Associate Professor Omar Al Farooque

Associate Professor of Financial Accounting , Financial Accounting and Auditing - UNE Business School

Omar Al Farooque

Phone: +61 2 6773 3920

Email: omaral.farooque@une.edu.au

Secondary Email: ofarooqu@une.edu.au

Twitter: @ofarooqu1

Biography

Dr. Omar is an Associate Professor of Financial Accounting and Auditing at the University of New England (UNE) Business School. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Finance and a Master of Commerce in Banking at the University of Dhaka, then joined the same university as a faculty member and held academic appointments up to Associate Professor. He completed a Master of Economics at the Osaka City University in Japan and a PhD in Accounting at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. During his PhD study, Dr Omar served at the University of Auckland for more than 2 years from 2005 to 2007. After completing PhD, he joined UNE in 2007 and served the School as undergraduate and postgraduate program coordinator and discipline convenor. He also has significant engagement with service to the University in many committees including several terms on the Academic Promotions Committee (Level C and Level D).

Dr. Omar has wide experience of teaching accounting, auditing, finance and banking. His current teaching focuses on financial accounting, auditing and accounting capstone for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in a face-to-face and online learning environment. He has received several teaching awards at School and Faculty levels including innovative use of technology in teaching. He has substantial contributions to accounting curriculum development and professional accreditation as well as mentoring junior colleagues. He has also worked closely with NSW TAFE and Open University Australia for curriculum mapping and delivery of accounting programs. His expertise in curricula design in higher education has been recognised internationally. He became an Honorary Professor at a highly ranked Chinese University, Shandong Institute of Business and Technology, and external examiner of accounting programs for the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia. Dr Omar is a Member of Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ), a Fellow of Certified Practicing Accounting (CPA) and Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), as well as a Fellow of the International Association for Accounting Education and Research. He also works extensively with Australian accounting professional bodies such as CPA as their Disciplinary Tribunal Panel member and IPA as a divisional advisory committee member.

Dr. Omar is an internationally recognised researcher in the field of accounting, finance, economics and business areas with a particular focus on corporate governance, sustainability and accounting/finance/banking research. He leads and works with several cross-disciplinary research teams, both nationally and internationally. He publishes consistently in higher ranked leading international journals while recognising the need to influence policy, and became a leader in Islamic banking and corporate governance. Dr Omar approach to scholarly endeavours is to collaborate widely with international colleagues to bring in research income and attract PhD students to supervise. He has been actively involved in serving the research community. Currently, he is serving two Australian journals as Associate Editor. He has undertaken numerous invited presentations at national and international conferences, research seminars/workshops. Previously, he also undertakes consultancy works with the World Bank, TAFE NSW, Pearson VUE eta. Overall, Dr. Omar has maintained a sustained and high-level of scholarly research achievements.

Qualifications

B. Com (Hons), M. Com (Dhaka), M. Economics (Osaka), PhD (Wellington), FIPA FFA, FCPA, CA

Awards

  • 2018 Faculty Teaching & Learning Awards: School Awards for Teaching Practice, UNE Business School.
  • 2017 UNE Business School Excellence in Teaching Award for: Innovation in designing content delivery to improve student learning experience and engagement through interactive lessons for formative assessment, creative inquiry and self-paced online study.
  • 2013 UNE Business School Excellence in Teaching Award for AFM311 (Advanced Financial Accounting)
  • 2013 UNE Unit Commendation Award for AFM311 (Advanced Financial Accounting)
  • 2012 UNE Unit Commendation Award for AFM311 (Advanced Financial Accounting)
  • 2012 UNE Unit Commendation Award for GSB641 (Advanced Financial Accounting)

Teaching Areas

Teaching areas and award

Undergraduate Level

  • AFM305    Advanced Financial Accounting (2016 - date)
  • AFM321   Accounting Project (2018 - date)
  • AFM319   Auditing (2019 - 2020)
  • AFM211    Intermediate Financial Accounting (2016)
  • AFM311    Advanced Financial Accounting (2008 - 2015)
  • AFM211    Financial Accounting 1 (Summer 2007)
  • AFM211    Financial Accounting 1 (at TOP, 2009)
  • AFM101    Introduction to Financial Accounting (Summer 2008 - 2012)

Postgraduate Level

  • AFM505    Advanced Financial Accounting (2016 - date)
  • AFM521   Accounting Project (2021 - date)
  • AFM519   Auditing (2019 - 2020)
  • AFM402    Accounting and Finance for Managers (2015)
  • AFM541    Advanced Financial Accounting (2015)
  • AFM417    Advanced Financial Accounting (2009 - 2014)
  • GSB641    Advanced Financial Accounting (2008 - 2013)
  • GSB641    Advanced Financial Accounting (a TOP & ISBT, 2009 - 2013)
  • GSB642    Corporate Accounting (at TOP, 2009)
  • GSB642    Corporate Accounting (2008)

HDR supervision topic areas

  • Corporate Governance
  • Auditing
  • Board Diversity
  • Executive Compensation
  • Financial Reporting, IFRS and Disclosure Quality
  • Earnings Management/ Earnings Quality
  • CSR/Sustainability Reporting and Climate Change/Environmental Disclosure (CDP)
  • Corporate Finance and Investment
  • Insider Trading
  • Banking (including Islamic Banking)
  • Real Estate
  • Business Ethics
  • SMEs
  • FDI

Primary Research Area/s

Corporate governance (including board diversity; executive compensation); Auditing; CSR/ESG/sustainability; Earnings quality/financial reporting/disclosure quality; Banking ; Finance; Economics/institutional quality; Waste management/circular economy; Public policy

Research Interests

Assoc/Prof Farooque has wide experience in accounting, finance and banking research and published widely in international journals. His research profile reflects multi-disciplinary breadth in conducting empirical research in business. His principal research areas are Corporate Governance, Board Diversity, Executive Compensation, Financial Reporting and IFRS, Earnings Management/quality, Disclosure Quality, Auditing, CSR and Sustainability Reporting, FDI, SME, Corporate Finance, Dividend Policy, Cost of Equity, Insider Trading, Real Estate, Capital Market Investment, Banking (including Islamic Banking), and Business Ethics.

Internal/External Grant Success:

  • “Environmental and Corporate Performance Sustainability Nexus in Saudi Listed Companies:  The Role of Intellectual Capital and COVID-19 Pandemic”. Jointly with Rayed Al-Obaid and Ameen Qasem. Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia, through Initiative of Institutional Funding at University of Ha’il (Project No. IFP-22 077), 2022/2023.
  • "Banking operation units ownership types and banking efficiency: New evidence from Islamic and conventional banks”. Jointly with Mohan Fonseka. Ministry of Education, China - Fundamental Research Grant for Central Universities of China, (Project Number 2020XJS15).
  • "Impact of Environmental Information Disclosure and Real Estate Segments on Cost of Debt: Evidence from Chinese Real Estate Industry” (2020). Jointly with Mohan Fonseka and Gao-Liang Trian. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number NSFC 71602158), 2019-2020.
  • “Insider Trading, Discretionary Accrual and Information Asymmetry”. Jointly with Abu Chowdhury, Sabur Mollah. Jan Wallenders and Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken, Sweden (Project ID-P2011-0212:1), 2011-2020.
  • “Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability”. Jointly with Sabur Mollah, Asma Mobarek and Philip Molyneux. Jan Wallenders and Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken, Sweden (Project ID-P2011-0212:1), 2011-2020.
  • “Opportunistic Trades of Corporate Insiders in the US Market”.  Jointly with Abu Chowdhury, Sabur Mollah, Mir Zaman. Jan Wallenders and Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken, Sweden (Project ID-P2011-0212:1), 2011-2020.
  • "Political and interlocking connections in the boardroom on private equity placements”. Jointly with Mohan Fonseka, Theja Rajapakse and Gao-LiangTian. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 70772110), 2018-2021.
  • "Employee Stock Options, Political Connections and Regulation Change in Chinese Listed Firms”. Jointly with Mohan Fonseka  and Gao-LiangTian. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 70772110), 2018-2021.
  • “The Governance, Risk-taking, and Performance of Islamic Banks”. Jointly with Sabur Mollah, M. Kabir Hassan and Asma Mobarek. Jan Wallenders and Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken, Sweden (Project ID-P2010-0144:1), 2010-2017.
  • “Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Evidence from an African Emerging Market”. Jointly with Sabur Mollah and Wares Karim. Jan Wallenders and Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Handelsbanken, Sweden (Project ID-P2010-0144:1), 2010-2017.
  • “Executive Compensation, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Disclosure of Listed Firms in Malaysia”. Jointly with Nooraisah Katmun and Norhanani Rapani. UPSI Rising Star Research Grant, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia, Code of the Grant: 2019-0126-106-01.
  • “Audit Committee and Fraud: The Moderating Effects of Female Director”. Jointly with Nooraisah Katmun, Mohammad Abdullah Jusoh, Hartini Jaafar, Hazianti Abdul Halim. Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia, 2016/2017.
  • “Direct engagement with New England and North West Aboriginal communities to increase enrolments in Law and Business Courses”. University of New England (UNE) HEPP funding, Late 2016.
  • “Fair Value Accounting and Market Volatility in Australia”. Jointly with Lan Sun. AFAANZ Research Grants, 2015/2016.
  • “Exploring Ethical Sensitivity and Mindset of Accounting Graduates: Emerging Trends from a Regional University in Australia”. AFAANZ Research Grants, 2014/2015.
  • “Financial Impact of Natural Disasters: A Comparative Study of Selective Countries”. Jointly with Professor Brian Gibson, Professor Peter Eddey, Mohammed Hossain and Kazi Islam. TOP Education Institute, Sydney, March 2014.
  • “Sustainable Financial Reporting Practice in Australian Companies - Does Quality Matter”? 2014 UNE Research Seed Grants. Duration – 12 months (January 2014 – March 2015).
  • “Identifying Causes of Organisational Failure in Australian Listed Firms”. Jointly with Marcus Rodrigs (University of Newcastle). Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies, University of Newcastle’ research fund, November 2012. Duration – 6 months (January – June 2013).
  • “Succession Planning of SMEs in Thailand”. Jointly with Kanitsorn Terdpaopong (Rangsit University, Thailand), Rangsit Research Institution, Rangsit University, Thailand. Duration – 2 years (July 2012- June 2014). ($16,000)
  • “A study on the State of the Art in Target Costing Management of the Manufacturing firms in Thailand”. Jointly with Nimnual Visedsun, Kanitsorn Terdpaopong (Rangsit University, Thailand), and Prof. Wee ShuHui (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia), Rangsit Research Institution, Rangsit University, Thailand. Duration – 1 year (July 2012-June 2013).

Research Supervision Experience

Publications

Book/Monograph and Book Chapter

  • Kharuddin, K. A. M., Basioudis, I. G. and Farooque, O. A. (2022). “Extended Auditor Reports and Key Audit Matters Disclosure as Complements to Corporate Narrative Reporting”. Corporate Narrative Reporting: Beyond the Numbers– Edited by Prof. Khaled Hussainey and Dr Mahmoud Marzouk; Routledge Publishers. https://www.routledge.com/Corporate-Narrative-Reporting-Beyond-the-Numbers/Marzouk-Hussainey/p/book/9780367558338
  • Farooque, O. A. (2010). Corporate Governance: An Emerging Market Context – Lessons for Regulators, Policy Makers and Stakeholders. ISBN: 9783838397580.
  • Chatterjee, B., M. Z. Mir & O. A. Farooque (2009). The Current Status of Related Party Disclosure in India: A Longitudinal Analysis. Prof. Mathew Tsamenyi and Dr Shahzad Udding Edited Book 'Accounting in Emerging Economies', Series: 'Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies', 9(9), 287-319, 19 November 2009, (ISSN: 1479-3563; ISBN: 9781849506250); Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

ABDC Ranked Journal Articles (Since 2007)

  • Hasan, S.F., Mortimer, G., Ahmadi, H., Abid, M., Farooque, O.A. and Amrollahi, A. (2023). “How Tourists’ Negative and Positive Emotions Motivate Their Intention to Reduce Food Waste”. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2023.2264539 [ABDC A* ranked & SJR Q1]
  • Kamal, J. B., Hossain, A. A., Farooque, O. A., and Wohar, M. (2024). “Asset Returns and Economic Uncertainty: A Cross-Country Analysis”. Accepted to American Business Review [ABDC A ranked & SJR Q3]
  • Buachoom, W., Farooque, O. A., Sun, L. and Amornkitvikai, Y. (2023). “Female Ownership and Female Directors' Moderating Role as Corporate Governance Monitoring Mechanisms in Increasing the Value of Thai Family-Owned Firms”. Gender in Management: An International Journal, Vol. 38 No. 8, pp. 997-1013. [ABDC C ranked & SJR Q1]
  • Katmon, N., Hanifa, M.H., Rambeli, N., Mohamad, Z.Z., Rapani, N.H.A., Farooque,
    O.A.
    , Ismail, R. (2023). “The Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure and Executive Compensation in Listed Firms in Malaysia. Management and Accounting Review, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 223 – 243.  DOI: 10.24191/MAR.V22I03-09 [ABDC C Ranked & SJR Q4]
  • Farooque, O. A., Baghdadi, G., Trinh, H. H. and Khandaker, S. (2023). Stock Liquidity during COVID-19 Crisis: A Cross-country Analysis of Developed and Emerging Economies, and Economic Policy Uncertainty. Accepted to Emerging Markets Review. [ABDC A ranked and SJR Q1]
  • Al-Dhamari, R., Al-Wesabi, H., Farooque, O. A., Tabash, M. and El Refae, G. (2023). “Does investment committee mitigate the risk of financial distress in GCC? The role of investment inefficiency”. International Journal of Accounting & Information Management. DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-08-2022-0180 [ABDC B ranked & SJR Q1]
  • Burgess, S., Fazal-e-Hasan, S., Abid, M., Dillon, A., Farooque, O. A., and Adapa, S. (2022). “Incorporating Hope and Resilience into Policy and Program Evaluation: Empirical Evidence from Australia”. Public Administration Quarterly, (Forthcoming) [ABDC A Ranked]
  • Afum, E., Agyabeng-Mensah, Y., Baah, C., Agyapong, G.K.Q., Armas Johana, A.L.P. and Farooque, O. A. (2022). “Prioritizing Zero-Waste Performance and Green Differentiation Advantage Through the Prism of Circular Principles Adoption: A Mediated Approach”. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132182 [ABDC A Ranked & SJR Q1]
  • Al-Dhamari, R., Al-Gamrh, B., Moses, E. and Farooque, O. A. (2022). “Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Market Performance: The Role of Product Market Competition and Firm Life Cycle”? Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 713-745. DOI: 10.1108/ARA-07-2022-0179 [ABDC B ranked & SJR Q2]
  • Uddin, M.M., Islam, T. and Farooque, O. A. (2022). “Effects of Politically Controlled Boards on Bank Loan Performance: An Emerging Economy Perspective”. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-11-2021-0353[ABDC B Ranked & SJR Q1]
  • Al-Dhamari, R., Mohamad Nor, M. N., Farooque, O. A. and Al-Sabri, H. M. (2022). “Risk Committee and Stock Price Crash Risk in the Malaysian Financial Sector: The Moderating Role of Institutional Ownership”. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-09-2021-0298 [ABDC B Ranked & SJR Q1]
  • Farooque, O. A., Hamid, A. and Sun, L. (2022). “National Governance Index, Corruption Index and Growth Rate – International Evidence from Sub-Saharan and MENA Countries”. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(6), 261; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15060261 [ABDC B Ranked]
  • Assidi, S.,Farooque, O. A. and Albitar, K. (2022). “The Nexus between Aggressive Tax Planning and Earnings Management in different Political Systems and the Moderating Role of Corporate Governance”. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 344–361. [ABDC B Ranked & SJR Q3]
  • Farooque, O. A., Dahawy, K., Shehata,N. and Soliman, M. (2022). “ESG Disclosure, Board Diversity and Ownership: Did the Revolution Make a Difference in Egypt”? Corporate Ownership & Control, Vol. 19(2), 67–80, DOI: 10.22495/cocv19i2art6 [ABDC B Ranked]
  • Abou Taleb, M. and Farooque, O. A. (2021). “Towards a Circular Economy for Sustainable Development: An Application of Full Cost Accounting to Municipal Waste Recyclables”. Journal of Cleaner Production, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124047. [ABDC journal ranking – A]
  • Kharuddin, K. A. M., Basioudis, I. G. and Farooque, O. A., (2021). “Effects of the Big 4 National and City-Level Industry Expertise on Earnings Management in the United Kingdom”. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2021.100398 [ABDC journal ranking B]
  • Farooque, O. A. (2021). “Agency-linked Risk Management with Ownership and Board Sub-committee Governance: Evidence from an OECD Economy”. Accepted to Journal of Risk and Financial Management [ABDC journal ranking – B]
  • Farooque, O. A., Hamid, A. and Sun, L. (2021). “Does Corporate Governance Have a Say on Dividends in Australian Listed Companies”. Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, Vol. 15(4), pp. 47-75. Doi:10.14453/aabfj.v15i4.4. [ABDC journal ranking – B]
  • Liu L., Jiang F., Li J. and Farooque, O. A. (2021). “Antecedents of Equity Fund Performance: A Contingency Perspective”. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, Vol. 24(1), pp. 1-40, DOI: 10.1142/S0219091521500065. [ABDC journal ranking – B]
  • Katmon, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2020). “Board Independence and Disclosure Quality of the UK Investor Relation Magazine Award (IRMA) Winning Public Firms: A Matched-pair Analysis”. International Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol. 11 (2), pp. 152-201. DOI: 10.1504/IJCG.2020.110150. [ABDC journal ranking – B]
  • Harun. H., Hussainey. K., Kharuddin, K. A. M., and Farooque, O. A. (2020). “CSR Disclosure, Corporate Governance and Firm Value: A Study on GCC Islamic Banks”. International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Vol. 28 (4), pp. 607-638. DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-08-2019-0103. [ABDC journal ranking – B]
  • Farooque, O. A., Buachoom, W. and Sun, L. (2020) “Board, Audit Committee, Ownership and Financial Performance - Emerging Trend from Thailand”. Pacific Accounting Review, Vol. 32 (1), pp. 54-81. DOI: 10.1108/PAR-10-2018-0079. [ABDC journal ranking - B]
  • Fonseka, M., Trian, Gao-Liang and Farooque, O. A. (2020). “Impact of Environmental Information Disclosure and Real Estate Segments on Cost of Debt: Evidence from Chinese Real Estate Industry”. The Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 1-27. DOI: 10.1111/ecot.12238. Impact Factor 1.064. [ABDC journal ranking A]
  • Farooque, O. A., Buachoom, W. and Hoang, N. (2019). “Interactive Effects of Executive Compensation, Firm Performance and Corporate Governance: Evidence from an Asian Market”. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 36, pp. 1111-1164. DOI: 10.1007/s10490-018-09640-2. Impact Factor 2.474. [ABDC journal ranking – A]
  • Mollah, S., Farooque, O. A., Mobarak, A. and Molyneux, P. (2019). “Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability”. Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol. 56 (3), pp. 369–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-019-00307-7. [ABDC journal ranking – A]
  • Katmon, N., Mohamad, Z. Z., Norwani, N. M. and Farooque, O. A. (2019). “Comprehensive Board Diversity and Quality of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: Evidence from an Emerging Market”. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 157 (2), pp. 447-481. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3672-6. [ABDC journal ranking – A]
  • Hossain, M. and Farooque, O. A. (2019). “The Emission Trading System, Risk Management Committee and Voluntary Corporate Response to Climate Change – A CDP Study”. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 262-283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-04-2017-0050. [ABDC journal ranking – B].
  • Suyono, E. and Farooque, O. A. (2019).  “Auditors’ Professionalism and Factors Affecting It:  Insights from Indonesia“. Journal of Asia Business Studies, Vol. 13 (4), pp. 543-558. [ABDC journal ranking – C]
  • Chowdhury. A., Mollah, S. and Farooque, O. A. (2018). “Insider Trading, Discretionary Accrual and Information Asymmetry”. British Accounting Review, Vol. 50 (4), pp. 341-363. DOI: 10.1016/ j.bar.2017.08.005. [ABDC journal ranking – A*]
  • Suyono, E. and Farooque, O. A. (2018). “Do Governance Mechanisms Deter Earnings Management and Promote CSR? Insights from Indonesia”. Accounting Research Journal, Vol. 31 (3), pp. 479-495. DOI: 10.1108/ARJ-09-2015-0117. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Fonseka, M. M., Farooque, O. A., Rajapakse, R. L. T. N. and Tian, G-L. (2017). “Political and interlocking connections in the boardroom on private equity placements”. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, pp. 1-25. DOI:  10.1080/1540496X.2017.1355300. [ABDC journal ranking - B]
  • Hossain, M., Farooque, O. A., Momin, M. and Obaed, A. (2017). “Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Climate Change Related Disclosure”. Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 13 (4), pp. 828-855. DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-11-2016-0208. [ABDC journal ranking - C]
  • Sun, L. and Farooque, O. A. (2017). “An Exploratory Analysis of Earnings Management Practices in Australia and New Zealand”. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management. Vol. 26 (1), pp. 81-114. DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-09-2016-0087. [ABDC journal ranking – B].
  • Mollah, S., Hassan, M. K., Farooque, O. A. and Mobarek, A. (2017). “The Governance, Risk-taking, and Performance of Islamic Banks”. Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol. 51 (2), pp. 195-219, DOI: 10.1007/s10693-016-0245-2. (Impact factor 0.769). [ABDC journal ranking - A].
  • Katmon, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2017).  “Exploring the Role of Internal Corporate Governance on the Relation Between Disclosure Quality and Earnings Management in the UK Listed Companies”. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 142(2), pp. 345-367, DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2752-8. (Impact factor 1.837). [ABDC journal ranking - A].
  • Farooque, O. A. and Ahulu, H. (2017). “Determinants of Social and Economic Reportings: Evidence from Australia, UK and South African Multinational Enterprises”. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Vol. 25 (2), pp. 177-200, DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-01-2016-0003. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Agarwal, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2016). “How to Outperform Emerging market Indexes using passive Indexation?” Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol. 25 (5), pp. 501-508. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Agarwal, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2016). “Alternate Equity Indexation for Technology Stocks: An Application to the NASDAQ index”. Economics, Management, and Financial Markets, Vol. 11(1), pp. 41-51. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Agarwal, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2015). “Alternative Equity Indexation Method”.  Corporate Finance Review, Vol. 20(2), pp. 14-21. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Farooque, O. A., Eko, S. and Uke, R. (2014). “Link between Market Return, Governance and Earnings Management: An Emerging Market Perspective”.  Corporate Ownership and Control, Vol. 11 (2), PP. 192-211. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Farooque, O. A., Ahulu, H. and Kotey, B. (2014).  “Exploring Environmental Disclosure in Selected Australian Multinationals under the GRI Guidelines”. Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting: An International Journal, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 137-156. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Ahulu, H., Farooque, O. A. and Kotey, B. (2014).  “Are Social Issues Relegated to the Backburner? An Analysis of CSR Reports of Australian MNES”. Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, Vol. 15(3), pp. 751-778. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Farooque, O. A. and Yarram, S. R. (2013). “Evidence on Two-way Relationships between Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Country-level Individual Governance Indicators”. Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 58(2), pp. 1350013-1 to 1350013-26. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Mollah, S., Farooque, O. A. and Karim, W. (2012). “Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Evidence from an African Emerging Market”. Studies in Economics and Finance, Vol. 29(4), pp. 301 – 319. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Bayerlein, L. and Farooque, O. A. (2012). “Influence of a Mandatory IFRS Adoption on Accounting Practice: Evidence from Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom”. Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 20(2), pp. 93-118. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Farooque, O. A., van Zijl, T., Dunstan, K.and Karim, W. (2010). “Co-deterministic Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Corporate Value: Evidence from an Emerging Market”. Accounting Research Journal, Vol. 23(2), pp. 172-189. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Chatterjee, B., Mirshekary, S. and Farooque, O. A. (2010). “Users’ Information Requirements and Narrative Reporting Relationship between: The case of Iranian Companies”. Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, Vol. 4(2), pp. 79-96. [ABDC journal ranking - B].
  • Farooque, O. A. (2010). “An Examination of the Determinants of Corporate Ownership Structure in an Emerging Market Context”. Management and Accounting Review, Vol. 9(1), pp. 105-122. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Farooque, O. A. and Yarram, S. R. (2010). “Corporate Governance and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: Cross-sectional International Evidence”. American Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 2(1), pp. 1-15. [ABDC journal ranking - C].
  • Farooque, O. A., van Zijl, T., Dunstan, K. and Karim, W. (2007). “Corporate Governance in Bangladesh: The Link between Ownership and Financial Performance”. Corporate Governance: An International Review (impact factor 2.169), Vol. 15(6), pp 1453-1468.  [ABDC journal ranking - A].
  • Farooque, O. A., van Zijl, T., Dunstan, K. and Karim, W. (2007). “Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Bangladesh”. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 14(2), pp 127-149. [ABDC journal ranking - B].

SCOPUS Journal Lists (since 2012)

  • Kharuddin, K. A. M., Farooque, O. A. and Zhu, W. (2023). Internal Control Weakness,
    Remediation Failure, and Audit Opinions: Evidence from the US Listed Firms. Accepted to Review of Economics and Finance. [SJR Q4]
  • Fonseka, M., Farooque, O. A. and Tian, G-L. (2023). “Employee Stock Options,
    Political Connections and Regulation Change in Chinese Listed Firms”. The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 57 (2), pp. 203-217. Doi: 10.1353/jda.2023.0030
  • Fonseka, M., Farooque, O. A. and Tian, G-L. (2022/2023). “Employee Stock Options, Political Connections and Regulation Change in Chinese Listed Firms”. Journal of Developing Areas.Forthcoming.
  • Khandaker, S. and Farooque, O. A. (2021) “Institutional Quality, Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Market Volatility: A Cross-Country Analysis for Pre, During and Post Global Financial Crisis”. Journal of Developing Areas. Vol. 55 (1), pp. 357-378. DOI: 10.1353/jda.2021.0024.
  • Katmon, N., Jaafar, H., Abdul Halim, H., Jizat, J.E.M., Ismail, R., Rapani, N.H.A., Farooque, O.A. and Omar, S. (2020). “The Relationship between Facebook, Religiosity and Academic Performance”. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29 (6), pp.223-242.
  • Katmon, N., Rapani, N.H.A., Ismail, R., Jaafar, H., Jusoh, M.A., Farooque, O.A., Ismail, M. A., Mohamad, Z.Z and Nawi, N.S.M. (2020). “Factors that Influence Youth’s Decision to Work in the Palm Oil Field: The Case of FELDA”. International Journal of Solid State Technology, Vol. 63 (3), pp. 1426-1441.
  • Farooque, O. A. and Khandaker, S. (2019) “National Governance and Foreign Direct Investment Interactions: International Evidence”. International Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 15 (3/4), pp. 266-298. DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2019.103039
  • Katmon, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2019). “The Reciprocal Relationship between Earnings Management, Disclosure Quality and Board Independence: UK Evidence”. Special Issue of Research in World Economy, Vol. 10 (5), pp. 63-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/rwe.v10n5p63 [Scopus indexed journal - https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100890307]
  • Chowdhury, A., Mollah, S., Zaman, M. and Farooque, O. A. (2019). “In Search of Opportunistic Trades of Corporate Insiders: Evidence from the US Market”. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3495478 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3495478
  • Alghamdi, A. K., Donleavy, G., Farooque, O. A., Anderson, J., & Khan, A. (2018). Theories linking capital structure with financial performance.Australian Academy of Accounting and Finance Review, Vol.4 (4), pp. 142–152. http://www.aaafr.com.au/index.php/AAAFR/article/view/83
  • Farooque, O. A. (2016). “Sustainable Financial Reporting Practice in Australian Companies - Does Quality Matter”? Journal of Developing Areas (Special Issue), Vol. 50 (6), pp. 175-189, DOI: 10.1353/jda.2016.0138.
  • Suyono, E., Farooque, O. A. and Riswan (2016). “Toward a Model of Traditional Retailers and Sellers Empowerment in Improving Competitiveness against Modern Markets in Banyumas Region, Indonesia”. Business & Economics Review, Vol. 25(1), PP. 1-18, (DLSU journal, Philippines).  [High index in Scopus and high rank in Scimago journal and country ranking].
  • Farooque, O. A. and Ahulu, H. (2015). “Environmental Reporting in the UK, Australia and South African Multinational Companies”. Journal of Developing Areas (special issue), Vol. 49 (6), pp. 103-118, DOI: 10.1353/jda.2015.0117.
  • Terdpaopong, K. and Farooque, O. A. (2015). “Exploring Succession Planning of Thai Family-Owned SMEs”. Journal of Business Administration (Thammasart Business Journal, Thailand), Vol. 38, No. 147, PP. 68- 93, DOI: 10.14456/jba.2015.14. [First rank Thai Citation Index (TCI)].
  • Arouri. H., Muttakin, M. B., Hossain, M. and Farooque, O. A. (2014). “On the Relation between Internal Corporate Governance and Bank Risk-taking: Evidence from Gulf Cooperative Council Countries”. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 91-100.
  • Sun, L. and Farooque, O. A. (2012). “Industry Evidence on Earnings Management - A Comparative Analysis of Accounting Models”. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, Vol. 8(2), pp. 120-130.
  • Terdpaopong, K. and Farooque, O. A. (2012). “Financial Distress, Restructuring and Turnaround: Evidence from Thai SMEs”. Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 2(2), pp. 119-132.

Published Working Paper

  • Farooque, O. A., T. van Zijl, K. Dunstan and AKM W. Karim (2005). A Simultaneous Equations Approach to Analysing the Relation between Ownership Structure and Performance in Bangladesh. Working Paper No. 35, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Papers Publications and Presentations (Since 2005)

  • Chowdhury, A., Farooque, O. A., and Tarique, K. (2023). “Underwriter Quality and Offer Price Revision in IPOs”. Asian Finance Association Conference, 26-27 June, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Fonseka, M., and Farooque, O. A. (2022). “Banking Efficiency, Ownership Types and Operations: A Quasi-natural Experiment of Conventional and Islamic Banks”. 2022 Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance, 27-29 October, 2022, Hanoi/Online, Vietnam.
  • Afum, E., Agyabeng-Mensah, Y., Baah, C., Agyapong,G.K.Q., Armas Johana, A.L.P. and Farooque, O. A. (2022). “Prioritizing
    Zero-Waste Performance and Green Differentiation Advantage Through the Prism of Circular Principles Adoption: A Mediated Approach”. 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Green Energy (ICESGE), 24-26 October, 2022, Paris, France.
  • Zhu, P., Farooque O.A. and Moss, B. (2021). “The Effect of Chinese Central-local Governments’ Interactionon the Quality of Company Environmental Information Disclosure”. 1st Annual conference of the Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance [ASFAAG], (Online) December 2021, UK.
  • Kamal, J. B., Hossain, A. A. and Farooque, O. A. (2021). “The Effects of Global Economic Uncertainty Shocks: International Evidence. 2021 Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance (Online), October 2021, Vietnam.
  • Al-Dhamari, R., Al-Gamrh, B., Moses, E. and Farooque, O. A. (2021). Do Product Market Competition and Mature-Stage Firm Life Cycle Play a Role to the Corporate Social Responsibility and Market Performance Relation? Accounting and Accountability in Emerging Economies (AAEE) Virtual Conference, June 2021, Essex, UK; 7th Annual ICGS Conference ‘Corporate Governance in Times of Disruption’, October 2021, Groningen, the Netherlands.
  • Zhu, P. and Farooque O.A. (2021). “Local Government and The Quality of Company Environmental Information Disclosure in China”: China Accounting and Finance (CAFR) 2021 Virtual Annual Conference, September 2021, Hong Kong, China.
  • Al-Dhamari, R., Al-Gamrh, B., Moses, E. and Farooque, O. A. (2021). “Product Market Competition, Firm Life Cycle and CSR”. BAFA-South East Area Group Conference (Online), June 2021.
  • Alghamdi, A., Donleavy, G., Farooque, O. A. and Khan, A. (2020). “An empirical investigation on the interactive relationship between bank leverage and bank performance: The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries”. The 33rd Conference in Economics and Business, November 2020, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Chowdhury, A., Mollah, S. Zaman, M. and Farooque, O. A. (2019). “In Search of Opportunistic Trades of Corporate Insiders”? The 32nd Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, UNSW Business School, December 2019, Sydney, Australia.
  • Alobaid, R., Farooque, O. A. and Khan, A. (2019). “Related Theories to Intellectual Capital: An Overview”. Melbourne International Business and Social Science Research Conference, September 2019. Melbourne, Australia.
  • Farooque, O. A., Hamed, A. and Abou Taleb, M. (2019). “Perceived Accounting Quality, Extent of Disclosure and Corruption Perception Index: Evidence from MENA Countries”. 27 International Conference on Large Projects in Light of Development Strategy 2030 Reality and Ambition (LPDS). March, 2019, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Farooque, O. A. and Ahmed, K. (2019). “Future Earnings Predictability and Corporate Governance: Australian Evidence”. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics Annual Symposium, January 2019, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
  • Alghamdi, A. K., Donleavy, G., Farooque, O. A., Khan, A. and Anderson, J. (2018). “Theories linking Capital Structure with Financial Performance”. Melbourne International Business and Social Science Research Conference, October 2018, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Mohd Kharuddin, K. A., Basioudis, I. G. and Farooque, O. A. (2018). “Effects of the Big 4 National and City-Level Industry Expertise on Earnings Management in the UK”. 24th Annual International Symposium on Audit Research, June 2018, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
  • Farooque, O. A. and Buachoom,W. (2017). “Do Governance Mechanisms Influence Financial Performance? Empirical Evidence from an Asian Emerging Market”. 8th Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, April 2017, Wellington, New Zealand; 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Multidisciplinary Research, August 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Mollah, S., Farooque, O. A., Mobarak, A. and Molyneux, P. (2017). “Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability”. The British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, April 2017, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Mollah, S., Farooque, O. A., Mobarak, A. and Molyneux, P. (2016). “Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability”. Portsmouth-Fordham Conference on Banking & Finance, September 2016, University of Portsmouth, UK.
  • Fonseka, M. M., Farooque, O. A. and Tian, Gao-Liang (2016). “Political and interlock connection in the boardroom on private equity placements”. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2016, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Farooque, O. A. and Buachoom, W. (2016). “Executive Compensation, Firm Performance and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Thai Stock Market”. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2016, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Farooque, O. A. (2016). “Sustainable Financial Reporting Practice in Australian Companies - Does Quality Matter”? Australia-Middle East Conference on Business and Social Sciences, April 2016, Dubai, UAE.
  • Katmon, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2016). “Board Independence and Disclosure Quality of Investor Relation Magazine Award Winning Public Firms in the UK: Matched-Pair Sample Analysis”. 7th Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Governance, March-April 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Chowdhury, A., Mollah, S. and Farooque, O. A. (2015). “Insider Trading, Information Asymmetry and Earnings Management”. American Accounting Association Conference (AAA), August 2015, Chicago, USA.
  • Farooque, O. A. (2015). “Earnings Predictability, Ownership and Governance Structure: Emerging Trends in Australia”. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2015, Hobart, Australia.
  • Sun, L. and Farooque, O. A. (2015). “An Exploratory Analysis of Earnings Management before and after the Governance and Disclosure Regulatory Changes in Australia and New Zealand”. 7th International IFABS Conference, June 2015, Hangzhou, China.
  • Mollah, S., Farooque, O. A. and Mobarek, A. (2015). “Corporate Governance and Earnings Predictability in Banks”. The 13th INFINITI Conference on International Finance, June 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Farooque, O. A. and Ahulu, H. (2015). “Environmental Reporting in the UK, Australia and South African Multinational Companies”. Australasian Conference on Business and Social Sciences, April, 2015, Sydney, Australia.
  • Basiruddin, R., Katmun, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2015). “Auditor Industry Specialization and Earnings Management: The Incremental Effects of Audit Committee Independence”. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (JCAE) Symposium, January 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Terdpaopong. K., Farooque, O. A., Wnuk-Pel. T. and Petchchedchoo, P. (2015). “A Review of ABC implementations in Chinese Industries”. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (JCAE) Symposium, January 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Buachoom W., Farooque, O. A. and Haong, N. (2014). “Board Characteristics and Financial Performance Relationship in Thai Listed Firms”. Haskell & White Corporate Reporting & Governance Conference, September, 2014, California State University, Fullerton, USA.
  • Mollah, S., Hassan, M. K. and Farooque, O. A. (2014). “Corporate Governance, Risk-taking and Firm Performance of Islamic Banks during Global Financial Crisis”. Finance and Development in Islamic Economies Conference, September, 2014, Bangor University, Lancaster, UK; Financial Management Association (FMA) International Annual Conference, October, 2014, Tennessee, USA.
  • Suyono, E., Farooque, O. A. and Wardani, S. K. (2014). “On the Relation between Governance Mechanisms, Income Smoothing and CSR Disclosure in the Indonesian Stock Exchange”. Australian Academy of Business and Social Sciences (AABSS) Conference, August 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Hamid, A. M., Farooque, O. A. and Yarram, S. R. (2014). "Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance: Evidence from Jordanian and Australian Listed Firms". 13th Eurasia Business and Economic Society (EBES) Conference, June, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Katmon, N. and Farooque, O. A. (2014). "Co-Determination between Disclosure Quality, Earnings Management and Board Independence". British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, London, UK.
  • Farooque, O. A., Ahulu, H. and Yarram, S. R. "Environmental Disclosure in Multinational Companies: An Empirical Study on Developed and Emerging Markets".  Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2013, Bali, Indonesia; Sustainability Conference, November 2013, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Farooque, O. A. and Katmon, N. Disclosure Quality and Board Independence: A Bi-directional Relationship" .6th International Economic and Business Management Conference, October, 2013, Kuantan, Malaysia.
  • "An Exploratory Analysis of Earnings Management before and after the Governance and Disclosure Regulatory Changes in Australia and New Zealand". Jointly with Lan Sun. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2013, Perth, Australia.
  • "Intergenerational Succession of Thai Small and Medium-sized Family-owned Businesses", Jointly with Kanitsorn Terdpaopong. 26th Annual Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) Conference, July 2013, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Earnings Management and Board Characteristics in Thai Listed Companies". Jointly with Supawadee Sukeecheep and Subba Reddy Yarram. IBEA International Conference on Business, Economics and Accounting, March 2013, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • "Making Succession a Success – Preliminary results from Thai SMEs". Jointly with Kanitsorn Terdpaopong, 14th West Lake International Conference on Small & Medium Business, October 2012, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  • "Stakeholders Inclusiveness and Corporate Legitimacy: A Comparative Study of Social and Economic Reporting of Multinational Companies in Australia, South Africa and United Kingdom". Jointly with Helena Ahulu and Subba Reddy Yarram. 9th International Conference on Global Academy of Business and Economic Research, October 2012, New York, USA.
  • "Disclosure Quality, Corporate Governance and Earnings Management". Jointly with Nooraisah Katmon. 3rd Global Accounting and Organisational Change Conference, July 2012, Sunway, Malaysia.
  • "Ownership, Governance and Agency Costs in New Zealand Listed Companies". British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, April 2012, Brighton, United Kingdom.
  • "Shaping Corporate Governance System: An Analysis of the impact of Law and Culture in Selected Studies". International Symposium on Finance and Accounting at the International Conference on Business and Information, July 2011, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • "Corporate Governance and Accounting Practice: Culture vs. Law Dominance of Literature". British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, April 2011, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • "Are Social Issues Relegated to the Backburner? An analysis of CSR Reports of Australian MNEs".  Jointly with Helena Ahulu and Bernice Kotey. 22nd Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2010, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • "Ownership Structure, Board Characteristics and Financial Performance: Evidence from the Botswana Stock Market". Jointly with Sabur Mollah and Wares Karim. American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting and Conference, July-August, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • "Macro-level Corporate Governance and FDI: Cross-sectional International Evidence". Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting and Conference, July-August, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • "The Economics of Asset Securitization: Lessons for Commercial Banks in Emerging Economies". 12th Malaysian Finance Association Conference, June 2010, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • "Advances in Environmental Reporting among Australian MNEs using GRI Guidelines". Jointly with Helena Ahulu and Bernice Kotey. 2nd International Symposium on Corporate Governance (in Privately Owned Firms, Public Firms and Other Enterprises), February 2010, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Causal Relation between Corporate Governance and Foreign Direct Investment: Cross-sectional International Evidence". Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. 5th International Conference on Global Academy of Business and Economic Research, December 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • "Additional Evidence on Foreign Direct Investment, International Accounting Standards and Governance Interactions". Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. 21st Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2009, Las Vegas, USA.
  • "International Evidence on Governance and Foreign Direct Investment Interactions". Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram and Sarod Khandaker. Singapore Economic Review Conference, August 2009, Singapore.
  • "Does the IFRS Adoption in Selected Countries Coincide with a Harmonization of Accounting for Deferred Tax and Goodwill"? Jointly with Leopold Bayerlein. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2009, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Financial Reporting Harmonization on Selected Items: Evidence from Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom". Jointly with Leopold Bayerlein. 32nd European Accounting Association Congress, May 2009, Tampere, Finland.
  • "Unidirectional Non-monotonic Relationship between Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance: The Case of family Firms in Bangladesh". 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms, April 2009, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Additional Evidence on Foreign Direct Investment, International Accounting Standards and Governance Interactions". Jointly with Subba Reddy Yarram. 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms, April 2009, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Leadership Role and Entrepreneurial ability of Number One Shareholder in Improving Corporate Performance under the Governance Structure of an Emerging Market Economy". 9th International Business Research Conference, November 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
  • "Factors Influencing Corporate Ownership Structure in an Emerging Market: Some Issues on Entrepreneurship". International Conference on Business and Information, July 2008, Seoul, Korea.
  • "Co-deterministic Relationship between Concentration of Ownership and Corporate Value: Evidence from an Emerging Market". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim.  Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2008, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Co-deterministic Relationship between Concentration of Ownership and Corporate Value: Evidence from an Emerging Market". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim.  31st European Accounting Association Congress, April 2008, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • "Determinants of Ownership Structure in an Emerging Market Economy". 7th International Business Research Conference, December 2007, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Ownership Concentration and Firm Performance Interactions in an Emerging Market Economy". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 19th Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2007.  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • "The Effect of Ownership Concentration on Firm Value and Corporate Governance in Bangladesh Listed Firms". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2007, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • "A Mono-directional Perspective of Board Ownership and Performance Relation in Bangladesh" Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 18th Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, October 2006, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
  • "Non-monotonic Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Performance in Bangladesh under Mono-directional Perspective". Jointly with, Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2006, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • "A Mono-directional Perspective of Board Ownership and Performance Relation in Bangladesh". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 29th European Accounting Association Congress, March 2006, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
  • "Bi-directional Relationship between Ownership Concentration and Performance in Bangladesh under Simultaneous Equations Approach". Jointly with Tony van Zijl, Keitha Dunstan and AKM Waresul Karim. 17th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, November 2005, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • "Corporate governance in Bangladesh: Evidence on the link between Board Ownership and Financial Performance". Business and Government in Bangladesh in the 21st Century Conference, November 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  • "A Simultaneous Equations Approach to Analysing the Relation between Ownership Structure and Performance in Bangladesh", Jointly with Tony van Zijl and Keitha Dunstan AKM Waresul Karim. The Inaugural Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Conference, August 2005, Hong Kong.
  • "A Simultaneous Equations Approach to Analysing the Relation between Ownership Structure and Performance in Bangladesh", Jointly with Tony van Zijl and Keitha Dunstan AKM Waresul Karim. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, July 2005, Melbourne, Australia.

Memberships

  • FELLOW, CPA Australia
  • FELLOW, Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia
  • MEMBER, CA Australia and New Zealand
  • MEMBER, Accounting  and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
  • MEMBER, International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER)
  • FELLOW, Corporate Governance and Sustainability International Group (CGSIG)

Consultancy Interests

A/Prof Farooque has consultancy experience with World Bank in Bangladesh, TAFE NSW and Pearson VUE Australia in the areas of financing in higher education, curriculum development and financial accounting and reporting.

Consultancy

  • World Bank consultancy work on “Financing Issues of National University Affiliated College Education in Bangladesh” from 15 February to 30 June 2011.
  • TAFE NSW, Australia, consultancy work on “Curriculum and Educational Resource Development Services for an Associate Degree in Accounting” in May 2011.
  • Pearson VUE, Australia, consultancy work as a ‘Subject Matter Expert’ of Financial Accounting and Reporting for professional level Year Program of CPA Australia from 24 February to 31 December 2010.

Community and Advocacy Organisation Collaborations

  • Member, CPA Disciplinary Tribunal Panel Member (2021-2023), Australia.
  • External Reviewer/Examiner and Moderator (2020-2026), Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Accounting program at Department of Commerce and Accountancy, Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia.
  • Member, NSW Divisional Advisory Committee (2020-2021), Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia.

Further Information

External Thesis Examination

  • 2022 (PhD): Deshani Hettiarachchi. 'Not-for-Profit Financial Vulnerability and Accountability Relationships among Key Stakeholders in an Outsourcing Setting: Evidence from the Australian Aged Care Sector'.  RMIT, Australia.
  • 2022 (PhD): Yasser Alsaleh. 'Evolution and Determinants of Money Laundering Risk: Evidence from the GCC'. Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2021 (PhD):  Sylesh S. 'Employee Perception on Human Resource Management Practices in Selected Business Process Outsourcing Companies with Special Reference to Kerala'. Bharathiar University, India
  • 2021 (PhD): Lui Tze Kiat. 'Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) in the Banking Industry: A Study of Conventional banks and Islamic Banks in Malaysia’. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.
  • 2021 (PhD): Nasser S. Kh. Nasser. 'IFRS Adoption, Political Connections, Family Firms and Earnings Quality: The Case of the GCC Regions’.  Griffith University, Australia.
  • 2021 (PhD): Hany Samir Abd EI-Shahid Salib. 'Drivers of Sustainability Reporting Quality in Australian Listed Companies: An Empirical Test of a Conceptual Model’.  Charles Stuart University, Australia.
  • 2019 (PhD): V. Gunasekaran. ‘Work Life Balance of Women Advocates and its Impact on Their Professional Satisfaction’. University of Madras, India.
  • 2018 (DBA): Carolina Candri Prihandinisari. ‘The Influence of Work Motivation, Organisational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction on the Intention to Leave a Public Organisation in Indonesia’. Charles Stuart University, Australia.
  • 2016 (PhD): Neil Anthony Hartnett. ‘Essays in Corporate Governance, Disclosure and Valuation Behaviour of Initial Public Offerings’. University of Newcastle, Australia.
  • 2016: Imran Haider. ‘CEO Reputation and Accounting and Market-based Measures of Financial Reporting Quality’. Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2016 (PhD): Sheo Huey (June) Neo. ‘Options and Structured Warrants on the Hong Kong Exchange: Pricing Processes and Credit Risk’. University of Canberra, Australia.
  • 2016 (PhD): Urnest Gyapong. ‘Voluntary Corporate Governance Disclosure, Board Diversity and CEO Compensation: Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa’. Griffith University, Australia.
  • 2015 (PhD): Ahmed Khamis Hamdan Al-Hadi. 'Three Essays on Market Risk Disclosures: Governance, Investment Efficiency and Implied Cost of Equity: Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’. Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2015 (PhD): Ratna Nurhayati. ‘An Empirical Study of Corporate Social and Environmental Communication’. Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2014 (DBA): Ricky Wing Fai Pang. ‘Board Leadership Structure and Financial Performance of Listed Chinese Firms in Singapore’.  University of Newcastle, Australia.
  • 2014 (PhD): Md Kazi Saidul Islam. ‘Social-Psychological Analysis of Accounting Manipulation: A Study of US and Australian Companies’. Central Queensland University, Australia.
  • 2013-14 (DBA): Chi Wing Antonio Chan. ‘A Study of Environmental Web Disclosures and Financial Performance of Mainland Chinese Dual Listed Companies’. University of of New Castle, Australia.
  • 2012 (DBA): Sumeth Tuvadaratragool. ‘The Role of Financial Ratios in Signalling Financial Distress: Evidence from Thai Listed Companies’. Southern Cross University, Australia.
  • 2012 (PhD): Agung Juliarto. ‘Tunneling: Related Party Transactions of ASEAN Listed Firms.’ Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2011 (PhD): Wan Adibah Binti Wan Ismail. ‘Earnings Quality, Family Influence and Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia’. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
  • 2010 (PhD): Ms Seema Miglani. ‘Voluntary Corporate Governance Structure and Financial Health: An Empirical Analysis’. La Trobe University, Australia.
  • 2017 (Master): Hazel Anne Fowler. ‘Trade Associations in Australia: Evidence for the Principal-agent and Collective Action Problems’. University of New England, Australia.
  • 2014 (Master): Simon Kent-Jones. ‘Benchmarking the Efficiency of Australian Superannuation Funds using Stochastic Frontier Analysis’. University of New England, Australia.
  • 2012 (Master): Nusrat Sharmin. ‘Characteristics of Bangladeshi Corporate Networks’. Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2012 (Honours): Aldys Tan. ‘Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in the US: A Review and Synthesis. Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
  • 2012 (Honours): See Hsiao Jun. ‘The Moral Business Tone of Organizations and its Impact on the Ethical Decision Making of Employees in the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Australia’. Curtin University of Technology, Australia.