Associate Professor James Rooney

Associate Professor James Rooney

Associate Professor
UNSW Canberra
School of Business

Jim Rooney is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Governance, in the School of Business, at UNSW Canberra.

Associate Professor Rooney joined UNSW Canberra in February 2018. Prior to that, he had been at the University of Sydney Business School for just over nine years 

Jim has lectured on undergraduate and postgraduate business units in topics ranging from management accounting through to corporate governance. Responsibilities have included coordination of corporate governance units at undergraduate and masters levels as well as coordination of masters level units in performance and rewards (human resource management) and business start-ups (entrepreneurial studies). 

Jim has also completed appointments as a Research Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Relations at Harvard University as well as the Sustainability Transparency Accountability Research (STAR) Lab at Sydney University, working on research with senior academics at Harvard, Stanford and Sydney Universities focussed on the evaluation of sustainable supply chain programmes.

In terms of university and community service, Jim currently serves on NSW judging panel for the Telstra Business Awards and the Education Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He also serves on the Editorial Working Party of the Labour History journal and the archive committee of the Bundanoon History Group. Over the past five years, Jim has served in official capacities on the Technical Committee of the Sydney University Economic Model, the Executive Committee of the Sydney branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and the organising committee for the University of Sydney Genesis student entrepreneurial competition.

Prior to his full time appointment at the University of Sydney, Jim has had 25 years business experience in general management, service operations, consulting and information technology roles, largely in the Financial Services industry. He has worked for and with a number of leading Australian and global financial institutions and consulting organisations including Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, KPMG, IBM, GE Money, Citibank, Abbey National (UK), Westpac and NAB.

Jim's research concentrates on management and expert decision-making associated with organisational risk, management control and social responsibility. This includes organisational governance influences and implications. The empirical focus of this research is supply chain sustainability. Accounting history of significant social movements such as labour migration is also a strong research interest. He is interested in interactions between accounting information and decision-making with particular focus on the role of management controls, such as performance measures, play in the changing dynamics between organisations, governments and society.

Much of Jim’s research is interdisciplinary, and he has collaborated with colleagues from accounting, sociology, psychology and government/international relation to organisational research practice.

Phone
+61 2 5114 5696
Location
Building 27, Room 209, School of Business, UNSW Canberra
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    O'Neill S; Rooney J, 2021, 'Performance measures for governance systems', in Blackman D (ed.), Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 55 - 71
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Guthrie J; Dumay J; Rooney J, 2017, 'The Critical Path of Intellectual Capital', in The Routledge Companion to Intellectual Capital, pp. 21 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315393100-2
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Rooney J; Dumay J, 2017, 'Intellectual capital and innovation', in Guthrie J; Dumay J; Ricceri F; Neilsen C (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Intellectual Capital, Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 185 - 195, https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Intellectual-Capital/Guthrie-Dumay-Ricceri-Nielsen/p/book/9781138228214
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Shields J; Rooney J, 2017, 'Reward Management', in Syed J; Kramar R (ed.), Human Resource Management A Global and Critical Perspective, Macmillan International Higher Education, https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/human-resource-management-jawad-syed/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137521620
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Searle B; Rooney J, 2015, 'Diagnostic cues in finance', in Diagnostic Expertise in Organizational Environments, pp. 99 - 112
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Searle B; Rooney J, 2012, 'Proactivity at Work: A Path to Organisational Sustainability', in Avery G; Hughes B (ed.), Fresh Thoughts in Sustainable Leadership
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Rooney J, 2011, 'Inter-Organisational Relationships as a Complex Adaptive System', in Gregoriou G; Finch N (ed.), Best Practices in Management Accounting, Springer, London, UK, pp. 20 - 32
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Rooney J, 2011, 'Recent Progress in Management Control Depiction', in Gregoriou G; Finch N (ed.), Best Practices in Management Accounting, Springer, London, UK, pp. 72 - 90
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Rooney J; Kaushalya T; Jayawardana AKL, 2023, 'The discovery of absorptive capacity and the practice of intellectual capital mobilization within change management processes', Journal of Organizational Change Management, 36, pp. 724 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-07-2022-0211
    Journal articles | 2021
    Blackman D; Buick F; Johnson S; Rooney J; Ilahee N, 2021, 'Using system traps to understand and potentially prevent human resource development intervention failure', Human Resource Development Quarterly, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21434
    Journal articles | 2021
    Frost G; Rooney J, 2021, 'Considerations of sustainability in capital budgeting decision-making', Journal of Cleaner Production, 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127650
    Journal articles | 2020
    Dumay J; Guthrie J; Rooney J, 2020, 'Being critical about intellectual capital accounting in 2020: An overview', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2020.102185
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rooney J; Murthy V, 2020, 'Institutions, social order and wealth in ancient India', Journal of Institutional Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1744137420000296
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dyball MC; Rooney J, 2019, 'Governing and disciplining Filipino migrant workers’ health at Hawaiian sugar plantations', Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2019.01.004
    Journal articles | 2019
    Rooney J; Cao Y, 2019, 'Outsourced supply chains as a complex adaptive system', Meditari Accountancy Research, 27, pp. 170 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-02-2018-0296
    Journal articles | 2018
    Dumay J; Rooney J, 2018, 'Overcoming the symbolic violence of orthodox accounting practice: an intellectual capital perspective', Journal of Intellectual Capital, 19, pp. 248 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JIC-02-2017-0026
    Journal articles | 2018
    Murthy V; Rooney J, 2018, 'The role of management accounting in ancient india: Evidence from the arthasastra', Journal of Business Ethics, 152, pp. 323 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3271-y
    Journal articles | 2016
    Dumay J; Rooney J, 2016, 'Numbers versus Narrative: An Examination of a Controversy', Financial Accountability and Management, 32, pp. 202 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faam.12086
    Journal articles | 2016
    Rooney J; Dumay J, 2016, 'Intellectual capital, calculability and qualculation', British Accounting Review, 48, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2015.07.002
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cuganesan S; Rooney J, 2015, 'Special issue on perspectives of risk management - attenuation, leadership, incentives and complementation', MANAGERIAL AUDITING JOURNAL, 30, pp. 114 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-01-2015-1150
    Journal articles | 2015
    Rooney J; Cuganesan S, 2015, 'Leadership, governance and the mitigation of risk: A case study', Managerial Auditing Journal, 30, pp. 132 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-08-2014-1078
    Journal articles | 2013
    Coyte R; Rooney J; Phua B, 2013, 'The Impossibility of Philanthropic Funding Decisions: The Australian Non-Government Funder Experience', FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & MANAGEMENT, 29, pp. 397 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faam.12020
    Journal articles | 2013
    Dumay J; Rooney J; Marini L, 2013, 'An intellectual capital-based differentiation theory of innovation practice', Journal of Intellectual Capital, 14, pp. 608 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JIC-02-2013-0024
    Journal articles | 2013
    Rooney J; Cuganesan S, 2013, 'The control dynamics of outsourcing involving an early-stage firm', Accounting and Business Research, 43, pp. 506 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2013.818916
    Journal articles | 2013
    Rooney J, 2013, 'Alternative Representation of Management Control Design: an empirical exploration and critical analysis', AUSTRALASIAN ACCOUNTING BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNAL, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/aabfj.v7i4.6
    Journal articles | 2012
    Dyball MC; Rooney J, 2012, 'Re-visiting the interface between race and accounting: Filipino workers at the Hamakua Mill Company, 1921-1939', Accounting History, 17, pp. 221 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1032373211434720
    Journal articles | 2011
    Dumay J; Rooney J, 2011, 'Dealing with an ageing workforce: current and future implications', Journal of Human Resource Costing & Accounting, 15, pp. 174 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14013381111178578
    Journal articles | 2011
    Dumay J; Rooney J, 2011, '“Measuring for managing?” An IC practice case study', Journal of Intellectual Capital, 12, pp. 344 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14691931111154670
    Journal articles | 2009
    Rooney J; Cuganesan S, 2009, 'Contractual and accounting controls in outsourcing agreements: Evidence from the australian home loan industry', Australian Accounting Review, 19, pp. 80 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-2561.2009.00047.x
  • Reports | 2022
    Chand S; Rooney J; Sofe R, 2022, Value Chain Analysis for the PNG Cocoa Industry
    Reports | 2022
    O'Neill S; Glennie M; Farmer J; Caponecchia C; Blackman D; McDermott V; Huron V; Rooney J, 2022, Measuring for a mentally healthy workplace: a practical guide for small business and sole traders, National Mental Health Commission, Sydney, NSW, 2, https://beta.mentallyhealthyworkplaces.gov.au/explore-resources/measuring-mentally-healthy-workplaces-practical-guide-small-business-and-sole
    Reports | 2022
    O'Neill S; Glennie M; Farmer J; Caponecchia C; McDermott V; Blackman D; Rooney J; Huron V, 2022, Measuring for a mentally healthy workplace: a practical guide for medium to large organisations, https://beta.mentallyhealthyworkplaces.gov.au/explore-resources/measuring-mentally-healthy-workplaces-practical-guide-medium-large-organisations
    Reports | 2022
    Rooney J, 2022, Development of a risk management maturity model and strategic approach to risk management practice by DSTG and Defence stakeholders
    Reports | 2022
    Rooney J, 2022, Leveraging Organisational Design to support DSTG in sensing and responding to strategic shifts in stakeholder priorities and maintain stakeholder satisfaction to have strategic impact for Defence.
    Reports | 2022
    Rooney J, 2022, Opportunities to improve the maturity of risk management practices and reporting within DSTG to meet the needs of Defence.
    Reports | 2022
    Rooney J, 2022, Review of the effectiveness of current project management training
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Dumay J; Rooney J, 2011, 'Is "If it Can't be Measured it Can't be Managed" Really True?', in Turner G; Minnone C (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, ACADEMIC CONFERENCES LTD, CYPRUS, Univ Nicosia, Nicosia, pp. 123 - 130, presented at 3rd European Conference on Intellectual Capital, CYPRUS, Univ Nicosia, Nicosia, 18 April 2011 - 19 April 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000290938900015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

My Teaching

ZBUS8108  Accounting for Management and Decisions