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Personal profile
Biography
Ralph Kober is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Monash University. Ralph has a broad range of research interests spanning management accounting, accounting education, intellectual disability and quality of life. Ralph completed his PhD in 2006 from The University of Western Australia. Ralph's research has been published in a variety of accounting, education and psychology journals including, Management Accounting Research, Accounting & Business Research, Financial Accountability & Management, Accounting & Finance, Education + Training, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, and Journal of Policy & Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. Prior to joining Monash University, Ralph worked for 3 years at The University of Auckland and 14 years at The University of Western Australia.
Ralph has also been actively involved with both academic and professional associations, having previously held various positions of responsibility across numerous associations, including being Vice President of the New Zealand Branch of CPA Australia, Treasurer of the Victorian Branch of the Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability, Co-chair of the Special Interest Reserachh Group on Quality of Life for the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability, and a Director of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. Ralph was actively involved in the establishment of the Qualitative Research Special Interest Group of AFAANZ and was the inagural secretary.
Research interests
Management Control Systems
Performance Measurement in the Not-for-Profit Sector
Usefulness of Accrual Accounting in the Public and Not-for-Profit Sectors
Supervision interests
Management Control Systems
Performance Measurement in the Not-for-Profit Sector
Usefulness of Accrual Accounting in the Public and Not-for-Profit Sectors
Monash teaching commitment
2020 semester 1:
ACX4090 Issues in management accounting
BEX6300 Philosophy of research
2020 semester 2:
ACF5080 Management control systems
BEX6200 Advanced qualitative research methods
Research area keywords
- Accrual accounting in the public sector
- Quality of life
- Management control systems
- Not-for-Profit Sector
- Public Sector
- Intellectual Disability
- financial performance
- small and medium enterprises (smes)
- total quality management (tqm)
Network
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Projects
Volgren Lifecycle Cost
Napper, R., Kober, R., Thambar, P. & Chiu, W.
1/08/16 → 3/10/16
Project: Research
Research Output
Australian not-for-profit sector views on the conceptual framework, accounting standards and accounting information
Kober, R., Lee, J. & Ng, J., 1 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Accounting and Finance. 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Imprinting founders’ blueprints on management control systems
Akroyd, C. & Kober, R., Mar 2020, In : Management Accounting Research. 46, 18 p., 100645.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Testing cause-and-effect relationships within a balanced scorecard
Kober, R. & Northcott, D., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Accounting and Finance. 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
University dean personal characteristics and use of management control systems and performance measures
Bobe, B. J. & Kober, R., 2020, In : Studies in Higher Education. 45, 2, p. 235-257 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1
Citation
(Scopus)
The emergence of management controls in an entrepreneurial company
Akroyd, C., Kober, R. & Li, D., Sep 2019, In : Accounting and Finance. 59, 3, p. 1805-1833 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Prizes
2010 Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Teaching
Kober, Ralph (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2011 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Kober, Ralph (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
David Solomon Prize for best paper in Management Accounting Research
Kober, Ralph (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Honourable Mention (second best PhD for past 2 years), International Society for Quality of Life Studies Best PhD Dissertation Award
Kober, Ralph (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Abacus (Journal)
Ralph Kober (Peer reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management (Journal)
Ralph Kober (Peer reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Journal of Applied Accounting Research (Journal)
Ralph Kober (Peer reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Accounting and Finance (Journal)
Ralph Kober (Peer reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Australian Journal of Management (Journal)
Ralph Kober (Peer reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility