
Abstract: In University life, the first women to achieve status or leadership positions inevitably are perceived as role models to their colleagues, peers and students. Role model theory suggests that although we generally understand the meaning of terms such as “role model” or “mentor", the position of role model has several dimensions and is distinct from mentor. This case study on Professor H.Y. Izan, the first woman professor of finance in Australia and New Zealand, adopts the role model theoretical lens to examine Izan as trailblazer in the context of the eighteen women professors appointed after her during the period 1990-2021.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2019
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 20-07-2021
DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-12-2019-0663
Abstract: This study aims to understand the organisational benefits of carbon-focussed management control systems (carbon MCS) under a regulatory context. The authors conduct a survey of 85 New Zealand (NZ) organisations covering different industries, sizes and compliance obligations. The results suggest a significant direct positive impact of carbon MCS on organisations’ non-financial benefits and an indirect impact on financial benefits via non-financial benefits. The impact on non-financial benefits is strongest when a whole carbon MCS package is used rather than in idual carbon controls. However, the highest impact on financial benefits are attained when only diagnostic controls are used rather than other controls or the whole MCS package. Firms in primary, manufacturing and energy sectors and those with export activities are less likely to achieve organisational benefits, while those with a compliance obligation under the emissions trading scheme are more likely to perceive such benefits. The study has a limited s le size (85 firms), a unique context (NZ) and coves only large firms. Further, there are no objective performance measures to validate survey responses regarding organisational benefits. The findings provide a business case for managers and practitioners in formulating their strategic and MCS responses to climate change issues. The authors focus on carbon MCS and adopt a wider range of carbon MCS levers than previous research. The authors discern not only non-financial benefits but also financial benefits from MCS use.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2012
Abstract: This study investigates the characteristics and attributes that private equity investors prefer when selecting target acquisitions. These characteristics are examined against a matched s le of firms subject to corporate acquisitions via tender/merger offer during 2000–2009, across seven countries: Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the USA, France, Germany and Sweden. We show that firm-specific characteristics are more influential in target selection than external or institutional variables. In particular, private equity targets exhibit lower stock volatility and long-term growth prospects, are larger, and have greater abnormal operating income relative to tender/merger offer target firms. Further, private equity bidders exhibit ‘home bias’, implying that familiarity motivates target selection. Institutional factors remain largely insignificant across all tests.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-01-2023
DOI: 10.1177/03128962221144513
Abstract: This study investigates whether and how effective risk management committees (RMCs) improve corporate investment efficiency. Using a s le of listed companies included in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 300 index, we document that effective RMCs improve investments’ sensitivity to growth opportunities and profitability. The results also reveal that effective RMCs enhance corporate investment efficiency by restricting not only over- but also underinvestment. Subsequent analyses demonstrate that the positive effect of RMCs on investment efficiency is due to the reduced information asymmetry and free cash flow problems. Furthermore, we find a more pronounced effect of RMCs on investment efficiency when companies experience a high level of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and financial constraint. G14, G34, M41
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 10-01-2023
DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-10-2021-5511
Abstract: This paper aims to explore how corporate Australia engages in reconciliation through recognizing and providing pathways for Indigenous Australians' corporate leadership aspirations. The research design is informed by the prior literature on pathways by minority groups to corporate leadership through the theoretical lens of transformational leadership. The investigation is conducted using textual analysis of reconciliation action plans (RAPs), a contemporary and voluntary practice adopted by Australian listed companies to disclose their commitment to national reconciliation. RAPs are publicly available from the official websites of listed companies. The analysis of contemporary RAPs highlights organizational initiatives to support Indigenous Australians related to corporate and community leadership. Since the authors’ focus is the former, corporate leadership initiatives are further analyzed. Two initiatives for Indigenous Australians to pursue corporate leadership positions are emerging future leaders' programs and mentoring programs. This is the extent to which the authors observe Australian firms' transformational leadership. While some firms have implemented these initiatives with specific targets, other firms do not have specific initiatives or targets. The paper also conducts longitudinal analysis into the transformational leaders' past RAPs and triangulates to other evidence of reconciliation commitment such as the Uluru Statement from the Heart. This paper contributes new insights to the research area of board cultural ersity, specifically to the limited literature on Indigenous reconciliation. It provides insights into firms and policymakers to address the ongoing issue of the underrepresentation of Indigenous Australians in corporate leadership. The s le of firms comprises Australian listed firms that have adopted higher-order RAPs, which restricts the generalizability of the findings to other sectors. This paper explores the under researched phenomenon of Indigenous people's pathways to corporate leadership. The research design is informed by transformational leadership theory through considering institutional actions for reconciliation. This research provides evidence of the extent to which corporate Australia has taken action on the issue of the under-representation of Australian Indigenous people in corporate leadership.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-02-2013
DOI: 10.1111/ABAC.12006
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-07-2023
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.13141
Abstract: This study explores Indigenous Australians' participation on corporate boards. We confirm the significant under‐representation of Indigenous Australians on corporate boards. Using data collected from semi‐structured interviews with business leaders, we explore their perceptions of cultural ersity and pathways to directorships provided by corporate Australia for Indigenous Australians. Australian business leaders perceive the importance of cultural ersity (particularly in terms of its myriad benefits such as enhanced decision making), acknowledge the problem of limited ersity, and provide insights to improve ersity. Key pathways for Indigenous Australians include skills and experience, education and training, reputation, networking and organisational support.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-02-2010
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 18-06-2021
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12652
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2021
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12731
Abstract: In this paper, we assess the existing archival research on audit partners and provide recommendations for future research. Our empirical analyses suggest that the audit partner characteristics with the biggest impact are industry specialisation and client importance. We demonstrate that audit partner studies may suffer from omitted variable bias if they study audit partner characteristics in isolation, as they have often done. We also show that, for most audit partner characteristics, there is little within‐company and within‐partner variation. We therefore caution against routinely including company and audit partner fixed effects in audit partner studies. We also examine the importance of properly adjusting for dependence in the data in audit partner studies and suggest to cluster standard errors at the client firm level. Finally, we provide detailed descriptive information at the audit partner level in order to demonstrate how researchers could improve the reporting of audit partner level data.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-01-2019
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12258
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2005
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 08-05-2018
Abstract: This paper aims to examine changes of non-financial voluntary reporting practices over time in response to episodes of employee-related distress. It investigates employee-related disclosures by the four largest electronic manufacturing services firms in China between 2008 and 2013 during a series of employment-related incidents, to investigate how the firms re-legitimate their reputation in response to the media coverage on those incidents. A series of employee-related incidents that occurred in 2010-2012 is selected as the focus of this study, with total coverage of employee-related disclosures between 2008 and 2013. These incidents are directly linked to three of the four s le companies: Foxconn, Pegatron and Compal Electronics. Employee-related disclosures in corporate social responsibility (CSR) stand-alone reports are coded by a set of specifically designed instructions, and newspaper articles about employee-related incidents are coded for sentiment. Results are interpreted through two theoretical lenses: the media agenda setting theory and the legitimacy theory. Newspapers reported the employee-related incidents in a way detrimental to the legitimacy of firms that directly involved in the selected industry. In the process of legitimation, firms switch between disclosing more employee-related information and reducing disclosures. The self-expectation on organizational legitimacy also affects how CSR reporting is used in legitimation. The employee-related disclosure analysed is closer to symbolic legitimation than substantive legitimation. This study contributes to reporting practice by showing that employee-related disclosure is largely vacuous and to a greater extent is used as symbolic legitimation. The quality of disclosure requires significant improvement. This study contributes to the literature by using the legitimacy theory to interpret employee-related disclosure in China, addressing inadequate research efforts in the context of social and human rights dimensions of CSR reporting.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2022
DOI: 10.1111/AJR.12855
Abstract: As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded during 2020, widespread financial uncertainty emerged amongst university students across the globe. What is not yet clear is how Australian health students were financially impacted during the initial stages of the pandemic and whether this influenced their ability to undertake planned rural or remote placements. To examine (a) financial concern amongst health students during COVID‐19, (b) the financial implications of changes to planned rural or remote placements and (c) the impact of these factors on students' ability to undertake placements during the pandemic. Mixed‐methods design involving an online survey ( n = 1210) and semi‐structured interviews ( n = 29). Nursing, medical and allied health students with a planned University Department of Rural Health‐facilitated rural or remote placement between February and October 2020 were invited to participate. 54.6% of surveyed students reported financial concern during COVID‐19. Financial concern correlated with both changes in financial position and employment, with 36.6% of students reporting a reduction in income and 43.1% of students reporting a reduction in, or cessation of regular employment. Placement changes yielded a range of financial implications. Cancelled placements saved some students travel and accommodation costs, but left others out of pocket if these expenses were prepaid. Placements that went ahead often incurred increased accommodation costs due to limited availability. Financial concern and/or financial implications of placement changes ultimately prevented some students from undertaking their rural or remote placement as planned. Many nursing, allied health and medical students expressed financial concern during COVID‐19, associated with a loss of regular employment and income. Placement changes also presented unforeseen financial burden for students. These factors ultimately prevented some students from undertaking their planned rural or remote placement. Universities need to consider how best to align financially burdensome placements with the personal circumstances of students during periods of economic uncertainty.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 02-03-2022
Abstract: This paper aims to uncover the global trend on the relationship between board gender ersity and firm risk. In addition, this paper investigates how country characteristics affect the relationship between board gender ersity and firm risk. This study uses a large s le of firms in 45 countries for the period from 2002 to 2018. Ordinary least square regression is used as a baseline methodology, along with firm fixed effects. Difference-in-differences regression, two-stage least squares regression (instrumental variables approach) and change-on-change regression are adopted to better mitigate endogeneity. This study finds that board gender ersity is associated with lower firm risk worldwide. In addition, the negative effect of board gender ersity on firm risk is more pronounced for firms that can more easily attract female directors, and for countries with lower power distance and greater preference for in idualism. The findings offer insights into the intense debate in recent years among academics and practitioners on the effect of board gender ersity on firm outcomes. Shareholders and directors may take the findings into account when they consider appointing female directors. The findings should be of interest to policymakers in countries that have not yet promoted board gender ersity. By using an international s le with board gender quotas in different countries, this paper provides novel and persuasive evidence regarding the impact of board gender ersity on firm risk. This paper also adds to the literature by showing that the relationship between board gender ersity on firm risk is influenced by country characteristics.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2192157
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-11-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3724917
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Date: 03-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-07-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3338309
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Date: 28-03-2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-07-2023
DOI: 10.1111/JBFA.12740
Abstract: Greater political pressure to improve corporate environmental performance and mitigate climate change impact leads firms to operate under greater political risk and uncertainty, affecting productivity and firm value. Using a panel of 3255 US firms from 2002 to 2020, this research tests the effectiveness of two environment‐specific political risk (EPR) mitigation approaches: political lobbying and green innovation. The results suggest that while both approaches mitigate EPR of the current year, only green innovation reduces future EPR. By mitigating EPR, green innovation increases firm value to a greater degree than political lobbying. This study also shows that political lobbying has a larger effect on EPR mitigation for the leaders than the laggards in green innovation. The results are robust to alternative specifications of green innovation, political lobbying and potential endogeneity concerns. Overall, this study supports the value‐enhancing role of green innovation as an effective political risk mitigation strategy.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-03-2018
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 03-04-2018
Abstract: The purpose of our study is to examine the influence of three external corporate governance mechanisms (continuous disclosure regulatory reform, analyst following and ownership concentration) and one internal corporate governance mechanism (board structure) on the likelihood, frequency, horizon, precision and accuracy of management earnings forecasts in the low private litigation environment of New Zealand. The authors use a s le of 1,082 management earnings forecasts issued by 125 firms listed on the New Zealand Exchange during the 1998-2007 financial reporting periods. The authors effectively control the self-selection bias problem inherent in management earnings forecasts. The findings provide strong evidence that corporate governance significantly influences management earnings forecast behaviour. Firms with effective corporate governance tend to forecast earnings and provide these earnings forecasts more frequently and precisely. Earnings forecasts issued by firms with more non-executive directors on the board are less optimistically biased. A possible interpretation of the findings is that effective corporate governance mechanisms are able to substitute for a private enforcement alternative. The findings have value in informing governance choices in the absence of external disciplinary mechanisms such as private litigation.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-03-2015
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12071
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 14-02-2023
DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-03-2021-1250
Abstract: This study aims to analyze whether various textual characteristics in corporate sustainability disclosure associate with corporate sustainability performance in Australia, pertaining to tones of language and readability. The voluntary disclosure theory and legitimacy theory are used to formulate the study hypothesis. Using data from Australian listed firms (2002–2016), four textual characteristics are examined: tone of optimism, tone of certainty, tone of clarity and readability. Corporate sustainability performance is measured by Thomson Reuters Asset4 ratings. Different strategies are adopted to mitigate endogeneity concerns. The authors found that there is a positive relationship between the textual characteristics of sustainability disclosure and sustainability performance. Specifically, firms with better performance communicate in an optimistic, certain, clear and more readable manner. The results suggest that Australia’s voluntary reporting status does not induce a combination of poor performance and positive disclosure. This paper should be of interest to investors and other stakeholders and also informs regulatory policy on sustainability disclosure in Australia. The authors contribute to the sustainability disclosure literature using computer-based textual analysis to explore whether firms reveal their sustainability performance by “how things are said” (i.e. textual characteristics) in sustainability disclosure. As far as the authors could ascertain, they are the first to investigate textual characteristics of sustainability disclosure in Australia.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-10-2020
DOI: 10.1111/AUAR.12270
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-07-2017
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12156
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-03-2021
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12632
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-2005
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