John Sands
School of Business, University of Southern Queensland
School of Business, University of Southern Queensland Qualifications DipGenIns AII , DipMktRsch MRSA , BHotelMgt Griffith , BBus USQ , MPhil Griffith , PhD Griffith Professional membership FCPA Research impact (Source Google Scholar) 1,877 citations, H-index 21, i10-index 30, 75 publications Academic and Leadership Positions Held at University of Southern Queensland, Griffith University, or University Sunshine Coast Professor (Accounting) 2014-, Head of Discipline – Accounting (USQ) 2014 - 2016, Associate Professor and Acting Head of Discipline (2011 – 2014), Associate Professor Accounting and Assistant Dean Learning and Teaching (USC) 2008 - 2011, Chair of Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee (USC) 2008 - 2010 Head of Discipline – Accounting (Griffith) 2012, Registered Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Experts 2008 - , External peer review of accounting learning standards for University of Southern Queensland (Achievement Matters with Professor Phil Hancock and Associate Professor Mark Freeman) 2011-, National Chair of AFAANZ Management Accounting Special Interest Group (SIG8), 2014 - 2016 Member of the Asia-pacific Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) steering committee, 2011- Editorial Board of Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change and Australian Research Journal. 2014- Editorial Board of Accounting Research Journal 2015- Reviewer panel for several Australian and International Journals 1999 - Selection of Referred Academic Articles Arain and Sands 2024, The Intricate Interplay Between Carbon Emissions, Financial Risk, and Valuation, International Review of Economics and Finance Volume 93, Part A, June 2024, Pages 1363-1377 Daff, Sands, and Tame, 2024, Developing reflective practice as a habit for career success, The International Journal of Management Education, In-press Khalid, Jones, Beattie, & Sands, Distinguishing complexity of environmental factors within a sustainability balanced scorecard (SBCS): A public healthcare performance management study, Accepted for publication by AABFJ in Vol 18 Issue 2, May/June 2025, Al-Shurafat, Beattie, Jones, and Sands, Obstacles Facing the Development of Forensic Accounting Curricula within the Australian Universities: Exploring Perspectives of Practitioners and Educators, Accepted for publication by AABFJ in Vol 18 Issue 2, May/June 2024, Hall, Jones, Beattie, and Sands, COVID-19 effect on financial institutions’ board decision-making process, Accepted for publication by Journal of Risk and Financial Management Manuscript 2024, 17, 106 . https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm17030106, Q2/B Arian, Sands & Tooley, Industry and Stakeholder Impacts on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance: Consumer vs. Industrial Sectors, Sustainability, 2023, Vol 15., Issue 16, pages 12254 Gholami, Sands and Shams, Corporates' sustainability disclosures impact on cost of capital and idiosyncratic risk, Meditari Accountancy Research, (2023). Vol. 31 No. 4, 861-886 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-06-2020-0926 Asif Ali, Habib Ur Rahman, Gholami, & Sands, Flight-to-Liquidity and Excess Stock Return: Empirical Evidence From Dynamic Panel Model, Journal of Risk and Financial Management 16 (12), 515, Arian and Sands, Corporate climate risk disclosure: assessing materiality and stakeholder expectations for sustainable value creation, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Rahman, Arian and Sands (2023) Does Fiscal Consolidation Affect Non-Performing Loans? Global Evidence from Heavily Indebted Countries (HICS), Journal of Risk and Financial Management, https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16090417 Chong, Mia, Sands, and Wang (2023) The Effects of Performance Measurement System on Innovation Performance: The Roles of Absorptive Capacity and Organizational Learning, Journal of Management Control, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00187-023-00355-0 Gholami Sands and Shams, 2023, Corporates' sustainability disclosures impact on cost of capital and idiosyncratic risk, Meditari Accountancy Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-06-2020-0926 A Gholami, PA Murray, J Sands 2022. Environmental, Social, Governance & Financial Performance Disclosure for Large Firms: Is This Different for SME Firms? Sustainability 14 (10), 6019 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106019 Al Fadli, Beattie, Jones, and Sands, 2022, Ownership Structure and CSR Reporting: A Jordanian Study, Business and Society Review, 1-30, Gholami, Sands and Shams, 2022, The impact of corporate ESG performance disclosure across Australian industries, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal- AABFJ, publication in press Gholami, Sands and Rahman, 2022, Environmental, social and governance disclosure and value generation: Is the financial industry different?, Sustainability https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052721 Khalid, Beattie, and Sands, 2022. Barriers and Motivations to Integrating Environmental Performance in the BSC: A case study in healthcare, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 297-319 https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-09-2020-0325 Al Fadli, A., Sands, J., Jones, G., Beattie, C. and Pensiero, D. 2020, "Board independence and CSR reporting: pre and post analysis of JCGC 2009", International Journal of Law and Management, Vol. 62 No. 2, pp. 117-138 Al Fadli, Sands, Jones, Beattie, and Pensiero, 2020. Board Gender Diversity and CSR Reporting: Evidence from Jordan, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, Volume 13 Issue 2, pp. 29-52. Jayasundara, Jones, and Sands, (2020) Financial and Social Well-being Performance of the Port-of-Brisbane after Privatisation: A Case Study, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, Volume 14 Issue 2, pp 71-93. Alshurafat, H., Beattie, C., Jones, G. & Sands, J. 2020. Perceptions of the Usefulness of Various Teaching Methods in Forensic Accounting Education. Accounting Education, 29:2, 177-204 Khalid, Beattie, Sands, and Hampson, 2019. Incorporating the environmental dimension into the Balanced Scorecard: A case study in health care, Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol. 27(4), pp. 652-674, Alshurafat, Beattie, Jones, and Sands. 2019. Forensic Accounting Core and Interdisciplinary Curricula Components in Australian Universities: Analysis of Websites. Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, Volume 11: Issue 2, Special Edition. pp. 353-365. Rae, K., Sands, J. and Subramaniam, N. 2017. Associations among the Five Components within COSO Internal Control-Integrated Framework as the Underpinning of Quality Corporate Governance, Australasian Accounting Business & Finance Journal, Vol 11, Issue 1, pp John Sands Ki-Hoon Lee K.B.M. Fonseka , 2016, Advancing sustainability management accounting in the Asia Pacific region, Accounting Research Journal, Vol. 29 Iss 2 pp. 134 – 136 Sands, Rae and Gadenne, 2016, An Empirical Investigation on the links within a sustainability balanced scorecard (SBSC) framework and their Impact on Financial Performance, Accounting Research Journal, Volume 29 Issue 2, pp 154-178, Cameron, Clark, De Zwaan, English, Lamminmaki, O’Leary, Rae and Sands, 2015, The Importance of Understanding Student Learning Styles in Accounting Degree Programs, in Australian Accounting Review, vol. 25 no. 3, pp. 218-231, Sands and Lee, Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting (EMA) for The Development of Sustainability Management and Accountability, 2015, Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting,2015, vol. 9 no. 1 pp. 1-4 . Rae, Sands and Gadenne, 2015, Associations between organisations’ motivated workforce and environmental performance, Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, Issue 3, Volume 11, pp. 384 – 405, Sands and Lee, 2015, Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting, Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, vol. 11 no. 3 pp. 1-2. Rae, Sands and Gadenne, 2015 The association between organisational commitment and corporate social responsibility-environmental performance within an integrated sustainability balanced scorecard framework, in Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting, vol. 9 no. 1 pp. 32-50, Rae and Sands. 2013. Using Classroom layout to help reduce students’ apprehension and increase communication, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Volume 5, No. 22, Oct, pp. 489-491 ((ABDC A) Rae and Sands. 2013. Creating sustainable benefits for stakeholders of organisations using the strategy mapping framework, e-Journal of Social & Behavioural Research in Business, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp: 14- 34. Gadenne, Sands and Mia 2012, 'The Association between Sustainability Performance Management Goals and Organisational Performance', e-Journal of Social & Behavioural Research in Business, vol.3, no.2, Australian Business & Education Research Association, Australia. Gadenne , Mia, Sands , Winata and Hooi 2012, 'The influence of sustainability performance management practices on organisational sustainability performance', in Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, vol.8, no.2, Emerald, United Kingdom. Iselin, Sands, and Mia. 2011. Multi-perspective performance reporting systems, continuous improvement systems and organisational performance, Journal of General Management, Vol. 36 No. 3 Spring, pp. 19-36 ( Iselin, Mia, and Sands. 2010. Multi-perspective performance reporting and organisational performance: The impact of information, data and redundant cue load, International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance, Volume 6, No. 1, pp. 1-27. Iselin, Mia, and Sands. 2008. Multi-Dimensional Strategic Goal Setting, Performance Reporting and Organisational Performance, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Volume 9, No. 2, pp. 76-96 Iselin, Mia, and Sands. 2008. The effect of the balanced scorecard on performance: The impact of the alignment of the strategic goals and performance reporting, Journal of General Management, Volume 33, No. 4, pp. 71-85 Rae, Subramaniam, and Sands. 2008. Risk Management and Ethical Environment: Effects on Internal Audit and Accounting Control Procedures, Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research , Volume 6, No. 1, pp. 11-30 Auyeung, Dagwell, Ng, and Sands. 2006. Educators' Epistemological Beliefs of Accounting Ethics Education: A Cross-Cultural Study, Accounting Research Journal, Volume 19, No. 2, pp. 122-138, Auyeung, Dagwell, Ng, and Sands. 2006. Students’ Perceptions of Accounting Ethics Education: Some Cross-Cultural Inputs, Australian Journal of Accounting Education, Volume 2, No. 1, pp. 53-83. Publication Ranking, Mia, Iselin and Sands, 2005, The performance effect of benchmarking and the balanced scorecard approach in performance reporting: An exploratory study, International Journal of Business Research, Vol. IV, No. 1, Auyeung and Sands, 2003. The Learning Styles of Accounting Students: An Extended Cross Cultural Study, Journal of Accounting and Finance, Volume 2, No. .2 pp31-45 Sands and McPhail, 2003, Choice Criteria of Listed Australian Public Companies for Selecting an Auditor: An Exploratory Study, International Journal of Business Studies, Volume 11, No. 1, Sands and Huang, 2002, An Empirical Investigation on Voluntary Auditor Switching: A Two-Stage Decision Process, Accounting Research Journal, Volume 15, No. 2, pp. 167-185, Sands and Pragasam. 1998. The Usefulness of International Accounting Topics to Organisations Involved in International Business, Accounting Forum, Volume 22, No. 2, pp. 165-185. Publication Ranking, Auyeung and Sands. 1997. Factors Influencing Accounting Students’ Career Choice: A Cross-Cultural Validation Study, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Volume 6, No. 1, pp 13-23. Sands and Pragasam. 1997, Perceptions of Academics in the Asian-pacific Region of the Relative Importance of International Accounting Topics, International Journal of Accounting, Volume 32, No. 2, pp. 187-202. Auyeung and Sands. 1996. A Cross Cultural Study of the Learning Styles of Accounting Students, Accounting and Finance, Volume 36, No. 2, pp 259-273. Sands and Pragasam, 1996, Audit Opinions and Auditor Switching: Some Recent Australian Evidence, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Volume 3, No. 2, Sands and McPhail, 1994, An Exploratory Study into the Choice Criteria for Selecting an External Auditor by Australian Listed Companies, Asia Pacific Advances in Consumer Research, Volume 1 Auyeung and Sands, 1994, The Predictive Value of First-Year Commerce Degree Performance for Accounting Majors, Accounting Forum, Volume 18, Issue 1, Publication Ranking Auyeung and Sands. 1993. An Evaluation of Secondary School Studies for Predicting the Performance of Accounting Majors, Australian Educational Researcher, Volume 20, No. 3. Sands and Pragasam. 1993. Students' Perceptions about the Usefulness of International Accounting Course Contents: An Australian Study, The International Journal of Accounting, Volume 28, No. 4, pp 325-346. Published Books Crosling, Murphy, Cotesta, and Sands, 2005. Writing and Presenting for Accounting. LexisNexis: Australia. Hansen, Mowen, Sands, Su, and Winata, 2015. A Staircase for Management Accounting, 1st Ed. Cengage: Australia Hansen, Mowen, Sands, Su, and Winata, 2019. A Staircase for Management Accounting, 2nd Ed Cengage: Australia
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