Professor Alpa Dhanani
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Alpa Dhanani
Professor in Accounting and Finance
Overview
Alpa Dhanani is a Professor at Cardiff Business School and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests lie principally in accountability in not-for-profit organisations such as charities, NGO and universities. Alpa is currently leading the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Research Group https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/research-units/interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-accounting-research-group
Alpa is also a member of the Athena Swan self-assessment team and represents the School at the University's Race Steering Group for Staff.
Publication
2024
- Agyemang, G. et al., 2024. Researching race, accounting and accountability: past, present and future. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 37 (7/8), pp.1637-1664. (10.1108/AAAJ-03-2024-6976)
- Chaidali, P. et al. 2024. Charity impact reporting: Informing the forthcoming Charities Statement of Recommended Practice - Phase Two Report. Project Report.[Online].ICAS. Available at: https://www.icas.com/news-insights-events/documents/charity-impact-reporting-informing-the-forthcoming-charities-statement-of-recommended-practice.
- Dhanani, A. and Baylis, R. M. 2024. Elite UK Business Schools: from cathedrals of learning to cathedrals of earning?. Studies in Higher Education 49 (3), pp.505-517. (10.1080/03075079.2023.2240840)
- Dhanani, A. et al. 2024. Responding to employee-based race inequalities in National Health Service (England): accountability and the Workforce Race Equality Standard. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 37 (7/8), pp.1665-1694. (10.1108/AAAJ-08-2023-6621)
2023
- Dhanani, A. and Kennedy, D. 2023. Envisioning legitimacy: visual dimensions of NGO annual reports. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 36 (11), pp.348-377. (10.1108/AAAJ-01-2020-4377)
2022
- Chaidali, P. et al. 2022. Charity impact reporting: Informing the forthcoming SORP. Project Report.[Online].ICAS. Available at: https://www.icas.com/news-insights-events/documents/charity-impact-reporting-informing-the-forthcoming-charities-statement-of-recommended-practice.
2019
- Dhanani, A. 2019. Identity constructions in the annual reports of international development NGOs: Preserving institutional interests?. Critical Perspectives On Accounting 59 , pp.1-31. (10.1016/j.cpa.2018.06.001)
- Dhanani, A. and Thomas, G. 2019. Development NGOs and public value. In: Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice. Routledge. , pp.203-221.
2017
- Dhanani, A. and Jones, M. J. 2017. Editorial boards of accounting journals: gender diversity and internationalisation. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 30 (5), pp.1008-1040. (10.1108/AAAJ-08-2014-1785)
2016
- Dhanani, A. 2016. Corporate share repurchases in the UK: Perceptions and practices of corporate managers and investors. Journal of Applied Accounting Research 17 (3), pp.331-355. (10.1108/JAAR-09-2014-0096)
2015
- Dhanani, A. and Connolly, C. 2015. Non-governmental organizational accountability: Talking the talk and walking the walk?. Journal of Business Ethics 129 , pp.613-637. (10.1007/s10551-014-2172-1)
2008
- Beattie, V. , Dhanani, A. V. and Jones, M. J. 2008. Investigating presentational change in U.K. annual reports: a longitudinal perspective. Journal of Business Communication 45 (2), pp.181-222. (10.1177/0021943607313993)
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2008. The management of interest rate risk: evidence from UK companies. Journal of Applied Accounting Research 9 (1), pp.52-70. (10.1108/09675420810886123)
2007
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2007. Why UK companies hedge interest rate risk. Studies in Economics and Finance 24 (1), pp.72-90. (10.1108/10867370710737391)
2006
- Connolly, C. and Dhanani, A. V. 2006. Accounting narratives: the reporting practices of British charities. In: Helmig, B. et al., On the Challenges of Managing the Third Sector. Sonderhefte ZögU Vol. 34.Baden-Baden: Nomos. , pp.39-62.
2005
- Dhanani, A. V. 2005. Corporate Dividend Policy: The Views of British Financial Managers. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 32 (7-8), pp.1625-1672. (10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00643.x)
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2005. Interest rate risk management - an investigation into the management of interest rate risk in UK companies. London: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Available at: http://www.cimaglobal.com/Documents/Thought_leadership_docs/Interest%20rate%20risk%20management%20-%20an%20investigation%20into%20the%20management%20of%20interest%20rate%20risk%20in%20UK%20companies.pdf.
- Helliar, C. et al., 2005. Interest rate risk management. Oxford: Cima Publishing.
2004
- Dhanani, A. 2004. The management of exchange-rate risk: A case from the manufacturing industry. Thunderbird International Business Review 46 (3), pp.317-338. (10.1002/tie.20011)
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2004. Treasury Island. Financial Management , pp.34-35.
2003
- Dhanani, A. V. 2003. Foreign Exchange Risk Management: A Case in the Mining Industry. The British Accounting Review 35 (1), pp.35-64. (10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00002-7)
2001
- Dhanani, A. V. and Groves, R. E. V. 2001. The management of strategic exchange risk: evidence from corporate practices. Accounting and business research 31 (4), pp.275 - 290.
Articles
- Agyemang, G. et al., 2024. Researching race, accounting and accountability: past, present and future. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 37 (7/8), pp.1637-1664. (10.1108/AAAJ-03-2024-6976)
- Beattie, V. , Dhanani, A. V. and Jones, M. J. 2008. Investigating presentational change in U.K. annual reports: a longitudinal perspective. Journal of Business Communication 45 (2), pp.181-222. (10.1177/0021943607313993)
- Dhanani, A. 2016. Corporate share repurchases in the UK: Perceptions and practices of corporate managers and investors. Journal of Applied Accounting Research 17 (3), pp.331-355. (10.1108/JAAR-09-2014-0096)
- Dhanani, A. 2019. Identity constructions in the annual reports of international development NGOs: Preserving institutional interests?. Critical Perspectives On Accounting 59 , pp.1-31. (10.1016/j.cpa.2018.06.001)
- Dhanani, A. 2004. The management of exchange-rate risk: A case from the manufacturing industry. Thunderbird International Business Review 46 (3), pp.317-338. (10.1002/tie.20011)
- Dhanani, A. and Baylis, R. M. 2024. Elite UK Business Schools: from cathedrals of learning to cathedrals of earning?. Studies in Higher Education 49 (3), pp.505-517. (10.1080/03075079.2023.2240840)
- Dhanani, A. et al. 2024. Responding to employee-based race inequalities in National Health Service (England): accountability and the Workforce Race Equality Standard. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 37 (7/8), pp.1665-1694. (10.1108/AAAJ-08-2023-6621)
- Dhanani, A. and Connolly, C. 2015. Non-governmental organizational accountability: Talking the talk and walking the walk?. Journal of Business Ethics 129 , pp.613-637. (10.1007/s10551-014-2172-1)
- Dhanani, A. and Jones, M. J. 2017. Editorial boards of accounting journals: gender diversity and internationalisation. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 30 (5), pp.1008-1040. (10.1108/AAAJ-08-2014-1785)
- Dhanani, A. and Kennedy, D. 2023. Envisioning legitimacy: visual dimensions of NGO annual reports. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 36 (11), pp.348-377. (10.1108/AAAJ-01-2020-4377)
- Dhanani, A. V. 2005. Corporate Dividend Policy: The Views of British Financial Managers. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 32 (7-8), pp.1625-1672. (10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00643.x)
- Dhanani, A. V. 2003. Foreign Exchange Risk Management: A Case in the Mining Industry. The British Accounting Review 35 (1), pp.35-64. (10.1016/S0890-8389(03)00002-7)
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2008. The management of interest rate risk: evidence from UK companies. Journal of Applied Accounting Research 9 (1), pp.52-70. (10.1108/09675420810886123)
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2007. Why UK companies hedge interest rate risk. Studies in Economics and Finance 24 (1), pp.72-90. (10.1108/10867370710737391)
- Dhanani, A. V. and Groves, R. E. V. 2001. The management of strategic exchange risk: evidence from corporate practices. Accounting and business research 31 (4), pp.275 - 290.
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2004. Treasury Island. Financial Management , pp.34-35.
Book sections
- Connolly, C. and Dhanani, A. V. 2006. Accounting narratives: the reporting practices of British charities. In: Helmig, B. et al., On the Challenges of Managing the Third Sector. Sonderhefte ZögU Vol. 34.Baden-Baden: Nomos. , pp.39-62.
- Dhanani, A. and Thomas, G. 2019. Development NGOs and public value. In: Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice. Routledge. , pp.203-221.
Books
- Helliar, C. et al., 2005. Interest rate risk management. Oxford: Cima Publishing.
Monographs
- Chaidali, P. et al. 2024. Charity impact reporting: Informing the forthcoming Charities Statement of Recommended Practice - Phase Two Report. Project Report.[Online].ICAS. Available at: https://www.icas.com/news-insights-events/documents/charity-impact-reporting-informing-the-forthcoming-charities-statement-of-recommended-practice.
- Chaidali, P. et al. 2022. Charity impact reporting: Informing the forthcoming SORP. Project Report.[Online].ICAS. Available at: https://www.icas.com/news-insights-events/documents/charity-impact-reporting-informing-the-forthcoming-charities-statement-of-recommended-practice.
- Dhanani, A. V. et al. 2005. Interest rate risk management - an investigation into the management of interest rate risk in UK companies. London: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Available at: http://www.cimaglobal.com/Documents/Thought_leadership_docs/Interest%20rate%20risk%20management%20-%20an%20investigation%20into%20the%20management%20of%20interest%20rate%20risk%20in%20UK%20companies.pdf.
Research
Primary research interests
- Not-for-profit sector accountability
- social justice
PhD supervision research interests
- NGO accountabilty
- social justice
- global North and South relations
Teaching
Teaching commitments
Module leader for
- International Financial Management (Year 3, BSc. Accounting and BSc. Accounting and Finance)
- Corporate Finance (eMBA)
- Analysing Financial Performance (MSc Business Management)
Biography
Additional activities
Group lead for the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Research Group https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/research-units/interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-accounting-research-group
Member of the School's Athena Swan self-assessment team
Member of the University's Race Staff Steering Group
Contact Details
+44 29208 76952
Aberconway Building, Room D05, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU