Publications

Jeffcutt, P & Clegg, SR 1992, Modern Organizations: Organization Studies in the Postmodern World., JSTOR, Riyadh.
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Clegg, S 1992, 'French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprises: Modern Passions and Postmodern Prognoses' in Marceau, J (ed), Reworking the World, DE GRUYTER, pp. 55-94.
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Leung, LT 1992, 'Inside An Outsider' in Herne, K, Travaglia, J & Weiss, E (eds), Who Do You Think You Are? Second Generation Immigrant Woman in Australia, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, pp. 14-17.

Savage, EJ & Jones, G 1992, 'A distributional analysis of the Fightback! tax proposals' in Vintila, P, Phillimore, J & Newman, P (eds), Markets, morals and manifestos: Fightback! and the politics of economic rationalism in the 1990s, Institute for Science and Technology Policy, Western Australia, pp. 67-76.

Aitken, M & Czernkowski, R 1992, 'Information Leakage Prior to Takeover Announcements: The Effect of Media Reports', Accounting and Business Research, vol. 23, no. 89, pp. 3-20.
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There is considerable evidence documenting pre-bid price and volume reaction to takeover announcements. This has at times been argued to constitute evidence of insider trading. Although insider trading probably occurs, much pre-bid trading may result from event anticipation. This paper documents the effects of one source through which such anticipation is disseminated, namely the print media. Our results show that measures of unexpected returns and turnover can be reduced by one third when the information from media reports is controlled for. The general implication of our finding is that, if other such sources were taken into account (for example, information conveyed by substantial shareholder notices and the transactions costs of trading), then previous evidence of statistically significant unexpected pre-bid returns and turnover may be substantially reduced if not eliminated. © 1992, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Chan, K, McColough, D & Skully, M 1992, 'Australian Tax Changes and Dividend Reinvestment Announcement Effects: A Pre- and Post-Imputation Study', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 41-62.
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This paper used an event study approach to examine the impact of dividend reinvestment plans on shareholders returns in the pre- and post-imputation environment. The daily share return behaviour indicated that the announcement to introduce DRP was received indifferntly by the market prior to the imputation, but was valued positively afterwards. The results support the suggestion that under imputation the optimal dividend policy is to distribute the maximum franked dividend and implement a DRP to retain cashflows.

Chan, K, Skully, MT & McCough, DW 1992, 'Australian Dividend Reinvestment Plans: The Announcement Effects of Differing Discount Rates'.

Clegg, S 1992, 'Review Article: How to become an Internationally Famous British Social Theorist', The Sociological Review, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 576-598.
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Clegg, SR 1992, 'Book Reviews', Work, Employment & Society, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 148-150.
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Clegg, SR 1992, 'Book Reviews', Work, Employment and Society, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 148-150.
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Clegg, SR 1992, 'Postmodern Management?', Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 31-49.
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Taken from an inaugural address at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Discusses postmodernism, particularly regarding Japanese influences in this sphere but also looks at the overview of organizational characteristics among other nations, particularly the US. Looks also at the changes which must happen regarding the labour market and for flexibility amongst workers and management to ensure future prosperity. Goes on to show that postmodernism is the improved model over modernist theories.

Clegg, SR, Abercrombie, N, Hill, S & Turner, BS 1992, 'Dominant Ideologies', The British Journal of Sociology, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 683-683.
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Craswell, AT & Taylor, SL 1992, 'DISCRETIONARY DISCLOSURE OF RESERVES BY OIL AND GAS COMPANIES: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS', Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 295-308.
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DAWES, PL, DOWLING, GR & PATTERSON, PG 1992, 'CRITERIA USED TO SELECT MANAGEMENT-CONSULTANTS', INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 187-193.
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Dwyer, L & Mellor, R 1992, 'THE IMPACT OF NEW PRODUCT STRATEGIES OF AUSTRALIAN FIRMS', Prometheus, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 285-299.
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The more information available regarding elements of successful product innovation strategies, the more able are the managers of Australian industry to meet the challenges and opportunities ofthe international marketplace. To provide some understanding ofthe new product strategies of Australian firms, research was undertaken to determine performance results achieved by 108 firms in their new product programs, to determine whether firms' performance results are linked to their new product strategies, and to analyze the implicationsfor product innovation management. The results indicate the importance of types of products developed, types of markets sought, technological and production strategies and nature and orientation of the firms' new product programs as elements of successful product innovation management.

Hunt, BF 1992, 'A forecasting model of option price volatility', Review of Futures Markets, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 355-366.

Onyx, J, Benton, P & Bradfield, J 1992, 'Community Development and Government Response', Community Development Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 166-174.
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The article contrasts two programmes aimed at improving the quality of life for older women in Australia. The Community Options programme is a well-funded Government initiative directed at personal care within the home. The Older Womens Network is a gr

Rouleau, L & Clegg, SR 1992, 'Postmodernism and Postmodernity in Organization Analysis', Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 8-25.
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Draws a distinction, via the edited text of an interview, between a sociology of postmodernity and postmodernism: the latter has an emphasis on theory and its intertextuality while the former would focus more evidently on discontinuities in the empirical world which serve to mark a difference from the ways in which that world has been appropriated and appreciated through a more modernist perspective. For organization theory the difference is articulated in particular by the awareness that there are now counter‐factuals available to challenge some predominant assumptions about the way in which organization occurs. The assumptions have a predominantly “Western” basis; some elements of the challenge come from an increasing knowledge of the specificities of Asian practice. A crucial axis for comparison between relevant tendencies towards “modernism” and “postmodernism” is that of “differentiation”. Proposes that modernist tendencies are towards the increase of differentiation, postmodern towards the increase of de‐differentiation – the throwing into reverse of the tendency towards differentiation. Considers contrasting models of what a postmodern, de‐differentiated future might look like in terms of their democratic potential.

Chan, KK, McColough, D & Skully, M 1992, 'Australian Tax Changes and Dividend Reinvestment Announcement Effects: A Pre- and Post-Imputation Study'.
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This paper used an event study approach to examine the impact of dividend reinvestment plans on shareholders returns in the pre- and post-imputation environment. The daily share return behaviour indicated that the announcement to introduce DRP was received indifferntly by the market prior to the imputation, but was valued positively afterwards. The results support the suggestion that under imputation the optimal dividend policy is to distribute the maximum franked dividend and implement a DRP to retain cashflows.