CV Academic

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : ROMLAH BT JAFFAR
Qualifications :

1.       Bachelor of Science (Accounting) - San Diego State University, California (1987).

2.       Masters In Business Administration - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1992)

3.       Doctor in Business Administration (Accounting) - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2001)
Specialisation :

Financial accounting and reporting, especially in the area of :

1.    Social and environmental reporting

2.    Reporting/Disclosure Quality

3.    Internet Reporting
Areas of Research :

1.      Impact of Earning Management on the Value of Firm: Empirical Evidence of Companies Listed on BSKL

2.      Environmental Reporting in Malaysia: Perspective of Management

3.      Accounting for Human Resources: Perspective of Conceptual Framework in Accounting

4.      Factors that Determined R&D Reporting in Malaysia

5.      Reporting of Financial Information in the Internet

6.      Earning Management and Corporate Governance

7.      Environmental Information Needs

8.      Association between Quality of Disclosure and Quality of Earning

9.      The Association between Dividend Policies and Debt and Equity Ownership: Monitoring the Agency Problem in Malaysia
Current Projects and Grants :

1.      Reporting of Financial Information in the Internet

2.      Earning Management and Corporate Governance

3.      Environmental Information Needs

4.      Association between Quality of Disclosure and Quality of Earning

5.      The Association between Dividend Policies and Debt and Equity Ownership: Monitoring the Agency Problem in Malaysia
Selected Publications :

1.        Fathyah Hashim dan Romlah Jaffar (2005). Determinants of R&D Disclosures in Malaysia. International Journal of Management Studies (forthcoming)

2.         Romlah Jaffar and Sharifah Buniamin (2004): Environmental reporting in Malaysia: Perspective of the Management. Malaysian Accounting Review, 3(1): 43 – 59.

3.         Inten Mautia, Radziah Abdul Latiff dan Romlah Jaffar (2004). The effect of the auditors’ effectiveness on the association between earning management and audit quality. Jurnal Pengurusan (forthcoming).

4.         Romlah Jaffar (2003). The Environmental reporting practice of environmentally problematic companies in Malaysia. Journal of Accounting, Governance and Society (forthcoming)

5.         Romlah Jaffar, Takiah Mohd. Iskandar, Jusoh @ Nordin Muhammad (2002) An Investigation of environmental disclosures: Evidence from selected industries in Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Society, 3(2), 55 – 68.

6.              Romlah Jaffar (2005) Environmental Reporting in Malaysia: Where are we? Proceeding National Seminar on Environmental Management 2005, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 4 – 5 Julai 2005. Seminar Pengurusan Persekitaran ke 4 (ms: 232 – 240)

7.              Romlah Jaffar, Nordin @ Jusoh Mohamad, dan Takiah Mohd. Iskandar (2002). Reliability of Environmental Reporting in Malaysia. Proceeding National Seminar on Environmental Management: Current Development and Future Planning. UKM, Bangi 14^th – 15^th August, 2001. pg: 49 – 64.

8.              Romlah Jaffar, (2001). Environmental Management and Financial Performance: Are They Related? Proceeding National Seminar on Environmental Management: Issues and Challenges in Malaysia UKM, Bangi 25^th – 26^th July 2000. pg: 85 – 92.
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