New from Emerald in 2010 - Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research
Local and international economies are witnessing an increasing trend of businesses adopting the Shari’ah principles. This has important implications on the nature, process and practice of accounting, auditing and governance of Islamic financial institutions and organisations.
This journal will provide a dynamic forum for the advancement of accounting and business knowledge based on Shari’ah and aims to publish high quality manuscripts related to the interplay between Islamic business ethics, accounting, auditing and governance in promoting accountability, socio-economic justice (adl) and everlasting success (al-falah). It seeks to inform current theoretical and empirical research and practice in Islamic accounting, auditing and corporate governance, management of Islamic organisations, accounting regulation and policy for Islamic institutions, Shari’ah auditing and corporate governance, and financial and non-financial performance measurement and disclosure in Islamic institutions.
Coverage includes, but is not limited to:
- Development of accounting, auditing and corporate governance concepts based on Shari’ah
- Socio-political influence on accounting and auditing regulation and policy making for Islamic financial institutions and organizations
- Historical perspectives on Islamic accounting and business
- Critical analysis on issues and challenges on accounting disclosure and measurement, Shari’ah audit and corporate governance
- Controls and risks in Islamic organisations
- Financial and non-financial performance measurement and disclosure
- Contemporary issues and challenges in Islamic accounting, auditing and corporate governance practices
- Issues related to Shari’ah Supervisory Board
- Islamic research methodologies
- Islamic business ethics
- Management, leadership and governance of Islamic business organisations
Submit a paper:
The Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research (JIABR) will publish theoretical, technical and practical papers that make a significant contribution to topics that fall within the scope of the journal. Papers will only be accepted if they are well written and conform to the journal’s style. Each paper is reviewed by the editors and, if it is judged suitable for this publication, it is then sent to two referees for double blind peer review.
Papers should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length.
For author submission guidelines, full editorial team details, and where to send papers see: www.emeraldinsight.com\jiabr.htm
Please send submissions to the Editor(s):
Professor Roszaini Haniffa: r.haniffa@bradford.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Hudaib: mhudaib@essex.ac.uk