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Journal Articles

2022

1. Impression management in corporate annual reports during the global financial crisis
   European Management Journal, 2022, 40, (4), 503-517 View citations (7)
2. Moral versus pragmatic legitimacy and corporate anti-bribery disclosure: evidence from Australia
   Accounting Forum, 2022, 46, (1), 30-56 View citations (2)

2021

3. Corporate disclosures on curbing bribery and the UK Bribery Act 2010: evidence from UK companies
   Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2021, 34, (8), 1851-1882 View citations (7)
4. The Continuity of the Board of Statutory Auditors Across Social, Economic and Political Institutional Changes
   European Accounting Review, 2021, 30, (2), 349-380 View citations (1)

2020

5. European firms’ corporate biodiversity disclosures and board gender diversity from 2002 to 2016
   The British Accounting Review, 2020, 52, (2) View citations (46)

2019

6. A longitudinal study of the textual characteristics in the chairman’s statements of Guinness
   Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2019, 32, (6), 1714-1741 View citations (5)
7. Biodiversity reporting for governmental organisations
   Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2019, 33, (1), 1-31 View citations (4)
8. Muslim CEO, women on boards and corporate responsibility reporting: some evidence from Malaysia
   Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 2019, 10, (2), 274-296 View citations (6)

2018

9. Domesday book: An early fiscal, accounting narrative?
   The British Accounting Review, 2018, 50, (3), 275-290

2017

10. Editorial boards of accounting journals: gender diversity and internationalisation
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2017, 30, (5), 1008-1040 View citations (16)
11. It’s a matter of trust: Exploring the perceptions of Integrated Reporting preparers
    CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2017, 48, (C), 1-20 View citations (19)
12. UK local councils reporting of biodiversity values: a stakeholder perspective
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2017, 30, (7), 1614-1638 View citations (14)

2016

13. Lake Pedder: Accounting, environmental decision-making, nature and impression management
    Accounting Forum, 2016, 40, (4), 285-299 View citations (3)

2015

14. Mapping and exploring the topography of contemporary financial accounting research
    The British Accounting Review, 2015, 47, (3), 237-261 View citations (4)
15. The adoption of the materiality concept in social and environmental reporting assurance: A field study approach
    The British Accounting Review, 2015, 47, (1), 1-18 View citations (34)
16. The ‘internationalisation’ of accounting history publishing
    The British Accounting Review, 2015, 47, (2), 117-123

2014

17. Traditional and alternative methods of measuring the understandability of accounting narratives
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2014, 27, (1), 183-208 View citations (7)

2013

18. Problematising accounting for biodiversity
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2013, 26, (5), 668-687 View citations (32)

2012

19. Opportunistic disclosure in press release headlines
    Accounting and Business Research, 2012, 42, (2), 143-168 View citations (15)

2011

20. The nature, use and impression management of graphs in social and environmental accounting
    Accounting forum, 2011, 35, (2), 75-89 View citations (33)
    Also in Accounting Forum, 2011, 35, (2), 75-89 (2011) View citations (33)

2010

21. Accounting for the environment: Towards a theoretical perspective for environmental accounting and reporting
    Accounting forum, 2010, 34, (2), 123-138 View citations (48)
    Also in Accounting Forum, 2010, 34, (2), 123-138 (2010) View citations (44)
22. Social and environmental report assurance: Some interview evidence
    Accounting forum, 2010, 34, (1), 20-31 View citations (46)
    Also in Accounting Forum, 2010, 34, (1), 20-31 (2010) View citations (44)
23. Sources of power and infrastructural conditions in medieval governmental accounting
    Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2010, 35, (1), 81-94 View citations (17)
24. Stakeholder inclusivity in social and environmental report assurance
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2010, 23, (4), 532-557 View citations (32)

2009

25. Financial accounting: Past, present and future
    Accounting Forum, 2009, 33, (1), 1-10 View citations (3)
26. Origins of medieval Exchequer accounting
    Accounting History Review, 2009, 19, (3), 259-285 View citations (5)

2008

27. Internal control, accountability and corporate governance
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2008, 21, (7), 1052-1075 View citations (6)
28. Overseas equity analysis by UK analysts and fund managers
    The British Accounting Review, 2008, 40, (4), 337-355 View citations (10)
29. The Dialogus de Scaccario (c.1179): The First Western Book on Accounting?
    Abacus, 2008, 44, (4), 443-474 View citations (2)
30. The composition of editorial boards in accounting: a UK perspective
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2008, 21, (1), 5-35 View citations (6)
31. The determinants of a successful accounting manuscript: Views of the informed
    Accounting forum, 2008, 32, (2), 89-113 View citations (4)
    Also in Accounting Forum, 2008, 32, (2), 89-113 (2008) View citations (4)
32. The role of change agents and imitation in the diffusion of an idea: charge and discharge accounting
    Accounting and Business Research, 2008, 38, (5), 355-371 View citations (5)

2007

33. Editorial boards in accounting: The power and the glory
    Accounting Forum, 2007, 31, (1), 1-25 View citations (7)
34. Still flickering at the margins of existence? Publishing patterns and themes in accounting and finance research over the last two decades
    The British Accounting Review, 2007, 39, (2), 125-151 View citations (15)

2006

35. Differential patterns of textual characteristics and company performance in the chairman's statement
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2006, 19, (4), 493-511 View citations (15)

2005

36. International Publishing Patterns: An Investigation of Leading UK and US Accounting and Finance Journals
    Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2005, 32, (5‐6), 1107-1140 View citations (27)

2004

37. Financial reporting on the Internet by 2010: a consensus view
    Accounting Forum, 2004, 28, (3), 237-263 View citations (9)
38. The prediction of profitability using accounting narratives: a variable‐precision rough set approach
    Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 2004, 12, (4), 227-242 View citations (1)

2003

39. Accounting for biodiversity: operationalising environmental accounting
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2003, 16, (5), 762-789 View citations (12)
40. Book Reviews
    Accounting and Business Research, 2003, 33, (2), 157-161
41. Financial reporting of good news and bad news: evidence from accounting narratives
    Accounting and Business Research, 2003, 33, (3), 171-185 View citations (116)
42. Foreword to Special Issue
    Accounting Forum, 2003, 27, (1), 1-3
43. Internet reporting: Current trends and trends by 2010
    Accounting Forum, 2003, 27, (2), 132-165 View citations (2)

2002

44. Immediate trends in Internet reporting
    European Accounting Review, 2002, 11, (2), 245-275 View citations (21)
45. Measurement distortion of graphs in corporate reports: an experimental study
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2002, 15, (4), 546-564 View citations (9)
46. The Impact of Graph Slope on Rate of Change Judgments in Corporate Reports
    Abacus, 2002, 38, (2), 177-199 View citations (9)

2001

47. A six-country comparison of the use of graphs in annual reports
    The International Journal of Accounting, 2001, 36, (2), 195-222 View citations (18)
48. The effect of thematic structure on the variability of annual report readability
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2001, 14, (3), 311-326 View citations (18)

2000

49. Changing Graph Use in Corporate Annual Reports: A Time†Series Analysis
    Contemporary Accounting Research, 2000, 17, (2), 213-226 View citations (16)
50. Measuring research quality: peer review 1, citation indices 0
    Omega, 2000, 28, (2), 237-239 View citations (6)

1999

51. Book Reviews
    Accounting and Business Research, 1999, 29, (4), 353-358
52. Critically evaluating an applications vs theory framework for research quality
    Omega, 1999, 27, (3), 397-401 View citations (5)

1998

53. Speculations on barriers to the transference of Japanese management accounting
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 1998, 11, (2), 204-215

1997

54. Annual reporting disclosures 1970-90: an exemplification
    Accounting History Review, 1997, 7, (1), 61-80
55. Book Reviews
    Accounting and Business Research, 1997, 27, (3), 259-264
56. Methodological themes
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 1997, 10, (1), 105-128
57. The Agricultural Depression, Collegiate Finances, and Provision for Education at Oxford, 1871–1913
    Economic History Review, 1997, 50, (1), 57-81 View citations (1)

1996

58. Judging the quality of research in business schools: A comment from accounting
    Omega, 1996, 24, (5), 597-602 View citations (16)
59. Readability of annual reports: Western versus Asian evidence ‐ a comment to contexualize
    Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 1996, 9, (2), 86-91 View citations (2)