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Governance, Accountability, Performance and Sustainability Special Interest Group

GAPS is the Special Interest Group of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)


In 2007 it was decided to change the name of our SIG to Governance, Accountability, Performance and Sustainability – or GAPS. We believe this will enable us to encourage a wider range of papers – generating more interest not only in the SIG but in AFAANZ.  The change was needed to catch up with the rest of the world and we will be forming ties with similar groups in the UK and USA. We also plan to offer a reviewing process for submissions this year and are in the process of negotiating an opportunity to send papers to a local journal for possible inclusion in future publications. We hope you will support our attempt to revamp GAPS into a worthwhile SIG in which to generate not only a variety of discussion, but to assist younger researchers by providing a review process.

Sydney Symposia 2008 

This year we will be calling for papers in all the areas of governance, accountability, performance and sustainability. We are very fortunate in that Professor Ron Hodges, Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning from the University of Sheffield, will be our key note speaker this year. Ron's research interests include the regulation of public sector accounting, public sector governance and accountability, accounting for and management of the private finance initiative and other forms of public private partnership and the development of accrual accounting systems in central & local government and the national health service. He has published in ABACUS, FAM and Public Money and Management.

  • Sydney Symposia 2008 call for papers - download PDF file 
  • Deadline for submission of papers - 30 May 2008
     
  • For information about the GAPS SIG email Dr Robyn Pilcher at the School of Accounting, Curtin Business School
  • For information about conferences, conference registration and membership visit the AFAANZ website