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Cashman, R 2006, The Bitter-Sweet Awakening: The Legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 1, Walla Walla Press, Sydney, Australia.
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There has been increasing recognition of the importance of the impacts of mega sporting events and in 2001 the International Olympic Committee initiated its Olympic Games Global Impact Project. The Bitter-Sweet Awakening is the first book of its kind, a broad-ranging analysis of the impacts of one particular Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Clegg, S, Courpasson, D & Phillips, N 2006, Power and Organizations, 1, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK.
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© Stewart R. Clegg, David Courpasson and Nelson Phillips 2006. In this tour de force, authors Stewart R. Clegg, David Courpasson, and Nelson Phillips provide a comprehensive account of power and organizations, unlocking power as the central relation of modern organizations and society. The authors present an excellent synthesis of organization, social and political theory to offer an overview of power and organizations that is historically informed, addresses current issues, and is comprehensive in scope.

Dwyer, L & Forsyth, P 2006, Preface.
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Jones, Q, Dunphy, DC, Fishman, R, Larne, M & Canter, C 2006, In Great Company, Human Synergistics, Syney, Australia.

Lynch, R & Veal, AJ 2006, Australian leisure, 3rd, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney, Australia.

Marx, J, Mpofu, R, Van de Venter, TW & Nortje, A 2006, Investment Management, 2nd, Van Schaik, Pretoria, South Africa.

Nikolova, N & Pratt, J 2006, 21591 International Management, 2nd, Pearson Education Australia, Frenches Forest.
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Nikolova, N & Pratt, J 2006, 21591 International Management, 1st, Pearson Education Australia, Frenches Forest.
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Custom textbook compiled for students in 21591 International Management

Pazmandy, G 2006, Applied Business Computing Using Microsoft Applications, Tekniks Publications, Vaucluse, NSW.
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Summary: Software applications covered include the Windows Operating System, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel Spreadsheet, PowerPoint, and Access database.

Pazmandy, G 2006, MYOB Version 15 A Practical Guide to Computer Accounting.

Pratt, J & Nikolova, N 2006, 21717 International Management, 2nd, Pearson Education Australia, Frenches Forest.
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A custom textbook compiled for students in 21717 International Management in the absence of other suitable textbooks.

Pratt, J & Nikolova, N 2006, 21717 International Management, 1st, Pearson Education Australia, Frenches Forest.
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New custom textbook compiled for the subject 21717 International Management in the absence of other suitable textbooks.

Veal, AJ 2006, Economics of leisure.
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Anufriev, M & Bottazzi, G 2006, 'Noisy Trading in the Large Market Limit' in Mathieu, P, Beaufils, B & Brandouy, O (eds), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 137-145.
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This paper analyzes to what extent and how the trading activity of a group of heterogeneous agents can be described, in the aggregate, as the result of the investment decision of a single "representative" agent. We consider a two-asset pure exchange economy populated by CRRA traders whose individual demands are functions of the past market history. If individual choices are expressed as noisy versions of a common behavior, and the number of agents is large, one can consider the Large Market Limit of the economy and reduce the model to a low-dimensional stochastic system. We investigate the goodness of this approximation under different market conditions and different agents ecologies. The results of the analysis can be used in the study of the general case with an arbitrary number of heterogeneous agents.

Anufriev, M & Dindo, P 2006, 'Equilibrium Return and Agents’ Survival in a Multiperiod Asset Market: Analytic Support of a Simulation Model' in Charlotte Bruun (ed), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 269-282.
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We provide explanations for the results of the Levy, Levy and Solomon model, a recent simulation model of financial markets. These explanations are based upon mathematical analysis of a dynamic model of a market with an arbitrary number of heterogeneous investors allocating their wealth between two assets. The investors choices are endogenously modeled in a general way and, in particular, consistent with the maximization of an expected utility. We characterize the equilibria of the model and their stability and discuss implications for the market return and agents survival. These implications are in agreement with the results of previous simulations. Thus, our analytic approach allows to explore the robustness of the previous analysis and to expand its spectrum.

Anufriev, M & Panchenko, V 2006, 'Heterogeneous Beliefs Under Different Market Architectures' in Charlotte Bruun (ed), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 3-15.
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Arestis, P, Baddeley, M & Sawyer, M 2006, 'Is capital stock a determinant of unemployment?' in Wages, Employment, Distribution and Growth: International Perspectives, pp. 19-66.
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Cashman, R 2006, 'Playing cricket in Australia in the 1880's.' in Ashes Exhibition, Marylebone Cricket Club, London, pp. 65-72.

Clegg, S & Carter, C 2006, 'Management' in Turner, B (ed), The Cambridge dictionary of sociology, Wiley, Cambridge, UK, pp. 348-349.
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On the eve of World War I, scientific management became the first big management fad, a source of innumerable new truths about work and its organization, all of which were oriented to the efficiency of the individual human body. At the same time a revolution in manufacturing also occurred when Henry Ford introduced the assembly line, modeled on the Chicago slaughterhouses (see Upton Sinclair's 1906 ethnographic novel,The Jungle). In the abattoirs each job was separated into a series of simple repetitive actions as the bodies moved down the line to be progressively dismembered; in Ford the car was built on the same principles that the hog was butchered.

Clegg, S & Hardy, C 2006, 'Representation and Reflexivity' in Clegg, S, Hardy, C, Lawrence, T & Nord, W (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK, pp. 425-444.
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Clegg, SR 2006, 'Blumer H.' in Turner, B (ed), The Cambridge dictionary of sociology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 41-42.

Clegg, SR 2006, 'Bureaucracy' in Turne, B (ed), The Cambridge dictionary of sociology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 47-48.

Clegg, SR 2006, 'Deferential workers' in Turner, B (ed), The Cambridge dictionary of sociology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 126-126.

Clegg, SR 2006, 'Organisations' in Turner, B (ed), The Cambridge dictionary of sociology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridege, UK, pp. 426-427.

Clegg, SR 2006, 'Phillips curve' in Turner, B (ed), The Cambridge dictionary of sociology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 439-440.

Clegg, SR & Kornberger, MM 2006, 'Introduction: rediscovering space' in Clegg, S & Kornberger, M (eds), Space, Organization and Management Theory, Liber & Copenhagen Business School Press, Malmo, Sweden, pp. 8-16.

Clegg, SR & Kornberger, MM 2006, 'Organising space' in Clegg, S & Kornberger, M (eds), Space, Organization and Management Theory, Liber and Copenhagen Business School Pres, Malmo, Denmark, pp. 143-162.

Clegg, SR & Pitsis, TS 2006, 'The art of alliancing: from imperative control to collaborative coordination' in Boyce, G, Macintyre, S & Ville, S (eds), How Organisations Connect: investing in communication, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 32-53.
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Clegg, SR & Rhodes, CH 2006, 'Conclusions: Possible ethics and ethical possibilities' in Clegg, S & Rhodes, C (eds), Management Ethics: Contemporary Contexts, Routledge, Abingdon, OX, UK, pp. 172-176.

Clegg, SR, Gudergan, S, Kornberger, MM & Ray, T 2006, 'Managing local practices in a networked world' in Kornberger, M & Gudergan, S (eds), Only Connect: neat words, networks & identities, Liber and Copenhagen Business School Press, Malmo, Sweden, pp. 190-209.

Clegg, SR, Pitsis, TS, Marosszeky, M & Rura-Polley, T 2006, 'Making the future perfect: constructing the Olympic dream' in Hodgson, D & Cicmil, S (eds), Making Projects Critical, Macmillan Education UK, Hampshire, UK, pp. 265-293.
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Dunphy, DC 2006, 'Running out of time' in Barker, C (ed), Speed at Work, Wrightbooks, Milton, Australia, pp. 91-109.

Dunphy, DC & Fishman, R 2006, 'The dynamics of cultural transformation' in Jones, Q, Dunphy, D, Fishman, R, Larne, M & Canter, C (eds), In Great Company: unlocking the secrets of cultural transformation, Human Synergistics, Sydney, Australia, pp. 36-80.

Dwyer, L & Forsyth, P 2006, 'Editors’ Introduction: Contemporary Issues in Tourism Economics' in International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 1-42.
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Dwyer, L & Forsyth, P 2006, 'Preface', p. xix.

Dwyer, L, Forsyth, P & Spurr, R 2006, 'Economic evaluation of special events' in International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism, pp. 316-355.

Finkelstein, J & Lynch, R 2006, 'Eating out & the appetite for leisure' in Rojek, C, Shaw, S & Veal, AJ (eds), A Handbook of Leisure Studies, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK, pp. 404-416.

Hardy, C & Clegg, S 2006, 'Some Dare Call it Power' in Clegg, S, Hardy, C, Lawrence, T & Nord, W (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK, pp. 754-775.
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Lai, C, Stokes, D & Taylor, SL 2006, 'Accounting & audit quality surveillance: a working solution for regulators & exchanges' in Skeete, H (ed), The Handbook of World Stock, Derivatives & Commodity Exchanges, Mondo Visione, Knebworth, UK, pp. 69-70.

Menzies, GD & Zizzo, DJ 2006, 'Rational Expectations' in Darity, W (ed), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Macmillan, USA, pp. 51-53.

Muhammad, N, Chiavelli, D, Soldani, D & Li, M 2006, 'Introduction' in Haworth, JT & Veal, AJ (eds), QoS and QoE Management in UMTS Cellular Systems, Wiley, London, pp. 1-8.
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Nikolova, N, Reihlen, M & Schlapfner, J 2006, 'Modelle der klienten-berater-interaktion und ihre empirische bedeutung in der beratungspraxis' in Reihlen, M & Rohde, A (eds), Internationalisierung professioneller Dienstleistungsunternehmen, Kölner Wissenschaftsverlag, Köln, Germany, pp. 299-339.

Nord, WR, Lawrence, TB, Hardy, C & Clegg, SR 2006, 'Introduction' in Dreyfus, S, Hood, S & Stenglin, M (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK, pp. 1-16.
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Parker, B & Clegg, S 2006, 'Globalization' in Clegg, S, Hardy, C, Lawrence, T & Nord, W (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, UK, pp. 651-674.
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Prideaux, B, King, B, Dwyer, L & Hobson, P 2006, 'The Hidden Costs of Cheap Group Tours – A Case Study of Business Practices in Australia' in Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, Emerald (MCB UP ), pp. 51-71.
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This paper deals with an issue that has been identified in many markets where there are large numbers of package tourists. In Australia, there have been a number of studies undertaken into the use of a range of dubious business practices employed by Inbound Tour Operators (ITOs), particularly in the Korean market. The cause for this problem is identified as the minimization of the retail price of package tour by transferring part of the cost of the tour to ITOs in the destination country. Under this system, ITOs are paid a daily tour rate below their real costs and are forced to recover losses by employing a range of dubious business practices including forced shopping and kickbacks from shops. The paper models the normal operation of the package tour cycle where no business practices are used and compares this to the Korean package inbound market in Australia where the use of business practices of this nature is widespread. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Riley, J & Sarina, T 2006, 'Industrial Legislation in 2005' in Industrial Relations: A Current Review, SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 48-62.
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Rojek, C, Shaw, S & Veal, AJ 2006, 'A Handbook of Leisure Studies' in Rojek, C, Shaw, SM & Veal, AJ (eds), A Handbook of Leisure Studies, Palgrave Macmillan UK, Hampshire, UK, pp. 1-21.
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Adair, D 2006, 'Shooting the messenger: Australian history's warmongers', Sporting Traditions, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 49-69.

Anufriev, M, Bottazzi, G & Pancotto, F 2006, 'Equilibria, stability and asymptotic dominance in a speculative market with heterogeneous traders', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL, vol. 30, no. 9-10, pp. 1787-1835.
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We consider a pure exchange economy where one risky and one riskless security are traded in discrete time. Individual demands are expressed as fractions of individual wealth and depend on traders' forecasts about future price movement. Introducing the 'Equilibrium Market Line' as the locus of all possible equilibrium returns, we show that, irrespectively of the number of traders and of their investment behavior, the economy possesses isolated equilibria where a single agent dominates the market and continuous manifolds of equilibria where many agents hold finite wealth shares. Moreover, we prove that no global dominance order relation among strategies can be defined.

Baddeley, M 2006, 'Convergence or Divergence? The Impacts of Globalisation on Growth and Inequality in Less Developed Countries', International Review of Applied Economics, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 391-410.
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This paper assesses the impacts of globalisation on the cross-country comparative patterns of growth and development. In the theoretical section, some of the key linkages between growth, development and globalisation are explored including the positive and negative impacts of globalisation and the constraints on effective development in a globalised world. Some of the key factors emphasised include trade and capital flows as well as computerisation. These issues are then analysed empirically using If and club convergence models, estimated using panel techniques. The empirical evidence presented indicates that globalisation has been associated with increasing trade and financial flows to less developed countries. It has also coincided with increasing penetration of the Internet suggesting that increases in informational flows have complemented economic and financial linkages, but the empirical evidence also shows that the current era of globalisation has not been associated with convergence in economic outcomes; instead less-developed countries have suffered from increases in international income inequality. In the final section, conclusions and policy implications are presented including a discussion of how international and national development policies could be designed properly to ameliorate tendencies towards growing international disparities in economic growth.

Baddeley, M, McNay, K & Cassen, R 2006, 'Divergence in India: Income differentials at the state level, 1970–97', The Journal of Development Studies, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1000-1022.
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Baddeley, MC 2006, 'Behind the black box: a survey of real-world investment appraisal approaches', Empirica, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 329-350.
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This paper assesses business investment appraisal techniques and expectations formation. The paper begins with a comparative analysis of the links between fixed asset investment theories and real world investment appraisal techniques, focusing on the underlying assumptions about rationality and expectations. In the empirical sections, these ideas are tested via an analysis of business behaviour based upon survey evidence from a sample of Cambridgeshire manufacturing firms. The statistical analysis focuses on hypothesis testing, ordered probit estimations and simulations. The evidence presented reveals that whilst conventional production function analysis does provide some explanatory power in describing the objective determinants of firm investment activity, subjective and behavioural factors are also important. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006.

Barrett, NJ, Nguyen, DT & Miller, K 2006, 'Internationalization of Business Education the the 'Internationalization' Mode of Learning: An Australian Case', International Journal of Marketing Education, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1-12.

Benn, S, Dunphy, D & Griffiths, A 2006, 'Enabling Change for Corporate Sustainability: An Integrated Perspective', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 156-165.
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Bettinger, E & Slonim, R 2006, 'Using experimental economics to measure the effects of a natural educational experiment on altruism', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 90, no. 8-9, pp. 1625-1648.
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Bird, R & Casavecchia, L 2006, 'Insights into the Momentum Life Cycle for European Stocks', The Journal of Investing, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 105-118.
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Boje, DM & Rhodes, C 2006, 'The leadership of Ronald McDonald: Double narration and stylistic lines of transfonnation', LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 94-103.
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This research note reports a study of Ronald McDonald's leadership. The argument is that rather than just being a spokesperson or marketing device for the McDonald's corporation, Ronald performs an important transformational leadership function. Ronald's recent restylization as a nutrition-fitness leader is part of McDonald's most daring organizational transformation. Using the Bakhtinian theory of double narration, we argue that while Ronald is crafted by the actual leaders of McDonald's, his leadership exceeds official corporate narratives because of the cultural meanings associated with his character as a clown. This clown persona has enabled Ronald to emerge as a leader along two interrelated lines of organizational stylistic transformation: from epic to novelistic corporation and from purveyor of unhealthy foods to a nutrition-fitness enterprise. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Brown, PR, Ferguson, AC & Stone, K 2006, 'Share purchase plans', JASSA, vol. 1, no. Autumn, pp. 18-23.
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By mid-2005, share purchase plans (SPPs) had been used 600 times by 400 listed Australian companies since PPs were introduced in 1991. This form of seasoned equity offering (SEO), is available only to registered shareholders, with the shares being offered at a discount to the market price and without any brokerage charge.

Bruti-Liberati, N, Nikitopoulos-Sklibosios, C & Platen, E 2006, 'First Order Strong Approximations of Jump Diffusions', Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, vol. 12, no. 3.
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Bruti-Liberati, N, Nikitopoulos-Sklibosios, C & Platen, E 2006, 'First Order Strong Approximations of Jump Diffusions', Monte Carlo Methods and Applications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 191-209.
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This paper presents new results on strong numerical schemes, which are appropriate for scenario analysis, filtering and hedge simulation, for stochastic differential equations (SDEs) of jump-diffusion type. It provides first order strong approximations for jump-diffusion SDEs driven by Wiener processes and Poisson random measures. The paper covers first order derivative-free, drift-implicit and jump-adapted strong approximations. Moreover, it provides a commutativity condition under which the computational effort of first order strong schemes is independent of the total intensity of the jump measure. Finally, a numerical study on the accuracy of several strong schemes applied to the Merton model is presented. © VSP 2006.

BUGEJA, M 2006, 'Independent Expert Valuations in Takeovers: Are They Biased?', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 16, no. 39, pp. 19-24.
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The predictability of the opinions provided in expert reports produced in Australian takeovers has led repeatedly to public criticism. This study assesses the validity of this criticism by comparing expert valuations with the recommendations of target firm directors. The results indicate that expert valuations typically agree with directors' recommendations, with the rate of agreement being 95% for reject recommendations. Consistent with expert valuations provided in rejected takeovers being inflated, these bids are associated with similar premiums to accepted bids. Additionally, rejected offers that succeed do so at well below the expert's valuation, and prices in unsuccessful rejected offers do not increase towards the expert's valuation. Excluding bias, other possible explanations are that experts in rejected bids are genuinely over-optimistic about the prospects of these firms. Alternatively, these valuations may be structured to pressure the existing bidder into raising its offer, irrespective of whether it actually raises the price above their valuation. The results of this study are consistent with this strategy being successful, with the offer price being revised in 61% of rejected takeovers. Another possibility is that expert valuations in rejected bids are designed to encourage a competing bidder.

Bugeja, M & Gallery, N 2006, 'Is Older Goodwill Value Relevant?', Accounting and Finance, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 519-535.
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Although previous research has generally found that goodwill reported in firms' financial reports is relevant to equity valuation, no known studies have directly examined whether the value-relevance of purchased goodwill holds as it ages. We examine this issue in the Australian context to determine whether the market attaches different values to the components of Australian firms' goodwill when it is disaggregated into different 'ages'. Our results suggest that recently acquired goodwill has information content whereas 'older' goodwill does not. Our findings have implications for goodwill accounting practice and recent changes to goodwill accounting standards

Byrne, D, Goodall, H, Wearing, S & Cadzow, A 2006, 'Enchanted Parklands', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 103-115.
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What is the religious or spiritual significance of the Australian natural environment to non-Indigenous Australians? This question is asked in relation to the parklands along the Georges River, in south-western Sydney, and some of the ethnic groups who live in the 'social catchment' of these parklands. The post-Reformation rationalist Christianity of Anglo-Celtic migrants led to a degree of institutional religious disengagement with nature, a disenchantment of places, that may tend to obscure the spiritual tone of the relationship that many Anglo-Australians clearly do have with the natural environment. Migrants from East Asia can be seen to be drawing their cultural links closer to the natural landscape as it exists in and around Sydney by engaging this landscape with wider narratives of emplaced spiritual presence. This situation is evident in the construction of Buddhist forest monasteries, the practice of meditation in the bush and in the mapping of geomantic forces and flows.

Carabetta, G 2006, '‘Going, going…Gone? The Demise of the Dismissal at Pleasure Doctrine in Public Sector Employment’', Australian Journal of Labour Law, pp. 293-293.

Carabetta, G 2006, 'Striking a balance between ‘Sir’ and ‘Dude’', Accounting Education, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 105-107.
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CARSON, E, FERGUSON, A & SIMNETT, R 2006, 'Australian Audit Reports: 1996-2003', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 16, no. 38, pp. 89-96.
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In 1996 Australia revised audit reporting standard AUS 702 to align with many of the concepts in the international audit reporting standard ISA 700. These included preventing auditors issuing a “subject to” qualified opinion, and permitting auditors to modify the audit report in specific circumstances by including an emphasis of matter (EoM) paragraph. This research examines the frequency with which different types of opinions are issued and the circumstances giving rise to the inclusion of an EoM paragraph, and compares the types of opinions issued by the major audit firms and for the various industry sectors over the period 1996-2003. © 2006 CPA Australia.

Carter, C, Clegg, S, Kornberger, M, Mueller, F & Contardo, I 2006, 'Sketches of Spain: The Politics of Fashion', Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 205-212.
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In this paper, we propose an understanding of what personnel professionals consume when they “adopt” black‐box management initiatives (Scarbrough, 1995; Wilson, 1992). Second, we explore the way in which professional associations and, hence, institutional actors pursue their own professional projects (Abbott, 1988) within a context of political legitimacies and illegitimacies. Thus, in a double move, we seek to explore the linkages between managerial methods used by institutions to increase their jurisdiction or their “authority to speak” (Foucault, 1972) and the processes of isomorphism.

Casey, J & Dalton, B 2006, 'The best of times, the worst of times: Community-sector advocacy in the age of ‘compacts’', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 23-38.
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The recent introduction of written compacts between government and community services organisations (CSOs) in Australia offers the promise of meaningful co-production of policy. However, recent research has highlighted that many in the community sector c

Casey, JP & Dalton, BM 2006, 'The best of times, the worst of times: Community-sector advocacy in the age of 'compacts'', Australian Journal Of Political Science, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 23-38.
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The recent introduction of written 'compacts' between government and community services organisations (CSOs) in Australia offers the promise of meaningful co-production of policy. However, recent research has highlighted that many in the community sector continue to perceive that there are significant constraints on their capacity to engage in advocacy. This article examines the impact of the current governance regimes on the Australian community sector and explores the dimensions of these perceived constraints. The article argues that both government and community sectors must make concessions and adjustments. Governments must accept that the use of contracting monopolies to stifle advocacy has weakened their capacity to deliver responsive services, while community organisations must accept that new governance regimes require new modes of participation in the policy process.

Cashman, R 2006, 'The Branding of Austrailan Cricket: Culture, Commerce, Cricket and the Baggy Green Cap', Sporting Traditions, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1-16.

Chelliah, J & D'Netto, B 2006, 'Unfair dismissals in Australia: does arbitration help employees?', Employee Relations, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 483-495.
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PurposeTo determine the factors associated with arbitration awards in unfair dismissal complaints under Australian federal legislation and to assess whether employees benefit from arbitration.Design/methodology/approachThis research involves an empirical analysis of 342 decisions in 17 industries by arbitrators in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission over the four year period 1997‐2000. Logistic and ordinary least squares regression are used to analyse the data.FindingsThe findings of this study indicate that 50.6 per cent of arbitration decisions were in favour of employees and only 10.8 per cent of complainants were reinstated. Independent variables which are significantly associated with each of the three dependent variables are identified.Research implications/limitationsThe results of this study enable researchers to gain a deeper understanding of the arbitration process and recognise independent variables that are associated with the arbitrator's decision in unfair dismissal cases.Practical implicationsEmployers lose half the unfair dismissal cases that go to arbitration. To reduce legal and associated costs, employers may need to look at ways of creating a more harmonious workplace. Employees do not benefit much from arbitration and have little chance of reclaiming their jobs. Reaching a settlement through mediation may be a better option.Originality/valueThis is the first study to assess arbitrat...

Clegg, S 2006, 'The bounds of rationality: Power/history/imagination', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 847-863.
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The paper takes the assumptions of bounded rationality as the premise for organization theorizing. It draws a distinction between a science of objects and a science of subjects, arguing the latter as the more appropriate frame for organization analysis. Organization studies, it suggests, are an example of the type of knowledge that Flyvbjerg, following Aristotle, terms 'phronesis'. At the core of phronetic organization studies, the paper argues, there stands a concern with power, history and imagination. The core of the paper discusses power and the politics of organizing, to point up some central differences in approach to the key term in the trinity that the paper invokes. The paper concludes that organization theory and analysis is best cultivated not in an ideal world of paradigm consensus or domination but in a world of discursive plurality, where obstinate differences in domain assumptions are explicit and explicitly tolerated. A good conversation assumes engagement with alternate points of view, argued against vigorously, but ultimately, where these positions pass the criteria of reason rather than prejudice, tolerated as legitimate points of view. In so doing, it elaborates and defends criteria of reason. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Clegg, SR 2006, 'Why is organization theory so ignorant? The neglect of total institutions', JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 426-430.
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Organization theory has, on the whole, failed to adequately address the role that organizations have played in some of the crimes of humanity. The tools to do so have long been available to the discipline, in work by scholars such as Goffman on total institutions, Foucault on disciplinary mechanisms, and Bauman on the Holocaust. The article retrieves the work of these scholars to raise some important questions left begging by much contemporary scholarship.

Clegg, SR, Kornberger, M, Carter, C & Rhodes, C 2006, 'For management?', MANAGEMENT LEARNING, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 7-27.
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Over the past decades there have been persistent radical critiques of management. Previously the goal was to apply forms of Marxian analysis to the world of management and organizations, usually seeing it as a sphere of false consciousness, distorted and unreflective practices, and three-dimensional power or hegemony. Surprisingly, even after the Marxist scaffoldings that supported such claims have been deconstructed - both practically and theoretically - there are still current contributions to management thought that seek to resuscitate the same critiques, often under the rubric of Critical Management Studies. These representations seem increasingly bizarre, given the theoretical currents emanating from post-structuralist and postmodern thought that have been emergent in recent years, associated ideas such as polyphony, difference, deconstruction and translation. In this article we draw on these sources to produce a different representation of management - one that we would argue acts as an effective counter-factual to that which provides support to some of the central tendencies manifest in critical approaches to management. Rather than seeing modern management as necessarily a totalitarian practice, one that should necessarily be subject to a negative critique, we would argue that, at its best, it enables polyphony rather than tyranny, and the possibility to be both critical and for management. Copyright © 2006 Sage Puplications.

Courpasson, D & Clegg, S 2006, 'Dissolving the Iron Cages? Tocqueville, Michels, Bureaucracy and the Perpetuation of Elite Power', Organization, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 319-343.
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Modern management theory often forgets more than it remembers. ‘What's new?’ is the refrain. Yet, we suggest, there is much that we should already know from which we might appropriately learn, ‘Lest we forget’. The current paper takes its departure from two points of remembrance that bear on the sustained assaults on bureaucracy that have been unleashed by the critiques of recent years. These critiques include the new public management literature as well as its inspiration in the new literature of cultural entrepreneurialism. Both promise to dissolve bureaucracy's iron cage. We explain, using the classical political themes of oligarchy, democracy, and the production of elite power, why we should consider such transubstantiation alchemical by confronting contemporary discussions with the wisdom of an earlier, shrewder knowledge, whose insights we need to recall to understand the complexity of the hybridizations between supposedly opposite models of organizations.

Cunha, MPE, Clegg, SR & Kamoche, K 2006, 'Surprises in management and organization: Concept, sources and a typology', BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 317-329.
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We discuss why surprises, defined as events that happen unexpectedly or expected events that take unexpected shapes, are important to organizations and should be considered in the organization and management literature as an umbrella concept, encompassing a variety of related phenomena. The concept of organizational surprises is unpacked and a typology is built around the (un)expectedness of the issue and the (un)expectedness of the process. This typology uncovers the several types of surprising events that organizations may face, and contributes to the literature by identifying how different types of surprises require distinct managerial approaches. © 2005 British Academy of Management.

Cuskelly, G, Taylor, T, Hoye, R & Darcy, S 2006, 'Volunteer Management Practices and Volunteer Retention: A Human Resource Management Approach', Sport Management Review, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 141-163.
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This study used a human resource management (HRM) approach to examine the efficacy of volunteer management practices in predicting perceived problems in volunteer retention. Participants were a sample of 375 Australian Rugby Union clubs from across the country. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the properties of a hypothesised reflective measurement model with seven volunteer management constructs (planning, recruitment, screening, orientation, training and support, performance management, and recognition). The efficacy of volunteer management practices was tested using regression analysis. © 2006 Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Dawes, PL & Massey, GR 2006, 'A study of relationship effectiveness between marketing and sales managers in business markets', Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 346-360.
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a structural model of the factors that explain the level of perceived relationship effectiveness between marketing managers and sales managers. Design/methodology/approach - The model integrates trust-based and power/influence/interdependence-based models of relationship effectiveness. The data were collected from 113 sales managers in the UK and Australia. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the validity of the measures, while AMOS Version 4 was employed to estimate the model using structural equation modelling with observed variables. Findings - The study found, on average, that the perceived level of relationship effectiveness between sales managers and marketing managers is surprisingly high. The findings clearly demonstrate the potency of interpersonal trust (both cognition-based and affect-based) in building effective cross-functional relationships (CFRs) and also show how interdependence affects both dimensions of trust and the marketing manager's level of manifest influence. In addition, the findings indicate that, when marketing managers have greater manifest influence, the CFR is more effective. Importantly, evidence is provided regarding the consequences of marketing managers using the two influence tactics of legalistic pleas and threats, in terms of their effects on trust and manifest influence. Finally, insights are given about the sequencing of these two influence tactics and how the power of the marketing unit indirectly affects relationship effectiveness. Originality/value - This is one of the very few studies to use a large empirical survey to examine the marketing and sales dyad. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Docherty, P & Wang, G 2006, 'Using Synthetic Data to Measure the Impact of RTGS on Systemic Risk in the Australian Payments System', School of Finance & Economics Working Paper Series, vol. 149.
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This paper examines the possibility that financial contagion may be spread from one bank to another via the Australian payments system. The initial study of payments system risk was undertaken by Humphrey (1986) who found significant risk in the U.S. Fedwire system in the mid 1980s. Subsequent studies by Angelini, Maresca & Russo (1996), Kuussaari (1996), Northcott (2002) and Furfine (2003) have found, however, little evidence of systemic risk in the payments systems of Italy, Finland and Canada, and in the U.S. inter-bank market. Given that the implementation of real time gross settlement (RTGS) systems in many countries, including Australia, at significant cost, has been designed to reduce payments system risk, the finding that this risk is small is significant. While detailed payments system data for Australia is not available to researchers outside the Reserve Bank, this study constructs a synthetic data set based on available information and uses this data to simulate the failure of each financial institution operating in the Australian payments system. We find little evidence of systemic risk in the Australian payments system using this approach and conclude that the introduction of RTGS in the Australian system in 1996 had only a marginal effect on risk.

Docherty, P, Tse, H, Forman, R & McKenzie, J 2006, 'Reducing the Expectations Gap: Facilitating Improved Student Writing in an Intermediate Macroeconomics Course'.
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This paper reports on the implementation of a pilot program aimed at improving student writing in a intermediate macroeconomics course. The Program attempted to reduce what is labelled the expectations gap between student and academic perceptions of what constitutes 'good writing'. This was done in two ways, Firstly, a range of resources designed to describe the characteristics of good writing was provided to students who were helped to structure their writing according to these characteristics. A series of academic literacy workshops formed the centerpiece of this strategy. Secondly, markers themselves were briefed on these characteristics and an approach to marking based upon them was negotiated. The impact of this program on student writing was very promising. Students who attended the academic literacy workshops performed better in the first of two written assignments than those who did not, controlling for general ability. These students were less likely to fail and more likely to be awarded a grade at Distinction level or above. The paper also identifies a number of important areas that need to be developed at the next stage of implementation including better integration of published writing huidelines and sample papers into the workshop curriculum, and collection of more qualitative data to suppliment the quantitative evaluations the paper offers.

Docherty, PT 2006, 'Endogenous money, non-neutrality and interest-sensitivity in the theory of long period unemployment (F&E paper #148)', School of Finance & Economics Working Paper Series, vol. 148.

Dowling, G 2006, 'How Good Corporate Reputations Create Corporate Value', Corporate Reputation Review, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 134-143.
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Corporate Boards, CEOs, CFOs, consultants, investors and academics are all interested in the question of if and how corporate reputations create financial value for companies. To date, much of the research that tests the claim that a good corporate reputation directly creates such value has produced conflicting findings. This paper illustrates how a good corporate reputation can enhance the market value of a company. This discussion also suggests that it is premature to try to put an accurate financial value on a company's brand/reputation.

Dowling, GR 2006, 'Communicating corporate reputation through stories', CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 82-+.
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With the recent loss of public confidence in firms in America, Australia, Britain, and other countries, more companies are being forced to promote themselves to their internal and external stakeholders in order to maintain and protect their reputations. Advises firms to communicate their reputation message in the form of a corporate story--a narrative that speaks about the company's mission, morality, and modes of operation--and then provides guidelines for creating and evaluating these stories

Dwyer, L & Sheldon, PJ 2006, 'Managing Risk and Crisis for Sustainable Tourism', Tourism Review International, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-6.
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Dwyer, L, Forsyth, P & Spurr, R 2006, 'Assessing the Economic Impacts of Events: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 59-66.
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This article explores the use of computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis in evaluating the economic impacts of special events. It is argued that CGE analysis is preferred to input-output (I-O) approaches for assessing other than local economic impacts. The article illustrates several differences between the alternative forms of analysis in event assessment. These include assessing the differential effects of events on the host region, other regions, and nationally and the ability to estimate interindustry effects. The article then shows how CGE models can be adapted to estimate the displacement effects of events, their fiscal impacts, intraregional effects, event subsidies, and multistate effects. The article also discusses how event impacts will vary depending on the extent of integration between regional and national resource markets and regional and national product and services markets and how labor markets are modeled.

Dwyer, L, Forsyth, P & Spurr, R 2006, 'Economic Impact of Sport Events: A Reassessment', Tourism Review International, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 207-216.
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Governments are spending increasing amounts to attract and host sporting events in the belief that they generate significant additional economic activity and jobs. Current practice is to measure the economic impact of events through the use of multipliers that are derived from Input–Output (I-O) models. Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) techniques are now preferred to I-O models because of their superior ability to reflect resource constraints and feedback effects across the economy. The authors have applied a CGE model of the Australian and New South Wales state economies to examine a selected event, the Qantas Australian (Motor Racing) Grand Prix. The results are compared with projections using an I-O approach. The CGE analysis estimates impacts on gross product that are half of those projected by the I-O analysis for the host state and 20% of the I-O projections for the Australian economy as a whole. The article then discusses the distinction between the impacts and net benefits of events. Finally, the article discusses the institutional framework required for a more rigorous assessment of economic impacts of sport events, making some general observations about event strategies and evaluation internationally.

Dwyer, L, Forsyth, P & Spurr, R 2006, 'Effects of the Sars Crisis on the Economic Contribution of Tourism to Australia', Tourism Review International, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 47-55.
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In a context of uncertainty over traveler security, tourism experienced two major crises in 2003—the Iraq War and SARS. While the relative impacts of a complex array of impacts on travel decision making are almost impossible to dissect, this article explores the economic effects of the SARS crisis on tourism to Australia. Although the crisis resulted in less inbound tourism, it also has lead to reduced outbound tourism. The net economic impacts on the nation depend upon the extent to which cancelled or postponed outbound travel are allocated to savings, to domestic tourism, or to the purchases of other goods and services. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Australian economy, simulations of the impacts of the events suggest that the net effects were not as severe as were perceived by tourism stakeholders.

Dwyer, L, Forsyth, P, Spurr, R & Van Ho, T 2006, 'Economic Effects of the World Tourism Crisis on Australia', Tourism Economics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 171-186.
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Within a context of uncertainty over travellers' security, tourism experienced two critical events in 2003 – the Iraq War and SARS. This paper explores the economic effects of the tourism crisis on Australia. While the events resulted in less inbound tourism, they also resulted in a reduction of outbound tourism. The net economic impacts on the nation depend on the extent to which cancelled or postponed outbound travel are allocated to savings, domestic tourism or the purchases of other goods and services. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Australian economy, simulations of the impacts of the events suggest that the net effects are not as severe as might have been perceived by tourism stakeholders.

Edwards, DC & Graham, M 2006, 'Museum volunteers: a discussion of challenges facing managers in the cultural and heritage sectors', Australian Journal on Volunteering, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 19-27.

Fam, K & Waller, DS 2006, 'Identifying likeable attributes: a qualitative study of television advertisements in Asia', Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 38-50.
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PurposeNumerous studies investigate what contributes to advertising likeability; however, these are often based on quantitative research undertaken in western countries. This paper aims to report the findings of a cross‐cultural qualitative study undertaken across five Asian cities (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jakarta, Bangkok and Mumbai) to discuss Asian consumers' attitudes towards television commercials in their respective country/city.Design/methodology/approachThe data was gathered from two focus group interviews (1 male and 1 female) conducted in each city. Each group comprised of eight people and the interview lasted between 40 and 60 minutes. In each focus group several of the most liked locally produced television commercials were presented to the participants and the discussion that followed centered around visual images that they most liked.FindingsThe results found differences in the likeable attributes between the five cities. These variations can be attributed to the differences in local culture, and to a lesser degree, other market‐related factors like attitudes towards advertising in general, cultural outlook and perspective, consumer confidence and hours of watching television per week.Originality/valueThis study uses informant driven data, rather than researcher driven, to identify cross‐cultural differences in the concept of advertising likeability. Further, it suggests that qualitative research can provide valuable results for international marketers and those who would like a better understanding of new markets, as long as they analyse the results keeping in mind the cultural context of...

Ferguson, AC, Francis, JR & Stokes, DJ 2006, 'What matters in audit pricing: industry specialization or overall market leadership?', ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 97-106.
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Ferguson et al. (2003) report that audit industry fee premia primarily reside with joint national and city-specific industry leadership as opposed to merely firm-wide (national) industry expertise, suggesting auditor choice among the Big 5 is best conceptualized on joint industry specialization in city-specific markets and nationally. The present study examines whether the prior results could be confounded by the presence of city-specific overall market leadership effects. Our findings reaffirm that joint local and national auditor industry expertise is valued by audit clients. Furthermore, overall city-specific leadership, by itself, also matters in fee determination and results in higher fees, although at a slightly weaker level of statistical significance. © 2006 AFAANZ.

Forgues, B, Fréchet, MARC & Josserand, E 2006, 'Relations interorganisationnelles. Conceptualisation, résultats et voies de recherche', Revue française de gestion, vol. 32, no. 164, pp. 17-32.
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Goldbaum, D 2006, 'Self-organization and the persistence of noise in financial markets', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL, vol. 30, no. 9-10, pp. 1837-1855.
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A dynamic model of financial markets with learning is demonstrated to produce a selforganized system that displays critical behavior. The price contains private information that traders learn to extract and employ to forecast future value. Since the price reflects the beliefs of the traders, the learning process is self-referencing. As the market learns to correctly extract information from the price, the market deemphasizes private information. despite the convergence of the model towards the parameters producing efficiency, pricing deviations remain constant due to the increased sensitivity of the price to small errors in information extraction produced by the modelâs own convergence.

Gordon, R, McDermott, L, Stead, M & Angus, K 2006, 'The effectiveness of social marketing interventions for health improvement: What's the evidence?', Public Health, vol. 120, no. 12, pp. 1133-1139.
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Hackman, D, Gundergan, SP, Wang, P & Daniel, K 2006, 'A service perspective on modelling intentions of on‐line purchasing', Journal of Services Marketing, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 459-470.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between behavioural intentions and its antecedent factors in online services settings.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from a national survey of Australians with experience purchasing online. A conceptual model linking behavioural intentions and its key antecedents was tested using partial least squares.FindingsThe results suggest that behavioural intentions are directly influenced by online service quality, online service value and online service satisfaction. Online service satisfaction, in turn, is affected by online service value and quality; whereas online service value is determined by the online service quality and related sacrifice.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings suggest that existing services marketing models developed in offline settings can be adapted to online settings to explain behavioural intentions. Although the sample included a wide range of people, generalisations of the findings should be made with caution. In addition, further scale development and theory building are needed to improve the proposed conceptual model.Practical implicationsManagerially, results of this study suggest that online service managers do not need to reinvent their business models. Instead they should modify the way in which some of the constructs like service quality are measured.Originality/valueThe study is unique in that it...

Hamerle, A, Liebig, T & Scheule, H 2006, 'Forecasting credit event frequency – empirical evidence for West German firms', The Journal of Risk, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 75-98.
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Henker, T & Wang, J-X 2006, 'On the Importance of Timing Specifications in Market Microstructure Research', journal of financial markets, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 162-179.
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This paper highlights the importance of timing specifications in empirical market microstructure studies. Small changes in the data matching process and the timing specification of economic variables can significantly alter the outcomes of empirical research. Using the methodology developed by Lee and Ready [1991. Journal of Finance 46(2) 733746], we show that their 5-second rule is not appropriate for matching quotes with transactions for NYSE stocks in the TAQ data set, and the prevailing quotes are the ones immediately before the trades. We demonstrate the significance of the timing specifications of economic variables using the Huang and Stoll [1997. Review of Financial Studies 10, 9951034] spread decomposition model. Seemingly minor variations from the theoretical model result in severe biases in the estimated parameters. Correcting the timing errors provide much more realistic spread component estimates than those achieved in the literature.

Hollows, J & Clegg, SR 2006, 'Brand development: institutional constraints on Chinese businesses', Management Research News, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 386-401.
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PurposeThis paper addresses the reasons why Chinese businesses have long been identified as subordinate to world‐class brand owners; why “global” own brand developments are considered to be beyond their competence.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, we use an institutional perspective to examine the difficulties faced by Chinese firms in own brand development, using empirical data derived from a research project into the business strategies of Hong Kong firms, and contrasting these with the case of what is one of China's most successful foreign ventures, Haier.FindingsThe familial form appears to be transforming, due to the employment of a growing stratum of professional middle managers and Chinese family business firms appear to be developing into fully functionally integrated hierarchies capable of product and market development of own branded products. Three institutional supports make this possible. First, the development of parts of the People's Republic of China (PRC) into a quasi‐market economy created a regionally close and large market. Second, technology transfers from leading overseas consumer product brand owners’ supported the development of more sophisticated products and firm capabilities. Third, a steady supply of skilled graduates from Hong Kong and the mainland enabled firms to move further up the value chain and exert more control over their manufacturing and related activities. To go truly global, however, more is required: social capital that connects the firm to the local and national party elites, something that mainland firms may find easier than those from Hong Kong.Research limitations/imp...

Houser, D & Wooders, J 2006, 'Reputation in auctions: Theory, and evidence from eBay', JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 353-369.
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Employing a procedure suggested by a simple theoretical model of auctions in which bidders and sellers have observable and heterogenous reputations for default, we examine the effect of reputation on price in a data set drawn from the online auction site eBay. Our main empirical result is that seller's, but not bidder's, reputation has an economically and statistically significant effect on price. © 2006 Blackwell Publishing.

Ibarra-Colado, E, Clegg, S, Rhodes, C & Kornberger, M 2006, 'The ethics of managerial subjectivity', JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 45-55.
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This paper examines ethics in organizations in relation to the subjectivity of managers. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault we seek to theorize ethics in terms of the meaning of being a manager who is an active ethical subject. Such a manager is so i

Iedema, R, Rhodes, C & Scheeres, H 2006, 'Surveillance, resistance, observance: Exploring the teleo-affective volatility of workplace interaction', ORGANIZATION STUDIES, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1111-1130.
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Central to the critical study of contemporary management practice has been an understanding of the possibilities for worker subjugation framed in terms of the disciplinary practices of surveillance and responses to it in terms of compliance and resistanc

Josserand, E, Teo, S & Clegg, S 2006, 'From bureaucratic to post‐bureaucratic: the difficulties of transition', Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 54-64.
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PurposeModern bureaucracies are under reconstruction, bureaucracy being no longer “modern”; they are becoming “post” bureaucratic. Defining the post‐bureaucratic organization as a hybrid form provides insight into the intrinsic difficulties involved in the refurbishment of large complex organizations. The purpose of this paper is to examine these difficulties empirically.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the case of an Australian public sector agency, subject to “corporatization” – a metamorphosis from a strictly public sector outlook to one that was imputedly more commercial. It focuses on the transition from personnel management to strategic HRM in the HR function.FindingsA series of difficulties affected these changes: difficulties in inventing a new identity; differences in perception of that identity; organizational philosophy towards strategic HRM; unsuitability of extent networks; and identity conflicts. Two factors emerge as the core explanation for the difficulties encountered: the “stickiness of identity” and the difficulties associated with network development.Originality/valueThe paper outlines the difficulties experienced in the putative “refurbishment” of a large public sector agency as it made its way to “corporatization”.

Jung, K & Dalton, B 2006, 'Rhetoric Versus Reality for the Women of North Korea: Mothers of the Revolution', Asian Survey, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 741-760.
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The role and status of women in North Korea have changed in recent years. Reports suggest that women, more than men, have become active players in emerging capitalist processes, particularly those centered on local markets, thus creating new opportunities for themselves and new challenges for the regime.

Kornberger, M, Clegg, SR & Carter, C 2006, 'Rethinking the polyphonic organization: Managing as discursive practice', Scandinavian Journal of Management, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 3-30.
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Literary approaches problematize the practice of knowing in relation to managing. Drawing on Kafka, Lyotard, Rorty and others, our overarching objective here is to widen and deepen linguistic approaches to management and organization studies. We elaborate the concept of the polyphonic organization: starting from Kafka's reading of the story of the Tower of Babel, we reflect on polyphony and, using Lyotard's concept of the différend, we explore the linguistic gaps that constitute the polyphonic organization. Interpreting these different language games as a driving force behind organizational sensemaking, we theorize on the connection between change, power and language. Management as a discursive practice focuses linguistically on deconstructing and translating between language games divided by the différend. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Lee, K & Miller, KE 2006, 'Internet users' attitude and behavioural intention on ebranding', International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 335-335.
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The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effect of internet users' general attitude towards internet advertising and level of product involvement on their attitudes and behaviour. In this study, three banner advertisements and corporate websites of varying creative content and message appeal were used. Data was gathered through an online survey with a sample size of 245 respondents. The Covariance Structural Modelling results show that general attitude towards internet advertising and level of product involvement has a positive impact on users' attitudes (site and brand) and behavioural intention. The results show that the extent to which users perceive a corporate website is customised from information derived from their individual-level differences and is influenced by their general attitude towards internet advertising and level of involvement.

Lee, PJ, Taylor, SJ & Taylor, SL 2006, 'Auditor Conservatism and Audit Quality: Evidence from IPO Earnings Forecasts', International Journal of Auditing, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 183-199.
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We investigate the relation between a proxy for differential audit quality and both the (ex post) accuracy and conservatism of audited earnings forecasts provided in Australian initial public offering (IPO) prospectuses. For the period we examine, most Australian IPO prospectuses include an earnings forecast (i.e., disclosure is not 'voluntary'), and the auditor must be satisfied prior to signing off on the prospectus. After controlling for other factors associated with forecast error, there is some evidence that forecasts audited by Big 6 auditors prove more accurate than those audited by a non-Big 6 auditor, although this result is not robust across alternative measures of forecast accuracy. In contrast, our finding of significantly less optimistic bias for forecasts associated with Big 6 auditors is robust to alternative measures of forecast bias. We interpret these results as being consistent with the argument that the economic demand for differential audit quality reflects the same factors that underlie the demand for conservative financial reporting

Leung, LT 2006, 'Legal System: Small claims, big implications: usability of legal systems in theory and practice', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 95-96.
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The Brief discusses the author's personal experience of Small Claims Court. As a lecturer in information technology, the author draws from her expertise in analysing technical systems to examine issues of usability in legal processes. Writing as a 'user' rather than as a practitioner of law, the author applies usability criteria of visibility, feedback, error detection and recovery, ease and efficiency of use, to critically analyse her interactions with the legal system.

Lynch, R 2006, 'From 1990 to 2004: Reflections on Movements in Cultural Studies', Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 187-192.
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This article contains reflections on the 1990 cultural studies conference held at theUniversity of Illinois and some observations onwhere I perceive cul- tural studies appear to havemoved or aremoving in the period leading up to the 2004 crossroads conference. I note at the outset that I had the privilege of attending the 1990 conference as an audience member. I also note that at the 1990 conference, I was 14 years younger and more actively involved in the research and teaching enterprise of cultural studies than is now the case

Matolcsy, Z, Wells, P & Lee, G 2006, 'Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Compensation and Firm Performance: Some Evidence from Chinese State Dominated and Non-State Dominated Enterprises', Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 208-222.
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Matolcsy, ZP, Wells, PA & Lee, G 2006, 'Pecuniary and non-pecuniary compensation and firm performance: some evidence from Chinese state dominated and non-state dominated enterprises', Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 86-100.

Michayluk, D & Neuhauser, KL 2006, 'INVESTOR OVERREACTION DURING MARKET DECLINES: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1997 ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS', Journal of Financial Research, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 217-234.
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AbstractUnlike the 1987 stock market crash, the 1997 stock market decline was clearly preceded by new information that affected fundamental values of U.S. firms. We provide a detailed description of U.S. stock returns surrounding the Asian financial crisis. Consistent with the overreaction hypothesis, we find strong evidence of a magnitude effect in short‐term return reversals. Additionally, we find evidence of short‐term return predictability in the aftermath. Our results are robust to controls for size, price, risk, and bid‐ask bounce effects. Overall, the results are indicative of investor overreaction in times of market crisis.

Michayluk, D & Sanger, GC 2006, 'DAY‐END EFFECT ON THE PARIS BOURSE', Journal of Financial Research, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 131-146.
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AbstractWe study the day‐end effect on the Paris Bourse, a computerized order‐driven market with competing dealers. The day‐end return is approximately double the magnitude found in U.S. data and is nearly four times larger for stocks trading with a registered dealer. However, this is largely explained by the time between trades and the bid‐ask spread. Unlike the U.S. data, the effect does not decline as stock price increases, probably because of a variable tick size in the Paris market. Finally, a change to a closing call auction in May 1996 for a subset of stocks did not reduce the day‐end effect.

Michayluk, D, Wilson, PJ & Zurbruegg, R 2006, 'Asymmetric Volatility, Correlation and Returns Dynamics between the U.S. and U.K. Securitized Real Estate Markets', Real Estate Economics, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 109-131.
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We construct synchronously priced indices of securitized property listed on the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange. The indices are then utilized to examine dynamic information flows between the two markets. By analyzing returns behavior,

Moore, TS, Johns, RE & Johnson, CS 2006, 'Work-life Balance: Experiences of Women in the Australian Construction Industry', International Employment Relations Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 67-77.
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Considerable changes in Australian lifestyles and the relationship between work and family life over recent decades have lead to the progressive entry of women into the workforce. Their increased numbers in the workplace have led many women to have a stronger voice to demand benefits to help them balance their work and life responsibilities. The accompanying shifts in the traditional roles of men and women have raised new issues for employers. In an effort to meet the changing needs of todayâs workforce, many organisations now implement work-family or work-life programs. While women in the workforce face various barriers the primary focus of this paper is on the conflicting demands of career and family life for women in male dominated industry of construction. The paper will draw on exploratory research to examine the career barriers faced by women in the Australian construction industry and compare them to those identified in the literature by women in the British construction industry (eg Fielden, Davidson, Gale and Davey 2001; Gale 1994). The paper puts forward Australian results that support the research findings in Britain that claim that despite lack of work-family or work-life programs women who choose to work within the industry are highly satisfied with their choice.

Nguyen, TD & Barrett, NJ 2006, 'The adoption of the internet by export firms in transitional markets', Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 29-42.
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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the factors that affect the intention to adopt the internet by export firms in transitional markets.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 144 export firms in Vietnam was surveyed to test the model. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data.FindingsIt was found that perceived usefulness, but not perceived ease of use, of the internet is a potential predictor of the intention to adopt the internet by firms for their export activities. It was also found that market orientation has both direct and indirect (mediated by perceived usefulness) impacts on intention to adopt the internet, and that learning orientation has a direct effect on both perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of the internet.Research limitations/implicationsA major limitation of this study is the use of a sample drawn from one transitional market. Cross‐national samples will be a direction for further research.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study suggest that export promotion programs should promote the usefulness of the internet as well as market and learning orientations to stimulate export firms to adopt the internet for their export activities.Orginality/valueThe major contribution of the study is to incorporate market and learning orientations in the technology adoption model to explain the intention to adopt the internet by export firms.

Nguyen, TD & Barrett, NJ 2006, 'The Knowledge-Creating Role of the Internet in International Business: Evidence from Vietnam', Journal of International Marketing, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 116-147.
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This article examines the knowledge-creating role of the Internet in international business activities of Vietnamese firms. The authors find that both the collection and the transformation of information from the Internet by a firm affect its foreign sales intensity. In addition, market and learning orientations facilitate this process.

Nguyen, TD, Barrett, NJ & Fletcher, R 2006, 'Information internalisation and internationalisation—Evidence from Vietnamese firms', International Business Review, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 682-701.
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Previous research on internationalisation has mainly focused on the collection and use of information. In this article we examine the role of information internalisation in international business activities of Vietnamese firms. A theoretical model incorporating key antecedents and outcomes of information internalisation is developed. The antecedents are market orientation and learning orientation, and the outcomes are international orientation and foreign sales intensity. A survey of 144 Vietnamese internationalising firms was conducted to test the model in conjunction with its two competing models by means of a two-step approach to structural equation modelling. We found that both information internalisation has direct and indirect effects (mediated by international orientation) on foreign sales intensity. Further, market orientation and learning orientation underlie information internalisation. Implications for managers and directions for future research are also addressed. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

O'Dea, JA & Wilson, R 2006, 'Socio-cognitive and nutritional factors associated with body mass index in children and adolescents: possibilities for childhood obesity prevention', Health Education Research, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 796-805.
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Onyx, J & Baker, E 2006, 'Retirement expectations: gender differences and partner effects in an Australian employer-funded sample', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 80-83.
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Objectives: The concept of retirement has been undergoing change, and opportunities for a variety of retirement lifestyle options are increasing. Retirement plans for one cohort are examined in this context. Method: Responses to a questionnaire of some 200 public-sector employees attending a retirement seminar were analysed by gender. Results: Findings suggest that both men and women viewed retirement as a positive experience, focusing on opportunities for further personal development. This approach was more evident among women. However, both men and women would prefer to maintain a form of reduced employment after retiring. There were no gender differences in reasons for retiring at that time, but those with partners were more likely to retire because of family responsibilities. Conclusions: Implications for theories of ageing and public policy are discussed. A more flexible approach to retirement policy is urged. Retirement may provide more opportunities for personal growth than decline. © 2006 COTA National Seniors Partnership.

Onyx, J & Dalton, BM 2006, 'Accountability and advocacy', Third Sector Review, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 7-24.

Peci, A, Vieira, M & Clegg, SR 2006, 'A construcao do 'real' e praticas discursivas', Revista de Administracao Contemporanea, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 51-71.

Peci, A, Vieira, MMF & Clegg, SR 2006, 'A construção do 'Real' e práticas discursivas: o poder nos processos de institucionaliz(ação)', Revista de Administração Contemporânea, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 51-71.
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A partir de uma crítica das bases epistemológicas e ontológicas do neo-institucionalismo, este artigo defende a potencialidade da aplicação da perspectiva pós-estruturalista, particularmente aquela apresentada por Michel Foucault, à abordagem institucional. Essa proposta teórica - que incorpora uma dimensão negligenciada nas análises institucionais, especialmente, no campo das organizações (o poder) - apresenta a vantagem de contribuir para uma melhor compreensão das dinâmicas de institucionalização. Para isso é preciso operar a partir da superação da dicotomia objetividade/subjetividade, tão presente nos estudos institucionais. Por fim, são rediscutidos os processos de institucionalização, tomando por base o novo referencial e destacando-se por que determinadas práticas se institucionalizam. Ao propor que os processos institucionais ocorrem dentro de campos discursivos, o argumento apresentado é o de que tais processos servem à produtividade das relações de poder nesses campos. Práticas que são institucionalizadas são práticas que funcionam, ou seja, práticas necessárias e úteis ao exercício do poder.

Perrott, BE 2006, 'Efficiency and effectiveness considerations in determining strategic and operational paths to ebusiness enablement', Journal of Database Marketing & Customer Strategy Management, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 300-308.
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Shareholder, competitor and consumer pressures have motivated organisations to embrace various aspects of electronic business for the purposes of efficiency and effectiveness. The complex and rapidly changing montage of emerging and converging technologies, which together make up ebusiness capability at any point in time, inhibit the crystallisation of a clear model for managers to use. As electronic connections between customers and suppliers increase in frequency and complexity, research in this area is becoming increasingly important in an effort to better understand the impact electronic networks have on buyer-seller relationships and business networks. This paper examines recent exploratory research carried out with senior managers in the Australian telecommunications and banking industries in an effort to better understand perceptions of the impact of ebusiness developments on the effectiveness and efficiency of those industries and organisations at a point in time. Research findings are used as a basis for developing prescriptive guidelines. These guidelines take the form of a matrix, which is intended to guide the efforts for developing ebusiness capability according to strategic or operational initiatives.Journal of Database Marketing & Customer Strategy Management (2006)

Pitsis, TS & Clegg, SR 2006, 'The paradox of managerial wisdom', Leadership Excellence, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 19-20.

Rawlings‐Way, O 2006, 'Thích Nh'Ât Hanh: Finding Our True Home – Living in The Pure Land Here and Now; Thích Nh'Ât Hanh: Joyfully Together – The Art of Building a Harmonious Community', Journal of Religious History, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 267-269.
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Rawlings‐Way, OMF 2006, 'Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed.: Buddhist Women and Social Justice: Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements', Journal of Religious History, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 262-263.
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Riley, J & Sarina, T 2006, 'Industrial Legislation in 2005', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 341-355.
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The federal government’s WorkChoices reforms - finally passed by both houses of Parliament in December 2005 - dominated legislative development in the industrial relations field in 2005. This report digests the main features of the extensive changes wrought by this legislation, including the ‘hostile takeover’ of the State systems, the establishment of a new wage-fixing body, changes to workplace bargaining, more draconian controls on industrial action, and the changes to unfair dismissal protection. A constitutional challenge to this legislation has been lodged by several State governments. The outcome of this challenge will not be known for some time.

Ritter, A & Wells, PA 2006, 'Identifiable Intangible Asset Disclosures, Stock Prices and Future Earnings', Accounting and Finance, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 843-863.
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Savage, EJ 2006, 'Offering the right incentives.', Hospitals and Healthcare, vol. -, no. June, pp. 32-32.

Scheeres, H & Rhodes, C 2006, 'Between cultures: values, training and identity in a manufacturing firm', JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 223-236.
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to critically scrutinize the use of training interventions as a means of implementing corporate culture change and to assess the implications of such programs for employee identity. Design/methodology/approach - The

SCHWEINSBERG, S & MCMANUS, P 2006, 'Exploring the Transition: Coursework to Research‐Based Study in the Geography Honours Year', Geographical Research, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 52-62.
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AbstractThe transition from coursework study to independent research is a component of many geography Honours programs in Australian tertiary institutions. Despite being canvassed at the 2003 annual meeting of the Australian Heads of Geography Units, it is a topic that has, to date, received relatively little academic attention.This paper developed from a review of the Geography Honours program at the University of Sydney, conducted by the authors in early 2004. The paper aims to help address the perceived deficiency of research into Honours study. Three topics, related to the Honours year transition, are discussed. These are: the rationale for the Honours year transition from undergraduate coursework to research‐focussed study; the composition and rationale behind coursework programs for geography Honours students, and student‐supervisor relations and their impact on independent Honours research. In the process of examining these issues this paper offers suggestions as to how tertiary geography schools can look to develop their Honours year programs. These recommendations are made with the understanding that all tertiary Honours programs are unique and that issues such as staffing levels and departmental structure will influence what suggestions are appropriate for individual institutions. It is hoped that this paper will encourage more discussion about the nature of the Honours year. It is through such communication that the value of the Honours year in student development can be enhanced

Stenberg, LC & Siriwardana, M 2006, 'The steady-state treatment of forestry in CGE models', International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-1.
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This paper provides a critical examination of the implicit assumption in steady-state forestry modelling, particularly those employed in CGE models. That is, forests are characterised by steady-state conditions. Therefore, a conceptual model is developed to examine if there is a tendency for forest areas to reach some sort of steady-state. The results from the model simulations show that steady-state does not characterise forest areas. Steady-state is reached after a long period of time, say, 200 years or when a sustainable harvesting regime and regeneration activities are constantly applied and formulated to maintain a set timber volume target. Copyright © 2006 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Taylor, T, Darcy, S, Hoye, R & Cuskelly, G 2006, 'Using Psychological Contract Theory to Explore Issues in Effective Volunteer Management', European Sport Management Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 123-147.
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Psychological contract theory is used here to explore the set of expectations and obligations that community sport club volunteers regard as part of their volunteering experience. In the first phase of the research, focus group interviews were conducted with 98 community sports club administrators about the methods used to manage volunteers and the organisational expectations of the volunteers. In phase two, 48 general volunteers were interviewed about their expectations and perceptions of the club's volunteer management practices. The findings indicate that club administrators and volunteers place different emphases on the transactional, assurance of good faith and fair dealing, and intrinsic job characteristic components of the psychological contract. Notably, club administrators had substantial expectations of volunteers in relation to adherence to professional, legal and regulatory standards. Volunteers were primarily concerned with doing rewarding work in a pleasant social environment that was able to fit within their often tight time restrictions. The implications of these findings for volunteer management processes and practice in community sport clubs are discussed.

Veal, AJ 2006, 'Special Issue on Urban Parks: Guest Editor’s Introduction', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 9, no. 3-4, pp. 199-200.
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Veal, AJ 2006, 'The Use of Urban Parks', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 9, no. 3-4, pp. 245-276.
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Verma, R, Louviere, JJ & Burke, P 2006, 'Using a market-utility-based approach to designing public services: A case illustration from United States Forest Service', JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 407-416.
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Government and public services have to not only enforce the requirements of the regulatory policies, but also have to satisfy the needs of preferences of their clients and customers. In this paper, we summarize the results of a multi-year case study cond

Walsh, KD 2006, 'Is the Ex Ante Risk Premium Always Positive? Further Evidence', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 93-113.
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An implicit assumption of the conditional CAPM is that the ex ante equity risk premium is positive in all states of the world. Studies on US portfolios by Boudoukh, Richardson and Smith (1993) and on world portfolios by Ostdiek (1998) find violations of this assumption. This paper seeks to test the sign of the equity risk premium in the Australian market using two parallel tests. First, the series is examined for the presence of two regimes using a test developed in Bayesian inference. Truncated normal priors are applied to the means in this test to specifically detect means of opposite sign. Once a negative regime is identified in the risk premium, we try to identify it ex ante using the test developed by Boudoukh, Richardson and Smith (1993). This test allows the moments implied by the model to be conditioned on observable information. We were able to reject the null of a single regime in favour of the two-regime model using the regime-switching test. In addition the inequality tests on contemporaneous data rejected the restriction of a positive risk premium.

Wang, J-X & Yang, M 2006, 'Asymmetric Volatility in the Foreign Exchange Markets', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 597-615.
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We examine the presence or absence of asymmetric volatility in the exchange rates of Australian dollar (AUD), Euro (EUR), British pound (GBP) and Japanese yen (JPY), all against US dollar. Our investigation is based on a variant of the heterogeneous autoregressive realized volatility model, using daily realized variance and return series from 1996 to 2004. We find that a depreciation against USD leads to significantly greater volatility than an appreciation for AUD and GBP, whereas the opposite is true for JPY. Relative to volatility on days following a positive one-standard-deviation return, volatility on days following a negative one-standard-deviation return is higher by 6.6% for AUD, 6.1% for GBP, and 21.2% for JPY. The realized volatility of EUR appears to be symmetric. These results are robust to the removal of jump component from realized volatility and the sub-samplings defined by structural-changes. The asymmetry in AUD, GBP and JPY appears to be embedded in the continuous component of realized volatility rather than the jump component.

Wang, PZ & Waller, DS 2006, 'Measuring consumer vanity: A cross-cultural validation', PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 665-687.
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Given the unmistakable trend toward a more integrated global economy and the tremendous impact of consumer vanity on demand for countless goods and services, there exists a need for more cross-cultural research on the important psychological construct known as consumer vanity (Netemeyer, Burton, & Lichtenstein, 1995). This article examines four components of the vanity construct: appearance concern, appearance perception, achievement concern, and achievement perception. To test the vanity construct cross-culturally, a survey was undertaken in the United States and China. This article illustrates the use of the comprehensive analytical framework proposed by Steenkamp and Baumgartner (1998) to assess measurement invariance in cross-cultural consumer research. The results provided a rigorous cross-cultural validation test of the vanity scale that has implications for both academics and practitioners in cross-cultural consumer research and marketing. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Wearing, S & Ponting, J 2006, 'Reply to Jim Butcher’s Response (Vol. 14 No. 3) to ‘Building a Decommodified Research Paradigm in Tourism: The Contribution of NGOs’ (Vol. 13, No. 5)', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 512-515.
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Our paper `Building a Decommodified Research Paradigm in Tourism: The Contribution of NGOs argued that Western, neoliberal, free market paradigms continue to dominate the tourism research agenda. It was contended that alternative research paradigms are needed to enrich the field and to provide new ways of seeing, researching and doing tourism. Decommodified research paradigms, based upon feminist theory, ecocentrism, community development and post-structuralism, were put forward as the contribution of NGOs in this area.

Wearing, S & Wearing, M 2006, ''Rereading the Subjugating Tourist' in Neoliberalism: Postcolonial Otherness and the Tourist Experience', Tourism Analysis, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 145-162.
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In this review article, Wearing and Wearing attempt to develop an interactionist, constructionist, and postcolonial framework for conceptualizing tourist experiences of space. They argue that the tourist place provides social spaces for individual experiences related, among other things, to leisure expectations, guest–host relationships, and interactions with community members. To Wearing and Wearing, operations of power between the culture of the tourist and that of the host enable hegemonic constructions of the host's culture. These sorts of constructions position the 'otherness' of hosts as inferior to the tourist's original culture, which is usually 'White' and 'infused with Western knowledge.' The authors maintain thereby that the tourist destination then generally becomes a place for the voyeuristic gaze of the tourist, which, at best, reduces the destination culture to an inferior exoticism.

Wieder, B, Booth, P, Matolcsy, ZP & Ossimitz, M 2006, 'The impact of ERP systems on firm and business process performance', Journal of Enterprise Information Management, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 13-29.
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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to provide further insights into the adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the impacts on organisational performance. It aims at challenging existing claims of ERP vendors with regard to the benefits of their products and at providing evidence of the benefits of bundling ERPS with supply chain management systems.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted to collect data on several aspects of organisational performance in companies that adopted ERPS and/or SCMS and the respective control groups. Financial key performance indicators were used to measure overall firm performance and the supply‐chain operations reference model to operationalise performance at the business process (supply chain) level.FindingsThe key results contradict the claims of ERPS vendors insofar as no significant performance differences were found between ERPS adopters and non‐adopters, either at the business process level, or at the overall firm level. While it could be confirmed that the longer the experience of firms with ERPS, the higher their overall performance, no evidence was found of a similar effect on business process (supply chain) performance. Only those ERPS adopters that also adopted SCMS achieved significantly higher performance at the business process level.Originality/valueDespite the small size of the SCMS user sample, the results do provide some important insights into the relationships between ERPS, SCMS and performance which might encourage both researchers and practitioners in that field to critically reflect on the “optimal” mix of modules an...

Adriaanse, JA 1970, '2010 world conference on women and sport', 4th World Conference on Women and Sport, Kumamoto, Japan.

Adriaanse, JA 1970, 'Preview 2010 world conference on women and sport', NSW Sport Industry Forum, NSW Sport Industry Forum, -, Sydney, Australia.

Adriaanse, JA 1970, 'Women on board: Strategies to facilitate women's participation', Conference Proceedings SEA Women in Sports Conference 2006, South East Asia Women in Sports Conference 2006, WSFFM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Adriaanse, JA & Scott, G 1970, 'Our future leaders: Tracking successful graduates in the sport industry', Program and Abstracts CISC 2006, 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, Sports Medicine Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 191-191.

Agarwal, R & Selen, W 1970, 'The impact of technovation and collaboration on strategic service classification in the digital economy', Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB), Global Conference on Emergent Business Phenomena in the Digital Economy, Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, pp. 1-10.
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Service organizations increasingly organize themselves and operate on a value chain level. This creates important challenges and opportunities, which call for a realignment of strategic focuses, in particular with respect to the impact of technovation on service creation and services modus operandi, their resulting service classification, and the restructuring amongst different service value chain industries. This research builds on a recently developed classification scheme, referred to as the Services Cubicle, that transcends current industry boundaries and includes upcoming service business trends in technovation. The paper subsequently illustrates a variety of service industry examples in order to clarify the resulting service classifications, taking into account deployment of varying degrees of technovation in that industry.

Bairstow, NR & Young, LC 1970, 'The impact of harmful acts in marketing channel relationships', Opening the network - New perspectives in industrial marketing and purchasing: 22nd Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Conference, 22nd Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Conference, The IMP Group, Milan, Italy, pp. 1-10.

Baker, ML, Brown, DA & Malmi, T 1970, 'Implementing environmental strategy with an MCS package', 29th EAA Annual Conference, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, EAA, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1-35.

Bedford, DS, Brown, DA & Malmi, T 1970, 'Balanced scorecard content, use, and performance impacts: some Australian evidence', AFAANZ Annual Conference 2006, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, AFAANZ, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1-19.

Bedford, DS, Brown, DA & Malmi, T 1970, 'Balanced scorecard content, use, and performance impacts: some Australian evidence', 29th EAA Annual Conference, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, EAA, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1-18.

Bedford, DS, Sivabalan, P, Brown, DA & Malmi, T 1970, 'Balanced scorecard content, use, and performance impacts: some Australian evidence', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), Wellington, New Zealand.

Benn, SH, Dunphy, DC & Ross-Smith, AE 1970, 'Integrating the elements of corporate sustainability.', Sustainability Conference 2006 - The Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Benn, SH, Dunphy, DC, Low, S & Perey, R 1970, 'Integrating sustainability into MBA programs: a multiple stakeholder approach', Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities - Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Yeppoon, Australia, pp. 1-8.

Bentrott, I, Wang, PZ, Waller, DS & Galloway, J 1970, 'Cloud seeding, rainfall and persistence: A reanalysis of cloud seeding data 1955-1971', AMOS 2006 Newcastle, NSW 13th National Conference: Climate, Water and Sustainability, The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society - AMOS 2006 Newcastle, NSW 13th National Conference: Climate, Water and Sustainability, The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Newcastle, Australia.

Bruti Liberati, N, Nikitopoulos Sklibosios, C & Platen, E 1970, 'Heath Jarrow Morton equation for jump-diffusions under the benchmark approach', 2nd International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy & Applications, 2nd International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy & Applications, -, Athens, Greece.

Bruti Liberati, N, Nikitopoulos Sklibosios, C & Platen, E 1970, 'On the strong approximation of jump-diffusion processes', Stochastic Calculus and its Applications to Quantitative Finance and Electrical Engineering, Calgary, Canada.

Burke, PF 1970, 'Meaningless and ambiguous differentiation: considering their relative value using random utility theory and signalling theory', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Burke, PF & Reitzig, M 1970, 'Measuring patent office quality', Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern - 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, AoM, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Burke, PF, Bateman, I, Wang, PZ & Louviere, JJ 1970, 'Throwing cold water on order', Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, XXVII INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, pp. 46-46.

Cadzow, AJ, Goodall, H, Byrne, D & Wearing, SL 1970, 'Waterborne: Vietnamese Australians' Memories of Place in Vietnam and Sydney', Dancing With Memory: International Oral History Association Conference, University of Technology, Sydney.

Casavecchia, L 1970, 'Investment styles across European markets', 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/ FMA Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Chelliah, J & D'Netto, B 1970, 'Australian unfair dismissal arbitration: smoke and mirrors?', Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern - 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, AoM, Atlanta, USA, pp. 1-26.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'After Foucault: Making sense of power.', 20th IPSA World Congress, Fukuoka, Japan.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'From bureaucracies to polyarchies: The production of political performance in organizations', American Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, USA.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'From the working body to a mind in a soulful machine', WVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, WVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'Organisational coaching: From the inside', ICF European Coaching Conference, Brussel, Belgium.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'Organizational coaching: From the inside out and outside in - Constructing the new discipline of coaching', ICF European Coaching Conference - Interactions in Coaching, ICF European Coaching Conference, Brussel, Belgium.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'The heart of darkness: Total institution and evilness.', 30th Encontro ANPAD, Salvador, Brazil.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'The organizing society', ICF European Coaching Conference, Brussels, Belgium.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'Why is organisation theory so ignorant? Small world.', Critical Management Studies Workshop Program, Atlanta, USA.

Clegg, SR 1970, 'Why is organization theory so ignorant? Small world, big issues, and the neglect of total institutions', Critical Management Studies Workshop Program, Stream: Power in Organizations, Power in Organizations, Atlanta, USA.

Clegg, SR, Kornberger, MM & Messner, M 1970, 'The organising society.', 22nd EGOS Colloquium, Bergen, Norway.

Courpasson, D & Clegg, SR 1970, 'Bringing power back into organization studies: Refashioning the bureaucratic ideal type', 66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA.

Dalton, BM & Casey, JP 1970, 'Innovation or ill-gotten gains? Interpretations of nonprofit business venturing in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States', Navigating New Waters: Eighth Biennial Conference of Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research, Conference of Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research, ANZTSR Secretariat, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 1-32.

Dalton, BM, Casey, JP & Green, J 1970, 'Sweet charity and filthy lucre: the social construction of nonprofit business venturing in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States', Engagement and Change - Managing in a Free Trade Environment: Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, International Conference on Contemporary Business, Charles Sturt University, Leura, Australia, pp. 1-18.

Denize, SM & Young, LC 1970, 'Concerning trust and information', Opening the network - New perspectives in industrial marketing and purchasing: 22nd Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Conference, 22nd Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Conference, The IMP Group, Milan, Italy, pp. 1-20.

Denize, SM & Young, LC 1970, 'Non-trading relationships', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Denize, SM, Baker, E, Kan, MM & Young, LC 1970, 'Agency and the network franchise system: collaboration and dissonance', Sustainable Marketing Leadership: a synthesis of polymorphous axioms, strategies and tactics - Proceedings of the 35th EMAC Conference, European Marketing Academy Conference, European Marketing Academy, Athens, Greece, pp. 1-6.

Docherty, PT 1970, 'Endogenous money non-neutrality and interest - sensitivity in the theory of long period unemployment', Centre for Full Employment and Equity Conference, Centre for Full Employment and Equity Conference, Newcastle, Australia.

Docherty, PT 1970, 'Endogenous money, non-neutrality and interest-sensitivity in the theory of long period unemployment', Centre for Full Employment and Equity Conference, Newcastle, Australia.

Edwards, DC 1970, 'How volunteers are organized: a review of three museums', Cutting Edge Research in Tourism: new directions, challenges and applications, Cutting Edge Research in Tourism, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, pp. 1-15.

Edwards, DC 1970, 'Leisure Seeking Volunteers In Large Urban Museums: Are They Committed?', Inaugural National Volunteering Research Symposium, Melbourne, Victoria.

Edwards, DC 1970, 'Leisure seeking volunteers in large urban museums: are they committed?', To the city and beyond...: Proceedings of the 16th Annual CAUTHE Conference, Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education annual conference, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 659-675.
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Within the Australian tourism industry, the prominent use of volunteers occurs in museums and art museums, botanic gardens, zoological parks and festivals and events. Large museums in urban environments, in particular, are heavily reliant on the continuous contribution of a large number of leisure seeking volunteers. These volunteers come from a wide cross section of the community but little is known about their values and commitment. Values are an important construct that offer insights into human belief and behaviour. In the workplace a person's values can influence job satisfaction, turnover and commitment. If museums can understand what volunteers' value in relation to their work then they can place volunteers in situations which will not be at odds with their values. The objective of this paper is to explore how different aspects of work are valued by museum volunteers and the influence these values have on volunteer commitment to the organizations they contribute to. This paper presents results of a study of volunteers at three large museums and art museums in Sydney and Canberra, Australia. Results found that these volunteers place a very high value on the work they do for the institution and their commitment to the institution is a combination of affective and continuance commitment. It also found that volunteer commitment is influenced by Pfeffer (1997) three conditions for commitment; choice, publicness and explicitness. The implications of these findings for volunteer management are discussed.

Edwards, M & Benn, SH 1970, 'Emergence, complexity and sustainability: a study of the `sub-political arena'', Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities - Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Yeppoon, Australia, pp. 1-17.

Fine, B, Menictas, C & Casdas, D 1970, 'Attitudinal differences: Comparing people who belong to multiple vs. single panels', Panel Research Collection 2006, Panel Research 2006 Conference, ESOMAR, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1-25.
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This paper addresses the representativeness of panellists who are in multiple panels as compared to those in one or a limited number of panels. In assessing data received from respondents on only one, a few, multiple panels and comparing the same data with information collected by CATI., we found major differences in the attitudes of those who participate on multiple panels, while the demographics may be similar, as compared with others in only one panel.

Frawley, SM, Toohey, KM & Veal, AJ 1970, ''Sport for all' and the legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic games', 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference (CISC 2006), CISC, Melbourne, Australia.

Gablinger, Y, Jones, G, Propper, C & Savage, E 1970, 'Has Australia Become Obese for the Same Reasons as the US?', Copenhagen, Denmark.

Giacobbe, F & Booth, PJ 1970, 'Controlling international joint ventures from a distance', 29th EAA Annual Conference, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, EAA, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1-40.

Goodall, H, Cadzow, AJ, Byrne, D & Wearing, SL 1970, 'Fishing the Georges River', Everyday Multiculturalism, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Goodall, H, Cadzow, AJ, Byrne, D & Wearing, SL 1970, 'The Flow of Memory: rivers and the narration of change in urban and rural Australia', Dancing with Memory: International Oral History Association Conference, University of Technology, Sydney.

Goodall, H, Wearing, SL, Byrne, D & Cadzow, AJ 1970, 'Challenging Urban Green Myths: the social and political dimensions of urban conservation work', Kharagpur, India.

Goodall, H, Wearing, SL, Byrne, DR & Cadzow, AJ 1970, 'Green cities: rethinking suburban conservation campaigning in Sydney 1940 to 1990.', State of Australia's Cities 2005, Conference Proceedings, State of Australia's Cities 2005, Conference Proceedings, Sydney.

Graham, A, Lin, B, Michayluk, D & Stuerke, P 1970, 'Sarbanes-Oxley: Some unintended consequences', American Accounting Association Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Greenacre, LM, Burke, PF & Denize, SM 1970, 'Important information in word of mouth communication: acquisition vs. dissemination', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Hassanli, AM, Javan, M & Hassanli, N 1970, 'Water Measurement Tools in Ancient Civilization of Iran', IWA 1st International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilization, Heraklion, Greece.

Hingorani, A 1970, 'An analysis of magazine advertising visuals in the skincare market', Journal of Health Management and Public Health, Fourth International Conference on Healthcare Systems, Slovak Medical University, University of Scranton, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 23-24.

Hughes, R & Perrott, B 1970, 'An understanding of B2B innovation adoption models', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-8.

Hulley, H 1970, 'A survey and reassessment of the constant elasticity of variance model', 5th National Symposium on Financial Mathematics, 5th National Symposium on Financial Mathematics, Melbourne, Australia.

Hulley, H 1970, 'Hedging basis risk using quadratic criteria', Quantitative Methods in Finance 2006 Conference, Quantitative Methods in Finance 2006 Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Jakubowicz, AH & Leung, LT 1970, 'Exploring strategies for developing a multimedia digital workspace for humanities and social sciences', OZCHI 2006 design: activities, artifacts and environments, Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference, ACM, Sydney, Australia.

Johns, RE 1970, 'Exit interviews: Strategic tool or deceptive process.', Asian management: Convergence and divergence, Asia Academy of Management Fifth Conference: Asian Management: Covergence and Divergence, Asia academy of management, Tokyo, Japan.

Johns, RE 1970, 'Exit interviews: strategic tool or deceptive process?', Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities - Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Yeppoon, Australia, pp. 1-15.

Kattiyapornpong, U & Miller, K 1970, 'Personal ecology explanations of Australian travel preference and choice behavior across and within Asian destination: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong', UTCC International Conference in Business: Revolution for the New Era Competition, Revolution for the New Era Competition: University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Internationa Conference in Business, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand.

Kattiyapornpong, U & Miller, K 1970, 'Understanding travel behaviour using demographic and socioeconomic variables as travel constraints', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Kattiyapornpong, U, Miller, K & Woodside, A 1970, 'Understanding travel behavior using demographic and socioeconomic variables as travel constraints', New frontiers in global tourism: Trends and competitive challenges. Travel and tourism research association 37th Annual conference proceedings, Travel and Tourism Research Association 37th Annual Conference, Travel and tourism research association, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 408-413.

Kean, SE & Wells, PA 1970, 'Earnings decomposition and the persistence of earnings', AFAANZ Annual Conference 2006, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, AFAANZ, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1-34.

Kwak, K, Russell, G & Duvvuri, S 1970, 'A SKU-Level Basket Choice Model for Cross-Category Analysis', INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
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Choice decisions in market basket selection are interrelated because demand patterns are complex. Products may be complements or substitutes, and can vary in the strength of these relationships. This research develops a SKU-level market basket model and applies the model in an analysis of household scanner data. The model can be derived by assuming that the utility of purchase of one item in a market basket depends upon the set of items already selected. Starting from conditional probability distributions of buying individual items, we can construct the implied probability of buying any basket of items. The resulting model is very flexible, allowing for a large variety of market structure patterns. Because the model can be written in a closed form manner, we can easily study the pattern of brand price competition by computing a matrix of cross-price elasticities. We calibrate the model using household purchase histories from the yogurt product category. Substantively, we show that households treat brand names as strong substitutes, and flavors (within a brand) as weak substitutes and complements. We also show that the general pattern of cross price elasticities is consistent with quality tier competition. A price optimization analysis suggests that a pricing decision rule linked to brand names is consistent with the pattern of brand competition in the yogurt category.

Kyriazis, E & Massey, GR 1970, 'Politics and collaboration during NPD projects', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Larssen, AT, Robertson, T & Edwards, J 1970, 'How it feels, not just how it looks', Proceedings of the 20th conference of the computer-human interaction special interest group (CHISIG) of Australia on Computer-human interaction: design: activities, artefacts and environments - OZCHI '06, the 20th conference of the computer-human interaction special interest group (CHISIG) of Australia, ACM Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 329-332.
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This paper presents thoughts to extend our understanding of bodily aspects of technology interactions. The aim of the paper is to offer a way of looking at the role our kinaesthetic sense plays in human-computer interaction. We approach this issue by framing it around how our bodies establish relationships with things when interacting with technology. Five aspects of a conceptual tool, body-thing dialogue, potential for action, withinreach, out-of-reach and movement expression are introduced. We discuss the role this tool can play in our thinking about, further exploration and eventually our design for movement enabled technology interactions. The idea is that it can help us consider, not just how a design or a technology might look but also how it might feel to use.

Lee, K, Salciuviene, L, Miller, KE & IIB 1970, 'The effect of Internet users' information processing strategy on brand attitude', PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON MARKETING AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE, 2nd Aalborg University Conference on Internationalisation of Companies and Inter-Cultural Management, University of Aalborg, Aalborg East, Denmark, pp. 163-+.

Lee, KP, Miller, K & Salciuviene, L 1970, 'Investigating motives and information processing strategies of internet users', ANZIBA Conference 2006, Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy Conference 2006, ANZIBA, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1-19.

Lee, KP, Miller, K & Salciuviene, L 1970, 'The effect of internet users' information processing strategy on brand attitude.', Procceedings of Australian and New Zealand international business academy conference, Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy Conference, Asutralian and New Zealand international business academy, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1-19.

Lee, KP, Salciuviene, L & Miller, K 1970, 'The effect of internet user's information processing strategy on brand attitude', Proceedings of the 14th annual conference on marketing and business strategies for central and easterm europe, 14th Annual Conference on Marketing and Business Strategies for Central and Eastern Europe, Institute of international business, Vienna, Austria, pp. 163-172.

Leung, L 1970, 'Learners as users, and users as learners', 2006 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, Vols 1 and 2, 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, IEEE, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, pp. 559-562.

Leung, L 1970, 'Learners as users, and users as learners', 2006 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, 2006 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, IEEE, pp. 541-544.
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This paper explores how users' relationships to technology may impact processes of learning. In e-learning contexts, it is not only students' educational experiences which are being designed, but also their interaction with technology. Students have dual identities, as both learners and users. The paper reviews principles of usability in the discipline of human-computer interaction and its recommendations for facilitating ease-of-usc in systems. It compares this with educational literature on learning styles which suggests that 'deep' learning is not necessarily easy. The paper discusses the difficulties which arise in the context of e-learning, when the processes and practices of educational and technological design are conflated. That is, what happens when the user and learner arc one and the same, when systems are designed for learning, not just for use? Reviewing and juxtaposing literature from the disciplines of technology and educational design, the paper highlights differences in pedagogy and practice. In turn, it examines how these are manifest in IT students' perceptions of the role of technology in their own education. © 2006 IEEE.

Leung, L, Bryant, S & Tan, A 1970, 'Translating principles of web design and information architecture to the development of interactive television (iTV) interfaces', Proceedings of the 20th conference of the computer-human interaction special interest group (CHISIG) of Australia on Computer-human interaction: design: activities, artefacts and environments - OZCHI '06, the 20th conference of the computer-human interaction special interest group (CHISIG) of Australia, ACM Press, pp. 369-372.
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This paper discusses the application of information and interaction design principles to the design of iTV (Interactive TV) applications. It details the authors' experiences of teaching a subject in Digital Information & Interaction Design as part of a postgraduate program in Interactive Multimedia. Students worked on a design project for a common client - Austar, a Subscription TV and iTV service provider in rural and regional Australia - in which they developed the information architecture and interaction for proposed new iTV applications.The paper begins by defining iTV in relation to the Subscription TV service offered by Austar. It will also contextualise this against other forms of iTV which exist but are not yet possible within the infrastructure available in Australia.iTV was chosen as a novel alternative to designing web interfaces. The students were more than familiar with designing for web environments. iTV presented students with a new technology which many had never experienced directly, as well as new challenges in learning about its constraints and possibilities.Finally, the paper details the design process undertaken by the students, and the difficulties faced in their attempts to translate and apply their knowledge of HCI and web design to the development of iTV interfaces. Copyright the author(s) and CHISIG.

Leung, LT 1970, 'Learners as users, and users as learners', Conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education & Training, 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-4.
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This paper explores how users' relationships to technology may impact processes of learning. In e-learning contexts, it is not only students' educational experiences which are being designed, but also their interaction with technology. Students have dual identities, as both learners and users. The paper reviews principles of usability in the discipline of human-computer interaction and its recommendations for facilitating ease-of-use in systems. It compares this with educational literature on learning styles which suggests that 'deep' learning is not necessarily easy. The paper discusses the difficulties which arise in the context of e-learning, when the processes and practices of educational and technological design are conflated. That is, what happens when the user and learner are one and the same, when systems are designed for learning, not just for use? Reviewing and juxtaposing literature from the disciplines of technology and educational design, the paper highlights differences in pedagogy and practice. In turn, it examines how these are manifest in IT students' perceptions of the role of technology in their own education.

Leung, LT 1970, 'The forgotten 'have-nots': refugees and the legacy of techno-utopianism', Internet Research 7.0: Internet Convergences, Internet Research 7.0: Internet Convergences, Association of Internet Researchers, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-10.
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One of the main limitations of the study of diasporas on the Internet is that it has been confined to a narrow socio-economic demographic within any ethnic minority group. It is often restricted to those who are advantaged in their capacity to become members of a diaspora through economic migration: those who study overseas and remain in the countries in which they were educated, working in the professions for which they have been highly trained (see Mitra 1997, Gajjala 1999, Melkote and Liu 2000, Mallapragada 2000). While the profile of cyberspace is not as white as once claimed, the microscope is still positioned squarely on the West, the affluent and the educated. However, diasporas are also constituted by those who are not so materially privileged, and whose situations are unstable in their symbolic homelands such that they are forced to migrate and seek asylum in other countries. Although the study of refugees is a discipline in its own right, there has been minimal examination of how they appropriate technology, particularly the Internet, to maintain connections with their virtual communities while in situations of displacement. The studies that have been undertaken concentrate on the use of technology by refugees living in the wider community (see Glazebrook 2004, McIver Jr and Prokosch 2002, Howard and Owens 2002), rather than in the context of detention. The paper discusses the author’s recent work with refugees in Australian immigration detention centres. It explores the range of technology available to detainees to communicate with the outside world as well as the constraints in the ways that they can be used. Specifically, it interrogates the policy of prohibiting access to the Internet while allowing a variety of ‘old media’ to be used by detainees. What does this intimate about the perceived dangers of ‘new media’?

Leung, LT 1970, 'Virtual Asianness: absence and presence in online cultures', Media and Identity in Asia, Media-Asia Research Group 2006 conference, Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia, pp. 1-13.

Lin, B, Michayluk, D, Oppenheimer, H & Sabherwal, S 1970, 'French and US trading of cross-listed stocks around the period of US decimalization: Volume, spreads and depth effects', Proceedings of the Paris Finance International Meeting, Paris Finance International Meeting, AFFI, Paris, France, pp. 1-41.

Lin, B, Michayluk, D, Oppenheimer, H & Sabherwal, S 1970, 'French and US trading of cross-listed stocks around the period of US decimalization: Volume, spreads and depth effects', French Finance Association (AFFI), Paris, France.

Lock, DJ, Taylor, TL & Darcy, SA 1970, 'Sport fan identity and the new kid on the block.', Sport World United, Sport World United 14th EASM Congress, European Academy of Sport Management, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 135-136.

Louviere, JJ, Burke, PF, Street, D, Burgess, LB & Marley, AA 1970, 'Dicrete choice surveys: Improving completion rates and getting better data', Asia-Pacific Quantitative Methods in Marketing Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Lynch, R 1970, 'Gambling and leisure: Outlining the relationship', The Australian Sociological Association Conference, The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Perth, Australia.

Massey, GR & Dawes, PL 1970, 'The effects of influence tactics, manifest influence, and interpersonal trust on working relationships between marketing managers and sales managers', Business Across Boarders in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development, Biennial Conference of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development, AWBMAMD, Cedex, France, pp. 845-857.

Massey, GR & Kyriazis, E 1970, 'Communication and conflict between marketing and R&D during new product development projects', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Michayluk, D & Zhao, L 1970, 'Risk changes subsequent to stock splits', Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Destin, Florida, USA.

Michayluk, D, Prather, L, Woo, L & Yip, H 1970, 'Decomposing the bid-ask spread: A cross market model using options data', European Financial Management Association Conference, European Financial Management Association Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Michayluk, D, Prathier, L, Woo, L & Yip, H 1970, 'Decomposing the bid-ask spread of stock options: A trade and risk indicator model.', Proceeding if the 2006 FMA Annual Meeting, FMA Annual Meeting, FMA, Salt Lake City, USA, pp. 1-48.

Morrison, MD, Oppewal, H, Waller, DS & Wang, PZ 1970, 'Decision states and information acceleration: Effects of acceleration on information search and product preferences', ACR 2006 Asia-Pacific Conference, ACR 2006 Asia-Pacific Conference, Association for Consumer Research, Sydney, Australia.
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Nagarajan, SV & Edwards, J 1970, 'Do Australian universities prepare information technology graduates for professional practice?', Partners, Pathways and Pedagogies: Keynote and Refereed papers of the 4th International Lifelong Learning Conference, International Lifelong Learning Conference, Central Queensland University Press, Yeppoon, Australia, pp. 337-343.

Nguyen, DT, Barrett, NJ, Nguyen, TT & Tran, D 1970, 'Signal quality and sevice quality: A study of local and international MBA programs in Vietnam', Proceeddings of Consortium for international marketing and research, Consortium for International Marketing and Research, Consortium for international marketing and research, Istanbul, Turkey.

Nguyen, DT, Nguyen, TT, Barrett, NJ & Miller, K 1970, 'Brand credibility in services - antecedents and outcome', Sustainable Marketing Leadership: a synthesis of polymorphous axioms, strategies and tactics - Proceedings of the 35th EMAC Conference, European Marketing Academy Conference, European Marketing Academy, Athens, Greece, pp. 1-8.

Nguyen, T, Barrett, NJ & Nguyen, DT 1970, 'Importer-exporter relationship intention - a signaling approach', Opening the network - New perspectives in industrial marketing and purchasing: 22nd Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Conference, 22nd Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Conference, The IMP Group, Milan, Italy, p. CD no page.

Nikitopoulos Sklibosios, C 1970, 'Real-world pricing for the HJM framework with jumps', Quantitative Methods in Finance 2006 Conference, Quantitative Methods in Finance 2006 Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Nikolova, N 1970, 'The nature and role of integrating practices in client-consultant teams.', EGOS 2006 Sub-theme 04 (SWG): Professional Service Organisations and Knowledge-intensive Work, EGOS 2006, EGOS, Bergen, Norway.

Perrott, B & Hughes, R 1970, 'Strategic management of quality in health care', Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities - Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Yeppoon, Australia, pp. 1-10.

Pettway, R, Thosar, SB & Walker, S 1970, 'Auctions versus book-built IPOs: Further evidence', Proceedings of the 2006 FMA Annual Meeting, FMA Annual Meeting, FMA, Salt Lake City, USA, pp. 1-31.

Pitsis, T, Clegg, S & Josserand, EL 1970, 'The Power of One? Learning in Mega-Project Alliances', 22nd EGOS Colloquium, Bergen, Norway.

Professor Ronald Geoffrey Bird, R & Casavecchia, L 1970, 'An analysis of causality in the relationship between analysts' forecast revisions and market prices', 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/FMA Conference, 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/FMA Conference, Asian Finance Association, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-21.

Professor Ronald Geoffrey Bird, R & Casavecchia, L 1970, 'Sentiment and financial strength indicators for value and growth stocks: The European experience', The European Financial Management Association 2006 Annual Meetings, European Financial Management Association Conference, -, Madrid, Spain.

Russell, G, Feinberg, F & Kwak, K 1970, 'Measuring Consumer Heterogeneity with Loyalty Variable: Theory and Evidence', Haring Symposium, Indiana University, Indiana, USA.
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Since the pioneering work of Guadagni and Little (1983), the most common method of accounting for household-level preference heterogeneity in the multinomial logit model has been the loyalty variable, an exponentially-weighted average of a householdâs past purchases. Although this approach has considerable intuitive appeal, it has not been provided with a rigorous statistical foundation. The present paper argues that loyalty variables, construed purely as cross-sectional measures of preference heterogeneity, should be constructed with reference to a particular model of choice behavior and assumptions regarding how marketing activity evolves over time. Beginning with a generalized form of the logit model consistent with both Jeulandâs (1979) inertial choice framework and the Lightning Bolt model of Roy, Chintagunta and Haldar (1996), a loyalty measure is derived which is a consistent estimate of the householdâs underlying brand preferences. The framework also implies that loyalty variables do not exist for certain types of dynamic choice models. We study the theory by estimating our loyalty model specification using supermarket scanner data. Empirical results show that brand intercepts are related to marketing mix activity. Moreover, results show that forecast accuracy compares favorably with a more sophisticated Hierarchical Bayes specification. Both findings are consistent our loyalty variable theory. The central message of our work is that loyalty variables cannot be justified without making strong assumptions about the choice process and marketing mix activity. We offer specific recommendations about conditions under which loyalty variables can and cannot be used in marketing science applications.

Sawoniewska, M & Edwards, DC 1970, 'Barriers to Developing a Sustainable Rural Tourism Sector: a case study of rural tourism in the Macarthur region', 16th International Research Conference of the Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education annual conference, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia, pp. 742-759.
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Developing a sustainable rural tourism sector involves a holistic approach of ensuring economic, social and environmental values are realised. This requires an understanding of the stakeholders that develop rural tourism, consume rural tourism and contribute to sustainable rural tourism development. This paper investigates the development of a sustainable rural tourism sector in the Macarthur region, New South Wales, Australia. The purpose of this paper is to report on the application of a model that identifies the obstacles to sustainable rural tourism development. Results indicate that complex zoning, policy, and regulatory requirements are major barriers to sustainable rural tourism development. Comparisons with other studies are drawn and implications for sustainable rural tourism development are discussed.

Schlenker, K 1970, 'Application of factor analysis in the development of the social impact perception (SIP) scale', CAUTHE 2006 'to the city and beyond...', Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education annual conference, Victoria University, Melbourne, pp. 595-606.

Schlenker, K & Edwards, DC 1970, 'Residents' expectations and perceptions of the social impacts of community festivals', Cutting Edge Research in Tourism: new directions, challenges and applications, Cutting Edge Research in Tourism, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, pp. 1-15.

Schweinsberg, SC 1970, 'Applying governance principles to sustainability debates in Australia's rural forest sector', International Geography Union Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Schweinsberg, SC 1970, 'Regional forest agreement as catalysts for change: Protected areas, rural communities, woodchips and nature tourism development', Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education annual conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Schweitzer, J & Gudergan 1970, 'What Drives Alliance Agility? Governance, Leadership And Capability Development In Alliances', Academy of Management Meeting, Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, USA.

Sivabalan, P, Booth, PJ, Malmi, T & Brown, DA 1970, 'Alternative reasons to budget, firm and budgetary characteristics, and firm performance', AFAANZ Annual Conference 2006, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, AFAANZ, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1-34.

Sivabalan, P, Booth, PJ, Malmi, T & Brown, DA 1970, 'Further evidence on the impact of reasons-to-budget on budget importance and performance', 29th EAA Annual Conference, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, EAA, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 1-45.

Smith, K, Darcy, SA & Carmody, M 1970, 'Using narrative and biography in the rehabilitation process: The disAbility Leisure, Arts, Sports and Lifestyle Web project.', Australian and New Zealand Spinal Cord Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting 2006, Australian and New Zealand Spinal Cord Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting 2006 - ScienceCare Inspiration, ScienceCare Inspiration, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 50-50.

Spanjaard, DC & Freeman, LM 1970, 'Is qualitative research always exploratory?', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Spanjaard, DC & Freeman, LM 1970, 'Tread softly: Using videography to capture shopping behavior', Advances in Consumer Research, Asia Pacific Vol VII, Borderless Consumption, Association for Consumer Research, Sydney, Australia.

Stokes, D, Taylor, SL, Hamilton, JM & Ruddock, C 1970, 'Audit partner rotation and earnings quality', American Accounting Association 2006 Annual Meeting, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, American Accounting Association, Washington, USA.

Stokes, D, Taylor, SL, Hamilton, JM & Ruddock, C 1970, 'Audit partner rotation and earnings quality.', Eeuropean Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

Sundin, HJ, Granlund, M & Brown, DA 1970, 'Multiple objectives, management control systems, and the balanced scorecard: an exploratory case study', AFAANZ Annual Conference 2006, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, AFAANZ, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1-40.

Tang, Y, Wang, PZ & Tse, S 1970, 'Forms of market orientation and business performance in China', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Teo, ST, Harrington, K & Johns, RE 1970, 'Perceptual differences in graduate recruitment and selection in Australia', Management: Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities - Proceedings of the 20th ANZAM Conference, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Yeppoon, Australia, pp. 1-11.

Trayler, RM 1970, 'A survey of banking corporate governance: Characteristics of the top 100 world banks', 2006 FMA Annual Meeting, FMA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA.

Van de Venter, G 1970, 'Financial planners' perceptions of risk tolerance', Proceeding of the 2006 FMA Annual Meeting, FMA Annual Meeting, FMA, Salt Lake City, USA, pp. 1-30.

Van de Venter, G 1970, 'Financial planners' perceptions of risk tolerance', 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/ FMA Conference, 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/ FMA Conference, Asian Finance Association, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-17.

Van de Venter, G & Michayluk, D 1970, 'Financial planners' interpretations: A survey of asset allocation recommendations', The 19th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Vassallo, PB & Wells, PA 1970, 'Firms' Information Environments and Board Independence', 2005 AFAANZ Conference Proceedings, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, AFAANZ, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-50.

Waller, DS & Hingorani, A 1970, 'Perceptions of business students towards skills and attributes for industry: how important is communication?', Empowerment, Creativity and Innovation: Challenging Media and Communication in the 21st Century: Prceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association International Conference, 2006, Australian & New Zealand Communication Association International Conference, 2006, ANZCA and the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Wang, PZ 1970, 'Motivations for sports volunteerism and intention to volunteer', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Wang, PZ, Morrison, MD, Oppewal, H & Waller, DS 1970, 'Consumer characteristics and decision states: a study of new product purchase intention', Advancing Theory, Maintaining Relevance - Proceedings of the 2006 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Wang, PZ, Oppewal, H, Morrison, MD & Waller, DS 1970, 'Decision states and information acceleration: Effects of acceleration on information search and product preferences', Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, XXVII INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, pp. 99-99.

Wilkinson, I, Wiley, J, Young, LC & Denize, SM 1970, 'The direct and indirect functions of international business relationships for suppliers and customers: a comparative study or European and Chinese firms', Sustainable Marketing Leadership: a synthesis of polymorphous axioms, strategies and tactics - Proceedings of the 35th EMAC Conference, European Marketing Academy Conference, European Marketing Academy, Athens, Greece, pp. 1-7.

Zhao, L 1970, 'Does risk really change after stock splits', 2006 Annual Meeting of the Southern Finance Association, Annual Meeting of the Southern Finance Association, Destin, FL, USA.

Zhao, L 1970, 'New info in S&P 500 revision: Alternative perspective of corporate bonds and earnings', The 19th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Zhao, L 1970, 'Split signaling and implication for corporate performance and bond', Proceedings of the Asian Finance Association/ FMA Conference, 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/FMA Conference, Asian Finance Association, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-34.

Brown, DA, Malmi, T, Bedford, DS, Matolcsy, ZP & Sivabalan, P CPA Australia 2006, The balanced scorecard in Australia, Melbourne, Australia.

Cuskelly, G, Taylor, TL, Hoye, RS & Darcy, SA Australian Rugby Union 2006, Volunteers in community rugby: A report to the Australian rugby union on the results of a national study on volunteer management practices in club rugby., Sydney, Australia.
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Darcy, SA STCRC 2006, Setting a research agenda for accessible tourism., pp. 1-48, Gold Coast, Australia.
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On 12 July 2005, a Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre Research workshop was held at the New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development, titled Setting a Research Agenda for Disability and Tourism. The Australia-wide workshop involved key academic researchers, industry partners, community organisations and government authorities interested in disability and tourism, and was attended by 45 invited participants. While broadly looking at dimensions, approaches and issues surrounding disability and tourism, the workshop recognised the broad context of accessible tourism initiatives recently commissioned by Tourism Australia, the incorporation of universal design principles in new buildings, and the development of Easy Access Markets.

Edwards, DC, Griffin, T, Hayllar, BR & Darcy, SA 2006, Australian urban tourism research agenda.

Foley, CT & Hayllar, BR UTS 2006, Research and management report: Easts Narooma Shores holiday park, Sydney, australia.

Sivabalan, P, Matolcsy, ZP, Brown, DA & Malmi, T CPA Australia 2006, Budgetary practices of Australian companies, Melbourne, Australia.

Baker, ML, Brown, DA & Malmi, T 2006, 'Implementing environmental strategy with an MCS package (Acct paper #78)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

Bedford, DS 2006, 'Management control systems: Configurations and equifinality (Acct paper #84)', UTS.

Brown, DA, Malmi, T & Booth, PJ 2006, 'Loose coupling theory - An analytical framework for management control system packages and field based implications (Acct paper #89)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

Christie, M & Stephens, A 2006, 'Biotechnology and Telecommunications: Conditions and Processes for Emerging Technologies M McKelvey and E Bohlin (Eds) (2005) eContent Management P/L, Maleny QLD; ISBN 0-9750436-7-6; PB; iv + 104 pages; AUD 99.00.', Cambridge University Press (CUP), pp. 84-87.
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Clegg, S & Rhodes, C 2006, 'Management Ethics Contemporary Contexts', Routledge, London, pp. 1-202.
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This book, an essential read for postgraduate students of business and ethics, is organized around the core question: What are the ethics of organizing in today's institutional environment and what does this mean for the practice of ...

Clegg, S, Hardy, C, Lawrence, T & Nord, W 2006, 'The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies', SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 1-895.
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© Sage Publications 2006. A decade on after it first published to international acclaim, the seminal Handbook of Organization Studies has been updated to capture exciting new developments in the field. Providing a retrospective and prospective overview of organization studies, this Handbook continues to challenge and inspire readers with its synthesis of knowledge and literature. As ever, contributions have been selected to reflect the diversity of the field. New chapters cover areas such as organizational change, knowledge management and organizational networks.

Clinch, GJ & Czernkowski, RM 2006, 'Generation of private signals by analysts (Acct paper #77)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

Dalton, B 2006, 'Third-sector development: Making up for the market', ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, pp. 600-602.

Darcy, SA 2006, 'Book review: Principles and Practice of Sport Management (2nd edition); Lisa Pike Masteralexis, Carol A Barr & Mary A Hume; Jones & Bartlett (USA); 2005', -, pp. 50-50.

Doiron, D, Jones, G & Savage, EJ 2006, 'Healthy, wealthy and insured? The role of self-assessed health in the demand for private health insurance, CHERE Working Paper 2006/2', CHERE Working Paper 2006/2.

Dwyer, L & Forsyth, P 2006, 'International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism'.
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This highly accessible and comprehensive Handbook presents a cutting edge discussion of the state of tourism economics and its likely directions in future research. Leading researchers in the field explore a wide range of topics including: demand and forecasting, supply, transport, taxation and infrastructure, evaluation and application for policy-making. Each chapter includes a discussion of its relevance and importance to the tourism economics literature, an overview of its main contributions and themes, a critical evaluation of existing literature and an outline of issues for further conceptual and applied research.

Fiebig, D, Savage, E & Viney, R 2006, 'Does the reason for buying health insurance influence behaviour? CHERE Working Paper 2006/1', CHERE Working Paper 2006/1.
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The inter-relationship between private health insurance cover and hospital utilisation is complex. The current policy approach in Australia appears to rely on relatively simple models of the relationships between health insurance coverage, and public and private hospital use. There is considerable evidence of unexplained heterogeneity among the privately insured population. Heterogeneity of preferences is likely to be important not just in determining the uptake of private health insurance, but also the impact of changes in private health insurance on the use of private treatment. A number of studies have used attitudinal variables to model heterogeneity of preferences in other contexts. This study uses the 2001 ABS National Health Survey to identify ?types? among the insured population using their stated reasons for purchasing private health insurance. We find that insurance type is significantly associated with hospital utilisation, particularly the probability of being admitted as a public or private patient. We also find that the government?s insurance incentives were more attractive to particular types of the insured population. This has implications for the effectiveness of the insurance incentives and for the design of policies that aim to reduce pressure on the public hospital system.

Goldbaum, D 2006, 'Fully revealing prices and other market anomalies'.

Goldbaum, D & Coate, D 2006, 'Skills, Effort and Performance in Tournaments: A Dynamic Model and Empirical Analysis', Working Paper Rutgers University #2004-007.

Hutcheson, T & Tse, H 2006, 'Tutorial Attendance and Grade Achievement'.
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It is a concern amongst academics that students, unless required, attend tutorials on an irregular basis and when they do attend do very little preparation. Tutors often find that many students simply attend the tutorial to copy down answers written by the tutor on the board. This paper examines the problem of tutorial attendance using two approaches. The first approach evaluates quantitatively whether there is a link between tutorial attendance and the grades achieved by students for assessment tasks. The second approach involves the analysis of responses made by students to a survey completed in the Spring Semester 2005. In the survey students are asked questions on how regularly they attend tutorials, on their preparation of tutorial questions and for reasons why they do not attend tutorials.

Hutcheson, TJ & Tse, HP 2006, 'Tutorial attendance and grade achievement (F&E paper #145)'.

King, M, Viney, R, Hossain, I, Smith, D, Fowler, S, Savage, E & Armstrong, B 2006, 'Men?s preferences for treatment of early stage prostate cancer: Results from a discrete choice experiment, CHERE Working Paper 2006/14', CHERE Working Paper 2006/14.
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Australia; each year over 10,000 Australians are diagnosed with this disease. There are a number of treatment options for early stage prostate cancer (ESPC); radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, hormonal therapy and combined therapy. Treatment can cause serious side-effects, including severe sexual and urinary dysfunction, bowel symptoms and fatigue. Furthermore, there is no evidence as yet to demonstrate that any of these treatments confers a survival gain over active surveillance (watchful waiting). While patient preferences should be important determinants in the type of treatment offered, little is known about patients? views of the relative tolerability of side effects and of the survival gains needed to justify these. To investigate this, a discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted in a sample of 357 men who had been treated for ESPC and 65 age-matched controls. The sample was stratified by treatment, with approximately equal numbers in each treatment group. The DCE included nine attributes: seven side-effects and two survival attributes (duration and uncertainty). An orthogonal fractional set of 108 scenarios from the full factorial was used to generate three versions of the questionnaire, with 18 scenarios per respondent. Multinomial logit (MNL) and mixed logit (MXL) models were estimated. A random intercept MXL model provided a significantly better fit to the data than the simple MNL model, and adding random coefficients for all attributes dramatically improved model fit. Each side-effect had a statistically significant mean effect on choice, as did survival duration. Most attributes had significant variance parameters, suggesting considerable heterogeneity among respondents in their preferences. To model this heterogeneity, we included men?s health-related quality of life scores following treatment as covariates to see whether their preferences were influence...

Lu, M & Savage, EJ 2006, 'Do financial incentives for supplementary private health insurance reduce pressure on the public system? Evidence from Australia, CHERE Working Paper 2006/11', CHERE Working Paper 2006/11.

Menzies, GD & Zizzo, DJ 2006, 'Exchange Rate Markets and Conservative Inferential Expectations', Working Paper Series, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University.
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Abstract: We present a macroeconomic market experiment on the financial determination of exchange rates, and consider whether the assumption that belief formation be treated as a classical hypothesis test, which we label inferential expectations, can explain the effect of uncertainty on exchange rates. In a non-stochastic environment, exchange rates closely follow standard predictions. In our stochastic environment, inferential expectations with a low test size alpha (conservative inferential expectations) predict exchange rates better than rational expectations in ten sessions out of twelve. Belief conservatism appears magnified rather than diminished at the market level, and the degree of belief conservatism seems connected to the failure of uncovered interest rate parity regressions.

Sundin, HJ, Granlund, M & Brown, DA 2006, 'Multiple objectives, management control systems, and the balanced scorecard: an exploratory case study (Acct paper #80)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

Tyler, JV 2006, 'Board composition, firm characteristics and continuous disclosure: does corporate governance matter? (Acct paper #76)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

Tyler, JV 2006, 'The relation between board composition and continuous disclosure (Acct paper #88)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

Tyler, JV 2006, 'The relation between board composition, firm characteristics and the impact of regulation (Acct paper #86)', School of Accounting Working Paper Series.

van Doorslaer, E, Clarke, P, Savage, E & Hall, J 2006, 'Horizontal inequities in Australia?s mixed public/private health care system, CHERE Working Paper 2006/13,', CHERE Working Paper 2006/13.
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Recent OECD country comparative evidence suggests that Australia?s mixed public-private health system does a good job in ensuring high and fairly equal access to doctor, hospital and dental care services. This paper provides some further analysis of the same data from the Australian National Health Survey for 2001 to see to what extent the general finding of horizontal equity remains when the full potential of the data is realized. We extend the common core cross-country comparative analysis by expanding the set of indicators used in the procedure of standardizing for health care need differences, by providing a separate analysis for the use for general practitioner and specialist care and by differentiating between admissions as public and private patients. Overall, our analysis confirms that in 2001 Medicare largely did seem to be attaining its goal of an equitable distribution of health care access: Australians in need of care did get to see a doctor and to be admitted to a hospital. However, they were not equally likely to see the same doctor and to end up in the same hospital bed. As in other OECD countries, higher income Australians are more likely to consult a specialist, all else equal, while lower income patients were more likely to consult a general practitioner. The unequal distribution of private health insurance contributes to the phenomenon that the better-off and the less well-off do not receive the same mix of services. There is a risk that, as in some other OECD countries, the Medicare objective of equal access for equal need may be further compromised by the future expansion of the private sector in secondary care services. To the extent that such inequalities in use may translate in inequalities in health outcomes, they may be some reason for concern.

van Gool, K, Savage, E, Viney, R, Haas, M & Anderson, R 2006, 'Catastrophic insurance: Impact of the Australian Medicare Safety Net on fees, service use and out-of-pocket costs, CHERE Working Paper 2006/9', CHERE Working Paper 2006/9.
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Objectives: The Medicare Safety Net Policy was introduced in March 2004 to provide financial relief for those Australians who face high out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for outpatient medical services. This study evaluates the extent to which out-of-pocket costs have fallen since the introduction of the Safety Net and examines the impact of the policy on the level of service use, the amount of benefits paid by government and fees charged by medical providers. Methods: Regression modelling of time series data was used to examine whether there have been significant changes in levels of service use, fees charged and benefits paid for services provided by specialists in the two-year period following the introduction of the Safety Net. Four speciality fields were examined in this analysis: general specialists? consultations, obstetrics, pathology and diagnostic imaging. Results: The analysis indicates that the introduction of the Safety Net coincided with a substantial rise in public funding for Medicare services and a much smaller reduction in OOP costs. The policy has coincided with a small but significant change in the number of pathology and diagnostic imaging services used and in some specialty areas a substantial increase in the fees charged by providers. The net impact shows that for specialists? consultations every dollar spent on the Medicare Safety Net, $0.68 went towards higher fees and $0.32 went towards reducing OOP costs. The corresponding figures for diagnostic imaging were $0.74 and $0.26 respectively. Conclusions: The Safety Net was heralded by the government as a fundamental reform in Australia?s Medicare program. Whilst the Safety Net was introduced to help reduce out-of-pocket medical costs, this analysis shows that in its first two years of operation, there has been significant leakage of public funding towards higher provider fees. More research is needed using longer term data to assess the impact of the policy on patient and provider behavio...

van Gool, K, Savage, E, Viney, R, Haas, M & Anderson, R 2006, 'Who?s getting caught? An analysis of the Australian Medicare Safety Net, CHERE Working Paper 2006/8', CHERE Working Paper 2006/8.
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The Medicare Safety Net Policy was introduced in March 2004 to provide financial relief for those Australians who face high out-of-pocket costs incurred through out-of-hospital medical services. This study examines variation in Safety Net benefits by federal electorate and by type of medical service. The results indicate widespread variation in Safety Net benefits. There were significantly higher Safety Net benefits in electorates with relatively high median family income and lower health care needs. The study also shows that patients who use private obstetrician and assisted reproductive services are the greatest beneficiaries of the policy. Whilst the Safety Net was introduced to help reduce out-of-pocket medical costs, this analysis shows that it may be missing the intended policy target.

Viney, R & Savage, E 2006, 'Health care policy evaluation: empirical analysis of the restrictions implied by Quality Adjusted Life Years, CHERE Working Paper 2006/10', CHERE Working Paper 2006/10.
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This paper investigates the nature of the utility function for health care, defined over the probability of survival, survival duration, health state and cost of treatment. A discrete choice experiment, involving treatment choice for a hypothetical health condition is used to test restrictions on preferences in the QALY model. We find that preferences do not conform to expected utility, and there are significant interactions between health state and survival duration. Individual characteristics are significant, implying substantial differences in valuations of health states across the population. The results suggest the QALY approach distorts valuations of health outcomes.