Dr Rebecca Tan

RSA

Research School of Accounting

Position
Senior Lecturer & Master’s Course Work Convener
Email
rebecca.tan@anu.edu.au
Phone number
+61 2 612 53669
Office
Room 2052, PAP Moran Bld (26B)
Research areas

International accounting - Developments and practices; Determinants of financial accounting practices; Behavioural aspects of management accounting processes; Sustainability reporting and disclosure practices.

Biography

Rebecca Tan is a Senior Lecturer of Accounting, and Deputy Director (Education) of the Research School of Accounting. She is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Chartered Accountant. Rebecca’s research focuses on international accounting issues, sustainability accounting and reporting, management accounting systems (including behavioural issues) as well as accounting education developments. Rebecca has written on these topics and published in esteemed journals including Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal and The International Journal of Accounting.

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Research publications

Refereed journal articles

Thoradeniya, P., Lee, J., Tan, R. et al (2015). Sustainability Reporting and the Theory of Planned Behaviour, Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 1099-1137.

Bachoo, K., Tan, R. & Wilson, M. (2013). Firm Value and the Quality of Sustainability Reporting in Australia', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 67-87.

Bachoo, K., Burritt, R. & Tan, R. C. W. (2008). Sustainability Ratings and Ethical Investments in Listed Australian Airline Companies, Accounting and Finance in Transition, 4: 27-49.

Chan, C. C. A., Monroe, G. S., Ng, J. and Tan, R. C. W. (2008). Effects of Employee Support on Junior Accountants' Job attitudes and Intention to Quit, Australian Accounting Review, 18(2): 149-160.

Isack, I. and Tan, R. C. W. (2008). Transparent Blue Skies for the Global Airline Industry: A Study of Key Accounting Disclosures, Journal of the Asia-pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 14(1): 12-23.

Chan, C. C. A., Monroe, G. M., Ng, J. and Tan, R. C. W. (2006). Conflict Management Styles of Male and Female Junior Accountants, International Journal of Management, 23(2): 289-295.

Tan, C. W., Tower, G., Hancock, P. & Taplin, R. (2005). User Views on the Complex Accounting for Financial Instruments, International Business and Economics Research Journal, 4(12): 65-76.

Tan, C. W., Hancock, P., Taplin, R. & Tower, G. (2005). Fair value accounting for all financial instruments: Perceptions from managers of Australian financial institutions, Australian Accounting Review, 15(2): 79-88.

Tan, C. W., Taplin, R., Hancock, P. & Tower, G. (2003). Non-response bias in the use of annual reports, Asian Review of Accounting, 11(2): 73-85.

Tan, C. W., Tower, G., Hancock, P. & Taplin, R. (2002). Empires of the sky: Determinants of global airlines’ accounting policy choices, International Journal of Accounting, 37(3): 277-299.

Tan, C. W., Tower, G., Hancock, P. & Taplin, R. (2000). Flights of fancy, Journal of Financial Reporting, 1(2): 1-10.


Professional articles

Isack, I & Tan, R. (2004). Coming Clean in the friendly skies, Australian CPA, 74(5): 50-51.


Books

Horngren, C., Wynder, M., Maguire, W., Tan, R., Datar, S., Foster, G., Rajan, M. and Ittner, C. (2018). Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney NSW (ISBN 9781488612640).

Horngren, C., Best, P., Fraser, D., Tan, R., Willett, R. et. al. (2016). Horngren's Accounting, 8th Edition, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney NSW.

Horngren, C., Wynder, M., Maguire, W., Tan, R., Datar, S., Foster, G., Rajan, M. and Ittner, C. (2014). Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney NSW.

Teh, S. T. & Tan, R. C. W. (2011). Rodgers Records: A Combined Manual and MYOB Accounting Plus v19 Practice Set, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney NSW.

Teh, S. T. & Tan, R. C. W. (2011). Wren & Associates: A Combined Manual and MYOB Accounting Plus v18 Practice Set, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney NSW.

Tan, R. C. W. (2010). Velvet Cupcakes: MYOB Accounting Plus v18 Practice Set: An Extended Approach, Pearson Education Australia, Sydney NSW.

Tan, R. (2009). Accounting for Financial Instruments: An Investigation of Preparer and User Preference for Fair Value Accounting, VDM Verlag, Germany.

Research grants and awards

AFAANZ 2006 Research Fund for "The Impact of IFRS Adoption in Australia on user's Involvement in the Due Process" with Professor Greg Tower (Curtin Business School) and Associate Dean Phil Hancock (UWA Business School). Grant Total: $3,000 

AFAANZ 2004 Research Fund for "Team Effectiveness: An Empirical Examination of its Antecedents" with Dr Chris Chan, Dr Juliana Ng and Professor Gary Monroe. Grant Total: $3,800

Research engagement and outreach

Burgmann College Council Member

Fellow of CPA Australia

CA Member

Teaching

Current

BUSN7031

BUSN4111/8111 


Past

BUSN1001

BUSN1002

BUSN2011

BUSN3003

BUSN8003