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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Collins, J 1992, 'Immigrant Families in Australia', Journal Of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 291-313.
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Australia has a larger and more diverse immigrant population than most Western societies. Australia's immigration history is linked to the story of family migration as Australia sought immigrants for permanent settlement.
However, it is important to aviod over-generalisation when studying immigrant families in Australia today. The main hypothesis is that in order to understand the immigrant family in Australia today it is necessary to study the
intersection of factors such as ethnicity, class, gender and racism. This article approaches the study of Australia's immigrant families by first making the distinction between immigrants from English-speaking countries and those from
non-English-speaking countries. It then looks to differences that emerge from a more detailed study of the immigrant family by ethnic origin before exploring the impact of social class on the lives of immigrant families, viewed
through the prism of the social construction of immigrants in Australia. The conclusion is that the immigrant family in Australia is an elusive concept, with immigrant families experiencing a wide variety of situations due to
particular intersections of ethnicity, class, gender and racism. Nevertheless, immigrant families from non English-speaking backgrounds tend to be relatively disadvantaged - according to the socio-economic indicators - compared to
immigrant families from English-speaking countries.
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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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.
Taylor, S 1992, 'THE ROLE OF TIME SERIES ANALYSIS IN STUDIES OF ACCOUNTING POLICY CHOICE: A COMMENT', Accounting & Finance, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 51-56.
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The study by Anderson and Zimmer [1992] of goodwill accounting policies uses a pooled time series experimental design. This approach can add substantially to our understanding of accounting policy choices, but not in the manner used by Anderson and Zimmer. Where accounting policy choices are believed to be independent from one period to the next, then a time series approach can greatly enhance our ability to capture the influence on such policy choices of changing circumstances, more so than a simple cross-sectional test. Conversely, if accounting policy choices are not independent between periods, pooling over time can overstate significance levels of statistical tests. The nature of Anderson and Zimmer's data makes the impact indeterminate. However, even under an extreme assumption, pre-regulation evidence remains significant at conventional levels.
