Dr Max Bessell

Adjunct Associate Professor

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Max has a PhD from the University of Adelaide and is a Fellow of CAANZ. He has over 18 years of professional and legal experience in legal and accounting practices. In addition, his university experience encompasses over 17 years of academic and senior management positions. Max has had a long association with the ICAA/CAANZ including Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council and a past CA Program facilitator. He is also a past member of the ICAA's National Quality Review Committee and Chair for 5 years. His research interests deal with the auditing profession, audit firms and the regulatory environment they operate in.
He has significant international education experience being Associate Dean (International) for the Faculty of the Professions at the University of Adelaide, Chairperson for the Australian Business Deans Council (International Network) and also was part of the Australian Government APEC delegation on Human Resource Development Working Group to Russia (Moscow and Vladivostok) in 2012.

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Research Interests

Auditing and Accountability

Journals

Year	Citation
2017	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2017). An analysis of the inconsistencies regarding the co-regulatory environment for registered company auditors in Australia. Australian Business Law Review, 45(4), 322-336.
2011	Bessell, M., Round, D., Agarwal, M., & Lobmayr, B. (2011). How big can the Big 4 (or 3) get? A study of audit firm concentration in Australia. Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 18(3), 245-266.
2010	Webber, M., Sarris, A., & Bessell, M. (2010). Organisational culture and the use of work-life balance initiatives: Influence on work attitudes and work-life conflict. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Organisational Psychology, 3, 54-65. DOI
2010	Round, D., Bessell, M., & Agarwal, M. (2010). Increasing shares in Australian professional services markets: Is s 50 a barrier to growth by acquisition?. Australian Business Law Review, 38, 238-245.
2004	Bessell, M., & Anandarajan, A. (2004). How useful are audit reports? Bankers rely heavily on audited financial statements when it comes to lending decisions. To what extent, though, do they rely on audit reports?(Lending Decisions). InFinance, 118(3), 12-14.
2003	Bessell, M., Anandarajan, A., & Umar, A. (2003). Information content audit reports and going-concern: an Australian study. Accounting and Finance, 43(3), 261-282. DOI Scopus26
2000	Bessell, M., Burford, K., & Henderson, M. (2000). What Latham CJ really said about taxation!. Corporate and Business Law Journal, 11(2), 143-163.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2007	Bessell, M., Burritt, R., Carter, A., & Round, D. (2007). The Internationality of Abacus: A longitudinal study 1965-2004. In 2007 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Limited Conference (pp. 1-21). Online: AFAANZ.
2004	Bessell, M., & Anandarajan, A. (2004). Some Australian evidence on audit reports. In 9th AIBF (Australasian Institute of Banking) Banking and Finance Conference: Challenges in Banking and Finance (pp. 0 pages). Australia: Australasian Institute of Banking.
2002	Bessell, M., Anandarajan, A., & Umar, A. (2002). Does the "qualification” in an auditor’s report matter in the presence of going concern uncertainties?: evidence from Australia. In Proceedings of the Northeast Regional Meeting Vol. American Accounting Association, 2002. Rhode Island.
2001	Bessell, M., & Henderson, S. (2001). User pay revenue or disguised taxation: an exploratory study. In Hawaii Conference on Business (pp. 0 pages). USA: IEEE.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2016	Bessell, M. D., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2016). The Supply of Auditors in Australia.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L. I. S. A. A., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for South Australia.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L. I. S. A., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for Victoria.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for New South Wales.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for Queensland.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for Western Australia.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for Tasmania.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for the Australian Capital Territory.
2014	Bessell, M., Powell, L., & Richardson, G. (2014). The Demand for Registered Company Auditors in Australia Report for the Northern Territory.

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2008 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	The Impact of Changes in Malaysian Regulatory Framework on the Disclosures of Executive Directors' Remuneration	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Siti Abdul Malak

Position: Adjunct Associate Professor
Phone: 83138303
Email: max.bessell@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83134368
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Nexus 10, floor 13
Org Unit: Adelaide Business School

Dr Max Bessell

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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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