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• SPECIAL ISSUE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & MANAGEMENT
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Yvonne Crichton

Irvine Lapsley - Chair

Jan van Helden - Young Scholars Programme
 

Michela Arnaboldi (Polimi)
Henk ter Bogt (Groningen)
Tjerk Budding (Amsterdam)
James Guthrie (Macquarie)
Tom Groot (Amsterdam)
Nathalie Angelé-Halgand (Nantes)
Jan van Helden (Groningen)
Noel Hyndman (QUB)
Kerry Jacobs (ANU)
Åge Johnsen (Oslo)
Irvine Lapsley (Edinburgh)
Riccardo Mussari (Siena)
Vicente Pina (Zaragoza)
Peter Skærbæk (Copenhagen)
Ileana Steccolini (Bocconi)
Lourdes Torres (Zaragoza)
 

Nils Brunsson
Uppsala University

Christopher Hood
Oxford University

Christopher Pollitt
KU Leuven
 

For the final programme click here

The EIASM Public Sector conference welcomes contributions on all aspects of everyday life in public sector organizations. This forum is a conference for scholarly debate on the challenges facing public services in the 21st century .This includes the manner in which public service organizations respond to a recessionary environment. It also includes the impact of changes in technology on public services and the sustainability agenda. Structural changes in service delivery, with more network organizations, are also of interest. The interplay of public, private and non profit organizations in public service challenges is also of interest. The manner in which accounting informs or fails to inform public policy is also relevant to this conference.

This conference welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives on public sector issues. Accounting, Accountability and Governance in public services as captured through the lens of public management, public administration, public policy, and social theory are all of interest for this event.

This Call includes an interest in papers on the manner in which public services are managed and the role of accounting, performance and accountability information in management control. Research papers on the intersection of accounting practice, management styles and public policy are also welcomed. Studies of the nature of, and innovations in, accounting and auditing practices in action across the entire spectrum of public service organizations – central and regional government, local government, health care organizations, non governmental public sector bodies and agencies – are of particular interest for this conference.

Research papers which adopt a variety of methodological approaches are of interest to this conference. This includes studies which are based on in depth case studies of particular organizations; surveys of public sector organizations; historical studies of public sector bodies; observational studies; archival research and discussion papers on matters of contemporary debate.

In the selection of papers for this conference both extended abstracts and full papers will be considered for inclusion in the programme, but preference will be given to full papers by the Scientific Committee.

Extended abstracts (2 pages) or full papers are due by 27 February 2014. Extended abstracts should provide information on the theme of the paper, the theory used, the research method applied and a summary of the results.
Acceptance of an extended abstract is conditional upon submission of your full paper.
 

SUBMISSION OF FINAL PAPERS

Here is the procedure to upload your document:

* go on the EIASM web site (http://www.eiasm.org)
* click on "Workshops & conferences / Event administration"
* enter your login (which is your e-mail) Please note that you need to enter your e-mail address exactly as it appears in your EIASM profile
* add your password (in case you have forgotten one of these items, please follow the procedure indicated).
* at that stage, you will see that the final version of your paper is needed. Clicking on "details" enables you to upload it
- In case the title is different from the title of the abstract you submitted, please modify it.
* once it’s done, don't forget to click on the "SAVE" button.

Young scholars are included as members of the full conference. However, there will be a separate track for the Young Scholars program which will take place on the opening day of the conference. Young scholars are invited to submit a research proposal (including a literature review, research questions and research design). The authors of the selected research proposals participate in the conference by (1) having a round table discussion of their research and (2) and being a discussant on one of the presentations by another of the Young Scholars. This format has been devised with the purpose of providing constructive suggestions for improving the papers of Young Scholars.

Please mention on the first page of your proposal that you are submitting for the Young Scholar Program. To submit your paper: please use the main online submission link above.

Deadline to submit: 27 February 2014
 

Submission of papers/complete abstracts: 27 February 2014
Notification of authors: as of 28 March 2014
Registration of authors: 28 June, 2014
Submission of final papers: 30 June, 2014

The Best Paper award is named the 'JUNE PALLOT PRIZE' .The winner of the prize for the Best Conference Paper will be presented with an engraved quaich. A QUAICH is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup/bowl in Scotland. It derives from the Scottish Gaelic "cuach" meaning a cup.

The EIASM Public Sector conference has a special issue of Financial Accountability & Management based on a selection of papers from the conference. This special issue will be edited by Noel Hyndman and Irvine Lapsley. More information about this will be offered onsite and/or after the event.

VENUE
University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh

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ONLINE REGISTRATION

Cancellations made before August 8, 2014 will be reimbursed minus 20% of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after that date.

Payments should be made by :

• The following credit cards: Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard/Access

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