Associate Professor Janice Loftus

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  	UNSW Australia	Australia	Masters (Honours)

• Research Interests

  Accounting Theory and Standards Corporate Governance

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2021	Howieson, B., Loftus, J., & Schuhrer, S. (2021). Are Accounting Standards Understandable?. None, 64(1), 1083-1109. DOI
  2020	Shan, Y. G., Troshani, I., & Loftus, J. (2020). Managerial ownership, audit committees and non-audit services. Australian Journal of Management, 46(3), 409-436. DOI Scopus7 WoS3
  2016	Moschakis, N., Jerram, C., & Loftus, J. (2016). Voluntary financial reporting strategies of South Australian independent schools. Third Sector Review, 22(1), 25-48.
  2014	He, C., & Loftus, J. (2014). Does environmental reporting reflect environmental performance?. Pacific Accounting Review, 26(1/2), 134-154. DOI Scopus33 WoS26
  2011	Abdullah, S., Abhayawansa, S., Anderson, C., Baskerville, R., Birt, J., Boon, K., . . . Wright, S. (2011). Editor's note and ad hoc reviewers for 2010. ACCOUNTING RESEARCH JOURNAL, 24(1), 4 pages. DOI
  2008	Jones, S., van der Laan, S., Frost, G., & Loftus, J. (2008). The Investment Performance of Socially Responsible Investment Funds in Australia. Journal of Business Ethics, 80(2), 181-203. DOI Scopus98
  2008	Loftus, J., & Purcell, J. (2008). Post-Asian financial crisis reforms: an emerging new embedded-relational governance model. Accounting, Business and Financial History, 18(3), 335-355. DOI Scopus6
  2007	Purcell, J. A., & Loftus, J. A. (2007). Corporate Social Responsibility: Expanding Directors' Duties or Enhancing Corporate Disclosure. Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 21, 135-160.
  2007	Jones, S., Frost, G., Loftus, J., & van der Laan, S. (2007). An Empirical Examination of the Market Returns and Financial Performance of Entities Engaged in Sustainability Reporting. Australian Accounting Review, 17(41), 78-87. DOI Scopus105
  2006	Loftus, J., & Purcell, J. (2006). Product life cycle analysis in the airline industry. Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 12(3), 11-18.
  2005	Frost, G., Jones, S., Loftus, J., & van der Laan, S. (2005). A Survey of Sustainability Reporting Practices of Australian Reporting Entities. Australian Accounting Review, 15(35), 89-96. DOI Scopus134
  2003	Loftus, J. A. (2003). The CF and accounting standards: The persistence of discrepancies. Abacus, 39(3), 298-309. DOI Scopus16
  2003	Carlon, S., Loftus, J. A., & Miller, M. C. (2003). The challenge of risk reporting: Regulatory and corporate responses. Australian Accounting Review, 13(31), 36-51. DOI Scopus27
  2000	Miller, M. C., & Loftus, J. A. (2000). Measurement entering the 21st century: A clear or blocked road ahead?. Australian Accounting Review, 10(21), 4-18. DOI Scopus6
  1997	Chia, Y. K., Czernkowski, R., & Loftus, J. (1997). The association of aggregate and disaggregated earnings with annual stock returns. Accounting and Finance, 37(1), 111-128. DOI Scopus9
  1994	Aitken, M. J., & Loftus, J. A. (1994). DETERMINANTS OF ACCOUNTING POLICY CHOICE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY INDUSTRY: A PORTFOLIO APPROACH. Accounting & Finance, 34(2), 1-20. DOI Scopus8
  1993	Miller, M. C., & Loftus, J. A. (1993). SAG 4 And The Challenge To The Mandatory Status Of Concepts Statements. Australian Accounting Review, 3(5), 2-10. DOI Scopus9

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2007	Purcell, J., & Loftus, J. (2007). Integration of accounting with product life-cycle analysis for sustainability-based decision making. In APIRA 2007 Conference Proceedings (pp. 1-26). Auckland, New Zealand.

Accounting theory

Advanced Theory in Accounting

Research Project in Financial Statement Analysis

Corporate Accounting

Generally, all areas if intermediate and advanced financial reporting

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024	Co-Supervisor	The relation between ESG and market-based performance in the Australian stock market pre, during and post Covid-19	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Yi Luo
  2021	Co-Supervisor	Sustainability Reporting in Australian Higher Education: The case of public universities	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Mrs Jiyoung Kim

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2013 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	The Informational Role of Corporate Carbon Performance in the Stock Market	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Emon Chen
  2012 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Identification of Relevant Predictors of Loan Default Using the Elastic Net Model	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Jessica Moonhee Yi

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2021 - 2027	Member	South Australian Divisional Council	CPA Australia	Australia
  2002 - ongoing	Member	Executive, Financial Reporting Interest Group, AFAAANZ	Financial Reporting Interest Group, AFAAANZ	Australia

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2009 - ongoing	Member	CPA Australia	Australia

• Editorial Boards

  Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
  2019 - 2022	Associate Editor	Australian Accounting Review	University of Adelaide	Australia

• Position: Associate Professor
• Phone: 83131024
• Email: janice.loftus@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 82234782
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Nexus 10, floor 13
• Org Unit: Accounting