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Faculty of Business and Enterprise

SUBHASH ABHAYAWANSA



Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
BSc (Hons) (Sri Jay), MBA (Deakin), GradCertTeachLearn(HEd)

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sabhayawansa@swin.edu.au

 

Subhash is lecturer in Accounting and Finance in the Faculty of Business & Enterprise. He has taught financial accounting, management accounting, and financial risk management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Subhash was awarded a Teaching Excellence Commendation in 2007, by the Faculty. Prior to joining academia, Subhash worked at the Colombo Stock Exchange. His experience spans market research, management consulting and capital markets. Subhash's research interests are in the area of corporate governance regulation, intellectual capital and human capital disclosures and accounting education. His doctoral research focuses on disclosure quality of intellectual capital information in sell-side analyst reports.

Professional Memberships

  • Associate Member - CPA Australia
  • Past Finalist - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK)
  • Member - Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka


Research Profile


Research Interests

  • Accounting education
  • Intellectual Capital Measurement Management and Reporting
  • Corporate governance regulation

Recent Publications

Book Chapters:

Abhayawansa, S. & Johnson, R. 2007a, 'Corporate governance in developing countries: Accountability versus performance?' in Readings in Auditing, vol. II, ed. R. Johnson, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Queensland, pp. 84-98.

Johnson, R. & Abhayawansa, S. 2007, 'Corporate governance reforms in Sri Lanka and India: Part 1', in Readings in Auditing, vol. II, ed. R. Johnson, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Queensland, pp. 99-109.

Abhayawansa, S. & Johnson, R. 2007b, 'Corporate governance reforms in Sri Lanka and India: Part 2', in Readings in Auditing, vol. II, ed. R. Johnson, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Queensland, pp. 110-124.

Refereed Journal articles

Abhayawansa, S. A. & Abeysekera, I. 2009 (forthcoming), 'Intellectual capital disclosure from sell-side analyst perspective', Journal of Intellectual Capital , vol. 10, no. 3

Abhayawansa, S. A. & Abeysekera, I. 2008, 'An explanation of human capital disclosure from the resource-based perspective ', Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 51-64

Conference Papers:

Abhayawansa, S. A. & Abeysekera, I. 2008, 'An explanation of human capital disclosure from resource based perspective', Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference , 24th - 26th April, New York , U.S.A

Abhayawansa, S. A. 2007, 'Intellectual capital disclosure: Literature review of the supply-side and demand-side', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual Conference , 1st July - 3rd July, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Abhayawansa, S. A. & Abeysekera, I. 2007, 'A review of intellectual capital disclosure from the sell-side analyst perspective', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual Conference , 1st July - 3rd July, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Professional Journals:

Abhayawansa, S. A. 2008, 'An overview of corporate governance regulations in Sri Lanka ', Law and Society Trust Review, vol. 18, no. 242, pp. 26-46.

Abhayawansa , S.A. & Abeysekera I. 2006, 'IAS 39', Financial Management, Spring, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ( CIMA ), London , U.K.

Research Grants:

2008 - AFAANZ Research Grant: $3595 (Project title: Evidence based research to support curriculum development for Higher Education and TAFE in Accounting and Finance)

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