Experiences of an accounting educator in Kiribati

Accounting Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-327

  Dixon, Keith ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Developing countries; Distance learning; Pacific Islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248404001     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963928042000273799     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Burt B, Clerk C, (1997) Environment and development in the Pacific Islands: introduction. In B. Burt and C. Clerk (eds) Environment and Development in the Pacific Islands pp. 1–21 Canberra Australian National University, National Centre for Development Studies
2. Chua, WF. (1988). Interpretive sociology and management accounting research: a critical review. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 1 (2): 59–79.
3. Companies Ordinance (1979, 1998) No. 5 of 1979 (Reprinted with amendments in Laws of Kiribati Revised Edition 1998, Chapter 10a). Government of Kiribati Tarawa
4. Cordon R, (1998) Seven Years' Island Hopping Vol. II. Eagle Lincs Cordon & Wood
5. Denzin NK, (1989) The Research Act: a Theoretical Introduction to Sociological Methods. Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice-Hall
6. Devlin, PJ, and Godfrey, AD. (1998). Exporting accounting education to East Africa: squaring the circle. Accounting Education: an international journal, 7: 269–85.
7. Dixon K, (2002) Accounting in Kiribati, a new Pacific country: the influence of the I-Matang (or European) (Abstract) In European Accounting Association 25th Annual Congress: Programme and Collected Abstracts p. 171 Copenhagen European Accounting Association
8. Dixon, K. (2003). Economic and political reforms in the central Pacific Republic of Kiribati. Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, Supplement 2: 21–53.
9. Gallhofer, S, and Chew, A. (2000). Introduction: accounting and indigenous peoples. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 13: 256–67.
10. Guba EG, Lincoln YS, (1983) Epistemological and methodological bases of naturalistic inquiry In G. F. Madaus, M. Scriven and D. L. Stufflebeam (eds) Evaluation Models: Viewpoints on Educational and Human Service Evaluation pp. 311–32 Boston MA Kluwer-Nijhoff
11. Hood, C. (1995). The ‘new public management’ in the 1980s: variations on a theme. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 20: 93–109.
12. Hopper, T, and Powell, A. (1985). Making sense of research into the organizational and social aspects of management accounting: a review of its underlying assumptions. Journal of Management Studies, 22: 429–65.
13. Hopper T, Hoque Z, (eds) (2003) Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies Supplement 2 New York JAI
14. Humphrey, C, Miller, P, and Scapens, RW. (1993). Accountability and accountable management in the UK public sector. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 6 (3): 7–29.
15. International Labour Organization (ILO) (2000) SIYB: Start and Improve Your Business: Practical Management for Small Business. On-line:, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/ent/sed/bds/siyb/
16. International Management Consultants. (1992) Kiribati: Finance Sector Training Needs Study. Tarawa IMC
17. Koch GE, (translated by G. Slatter) (1986) The Material Culture of Kiribati. Suva Fiji University of the South Pacific, Institute of Pacific Studies
18. Laughlin, R. (1995). Methodological themes empirical research in accounting: alternative approaches and a case for ‘middle-range’ thinking. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 8 (1): 63–86.
19. Lawrence R, (1992) Kiribati: change and context in an atoll world In A. B. Robillard (ed.) Social Change in the Pacific Islands pp. 264–99 London Kegan Paul International
20. Lockwood, FG, Williams, AI, and Roberts, DW. (1988). Improving teaching at a distance within the University of the South Pacific. International Journal of Educational Development, 8: 265–70.
21. Macdonald BK, (1982) Cinderellas of the Empire: Towards a History of Kiribati and Tuvalu. Canberra Australian National University Press
22. Magembe, BAS, Sathyamoorthi, CR, Shunda, JPW, and Alexander, DJA. (1999). Accounting education and training in Botswana: a critical analysis. Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, Supplement 1: 79–100.
23. Mason L, (ed.) (1985) Kiribati: A Changing Atoll Culture. Suva Fiji University of the South Pacific, Institute of Pacific Studies
24. Mintzberg, H. (1979). An emerging strategy of ‘direct’ research. Administrative Science Quarterly, 24: 582–89.
25. Ndzinge, S, and Briston, RJ. (1999). Accounting and economic development. Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, Supplement 1: 29–42.
26. Nei Tabera Ni Kai Video Unit. (2003) The Journey of Nei Matangare (Video). Tarawa Nei Tabera Ni Kai Video Unit.
27. Patton MQ, (1990) Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods (2nd ed.) Newbury Park CA Sage
28. Pole Atanraoi. (1995) Tenure and sustainability in an atoll nation: the case of Kiribati In R. Crocombe (ed.) Customary Land Tenure and Sustainable Development: Complementarity or Conflict? pp. 54–73 Noumea New Caledonia South Pacific Commission
29. Public Finance (1976, 1998) Control and Audit Ordinance No. 18 of 1976 (Reprinted with amendments in Laws of Kiribati Revised Edition 1998, Chapter 79) Government of Kiribati Tarawa
30. Robillard AB, (1992) Introduction: social change as the projection of discourse In A. B. Robillard (ed.) Social Change in the Pacific Islands pp. 1–32 London Kegan Paul International
31. Rondinelli DA, (1993) Development Projects as Policy Experiments: an Adaptive Approach to Development Administration. London Routledge
32. Sanday, PR. (1979). The ethnographic paradigm(s). Administrative Science Quarterly, 24: 527–38.
33. Savin-Baden M, (2000) Problem-based learning in higher education: Untold stories. Buckingham Bucks Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press
34. Silverman D, (1985) Qualitative Methodology and Sociology. Aldershot Hants Gower
35. Thomas, A. (1996). What is development management?. Journal of International Development, 8 (1): 95–110.
36. Traynor, WJ, and Watts, WR. (1992). Management development in the Pacific during the 1990s: how to survive with coconuts. Journal of Management Development, 11 (2): 67–79.
37. Usher, RS. (1985). Beyond the anecdotal: adult learning and the use of experience. Studies in the Education of Adults, 17: 59–74.
38. Yapa, PWS. (2000). University-profession partnerships in accounting education: the case of Sri Lanka. Accounting Education: an international journal, 9: 297–307.