Renee Radich
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Formal Name: Renee Radich Personal Title: Dr Position: Associate Professor Organisational Unit: Department of Accounting and Finance Qualifications: BBus QIT, MFM Qld, PhD, FCA, JP Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-8534 Fax: (+61-2) 9850-8497 Email: rradich@efs.mq.edu.au Location: E4A 343 |
Profile
Renee Radich is an Associate Professor at Macquarie University. Renee teaches and researches in the financial accounting and auditing areas. Renee came to tertiary teaching from the auditing profession. She has also taught at Queensland University of Technology and the University of New South Wales. Renee received the Pearson Education Accounting and Finance Lecturer of the Year Award in 2006.
Renee’s research interests cover a range of financial accounting and auditing topics, including ethics, auditor behavioural decision making processes, corporate governance and financial disclosure issues.
Community Outreach
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- Member of the American Accounting Association
- Member of AAFANZ
- Provide training and advice to the Australian Taxation Office
Teaching
Awards
- Pearson Education Accounting and Finance Lecturer of the Year Award 2006
Conferences
- Radich R., Wright S. & Howells K., “Constructive alignment in two accounting subjects”, International Conference on Innovation in Accounting Teaching and Learning, Hobart, February, 2005.
Grants
- Macquarie University Strategic Curriculum Development Grant ($26,047.36) awarded in 2006 Dyball, M., Radich, R., Wright, S. and Mackenzie C., An investigation of approaches to developing and intergrating and maintaining ethics education in undergraduate accounting programs
Research
Current Research Projects
- Wang H., Fargher, N., & Radich R., “The interaction between auditors’ category knowledge and task structure in internal control reviews”, published proceedings of the European Accounting Association Conference, Portugal, May 2007. E1 Conference Paper. Additional data has been collected on this paper, with further data was collected during 2007 this has been revised and submitted for publication
- Chen, G., Kilgore, A., & Radich, R., “Factors affecting the voluntary formation of audit committees for non-top 500 listed companies in Australia” proceedings of Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, Gold Coast, July September 2007. This paper was extended by looking at the qualifications of audit committee members. The paper was revised in and submitted in July to Managerial Auditing Journal
- Boon,K., Radich R. & Ross, P., “Audit fees in the Government sector – Implications for audit quality”. Presented in September ANU seminar series in 2nd semester. We obtained excellent feedback and are revisiting the paper with the intention of submission to a journal in 2009
Current Supervision
- Co supervision of Alan Kilgore’s thesis with Graeme Harrison
Publications
PhD
PhD
Bond University, Awarded 2002.
Thesis: “The Relevance of Audit Evidence” submitted September 2002. The thesis dealt with the relevance of alternative categories of evidence to assertions within an account balance.
Thesis: “The Relevance of Audit Evidence” submitted September 2002. The thesis dealt with the relevance of alternative categories of evidence to assertions within an account balance.
Books
- Radich R., HIH – The audit implications, Case material to accompany Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia 3rd edition, by Gay G. and Simnett R., Sydney McGraw Hill, 2007
- Scheiwe, D. and Radich, R., Understanding Australian Auditing Pronouncements - Independent Learning Using Multiple Choice Questions, Prentice Hall, 1994, ISBN 0 7248 1246 6.
Chapters in Books
- Radich, R. & Ross, P. Case studies to accompany auditing and assurance services in Australia, by Gay, G. and Simnett, R., ISBN 0.07471154.7, Sydney, Australia: McGraw-Hill, 2002. http://www.mcg raw-hill.com.au /mhhe/acc/gay/homepage.htm
- Radich, R.A., 5 Chapters - Professional Year Support Program - Advanced Audit Module 1994, Queensland University of Technology, 1994, ISBN 1 86435 026 1.
- Radich, R.A., 5 Chapters - Professional Year Support Program - Accounting 2 Module 1994, Queensland University of Technology, 1994, ISBN 1 86435 028 8.
- Radich, R.A., Chapter 13 - "Audit", Manual of Associated Incorporations, published by The Corporations Centre, School of Accountancy, QUT, 1990, revised annually.
Articles
- Ryken, K., Radich R. and Fargher, N., 2007, “Audit Partner Rotation: Evidence of changes in Audit Partner Tenure as the results of Mandatory Regulation in Australia”, Current Issues in Auditing, Vol. 1, Issue 1 pp 28-35.
- O’Leary, C. & Radich, R. 2001. An analysis of Australian final year accountancy students’ ethical attitudes. Teaching Business Ethics. Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 235-249.
- Radich R.& McManus J. 2000, "Financial statement analysis", Investment and Taxation Bulletin. Vol. 4, No 3, pp 1-8
- Scheiwe, D. and Radich, R.A., 1997, "A programme to address emerging problems in auditing education in Australian universities", Journal of Accounting Education, Vol.6 No 1, pp 25-38
- O'Leary, C. and Radich, R., 1996, "Audit Firm Rotation and Independence: Australian Evidence", Accountability and Performance, Volume 2 No3, pp 37-58
- Radich, R.A., 1991, "Auditing Incorporated Associations - Are We Doing It Right?", Charter, November, p.51, p.5
- Radich, R.A., 1989/1990, "International Transfer Pricing - The Taxation Dilemma", Q Biz, Summer , Vol.1 No.3 p.16.
- Shailer, G.E.P., Best, P.J., and Radich, R.A., 1989, "Ethical Requirements of Professional Bodies", Accounting Research Journal, Spring.
Commissioned Publications
- Radich R.A., 2007 “Advances in Auditing Techniques Program” Day One, Commissioned by the Australian Taxation Office. This was designed as an advanced course for compliance officers who have already completed the CAV, COAAAP and FAP programs (see below). The material is used as the basis for a five day training program.
- Radich R.A., Best P. 2006 “Computer Assisted Verification,” (CAV), Commissioned by the Australian Taxation Office. The initial stage required the examination of the use of IDEA as a computer audit tool in field of taxation compliance, its possible uses and limitations. This was expanded to a published manual and used as the basis of a three day training program.