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Dr Afzalur Rashid

Dr Afzalur Rashid
Name Afzalur Rashid
Position Senior Lecturer (Accounting)
Section School of Business
Office T259A
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 5515
Extension 5515
Email
Qualifications BCom(Hons) Dhaka , MCom Western Sydney , PhD Wollongong
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80913/dr-afzalur-rashid
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Biography

Dr Afzalur Rashid is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting (Level C) in the School of Business at the University of Southern Queensland. He has an earned PhD in Accounting from the University of Wollongong. He is also a CPA and holds the CPA License. In the last 28 years he worked in universities in Australia and overseas.

The major areas of his research interest are in Carbon Emission and Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosures and Earnings Management. His PhD thesis examined 'corporate governance practices in a less developed country'. He presented his research ideas at many prestigious international gatherings, such as American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, British Accounting Association Annual Conference, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference.

In his academic career, he has also published about 38 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals including papers in top ranked journals, such as Asia Pacific Journal of Management (A), International Review of Financial Analysis (A), Journal of Business Ethics (A) and Managerial Auditing Journal (A). He is the recipient of the School Specific Publication Excellence Award from the University of Southern Queensland in 2015 and 2017. His research on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility has attracted international attention. He is an experienced Higher Degree Research (HDR) Supervisor and supervised more than ten HDR students (Research Masters, DBA and PhD) as a Principal Supervisor. He is (was) the editor and guest editor of many international journals including the section editor of the 'Journal of Business Ethics' and has delivered training and speeches (including keynote speeches) as an invited guest at many international conferences in Australia, Malaysia and the United States of America.

Research Career


  • Business and Management not elsewhere classified ( 150399 )
  • Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified ( 150199 )
  • Strategy ( 350799 )
  • Accounting ( 350199 )
  • Strategy ( 350700 )
  • Accounting ( 350100 )

Accounting Conservatism, Accounting Harmonisation, Financial Reporting
Carbon Emissions and Disclosure
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Sustainability Reporting
Earnings Management
Health Economics


Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
CPA Australia

Teaching


ACC2201: Financial Reporting and Analysis A
ACC2205: Management Accounting A

Previously taught:
ACC1101: Accounting for Decision-Making
ACC1105: Accounting Principles
ACC2102: Financial Accounting
ACC3116: Accounting and Society
ACC3118: Auditing
ACC5200: Financial Reporting
ACC5202: Accounting
ACC5213: Management Accounting with a Strategic Perspective
ACC5215: Corporate Accounting
ACC5216: Accounting Theory
ACC5218: Auditing Practice
ACC7001: Ethics and Governance
ACC8000: Research in Accounting Practice
ACC8105: Financial Statement Analysis


25 Years


3 Years

Supervision


  • Business and Management not elsewhere classified ( 150399 )
  • Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified ( 150199 )
  • Strategy ( 350799 )
  • Accounting ( 350199 )
  • Strategy ( 350700 )
  • Accounting ( 350100 )