Abdel Halabi | Federation University

Associate Professor Abdel Halabi

Associate Professor, Accounting

Contact

abdel.halabi@federation.edu.au +61 (3) 51226646

Campus

Berwick Campus

Biography

Dr Abdel K Halabi is a senior lecturer in accounting. Dr Halabi’s expertise includes the scholarship of accounting education, corporate social reporting and accounting history. Abdel also specialises in sporting history.

Abdel has published in leading journals including Issues in Accounting Education and Accounting Education: An International Journal. His links with sporting clubs have led to research in refereed publications such as Accounting History, Business History, Journal of Sports Management, Australian Economic History Review and The International Journal of the History of Sport. Abdel is current co-editor of Sporting Traditions, the journal of the Australian Society for Sports History.

Abdel is also the Chair of CPA Australia’s Gippsland Branch Council, and a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). As a leader, he is heavily involved in CAANZ’s mentor program. Abdel received his PhD in Accounting from Monash University in 2004.

Fields of research

Accounting, auditing and accountability not elsewhere classified
Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy
Sustainability accounting and reporting

Publications

A well-rounded life: the story of Eva West pioneer accountant, philanthropist and environmentalist

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/AAAJ-12-2021-5581

ESG performance and supply chain contracts: Evidence from ASX-listed companies

Book Chapters
DOI reference: 10.4018/979-8-3693-6284-6.ch008

Unlock Your Firm Value with ESG Performance? Evidence from ASX-Listed Companies

Journals
DOI reference: 10.3390/jrfm18050247

How to Go Above and Beyond to Attract Chinese International Students to Australia

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1177/2212585X251367500

Resident attitudes towards sport events during times of crisis and recovery

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/14775085.2025.2595960

Past, Present, and Future Ethical Implications and Considerations of AI in Accounting: A Systematic Literature Review

Journals
DOI reference: 10.60154/jaepp.2025.v26n2p177

The influence of Quran and Islamic financial transactions and banking

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1163/026805506778388836

The impact of discussion board usage on overall performance in an introductory accounting subject

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/PAR-01-2015-0001

Increasing the usefulness of farm financial information and management A qualitative study from the accountant's perspective

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/QROM-07-2014-1240

Preliminary evidence of a relationship between the use of online learning and academic performance in a South African first-year university accounting course

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/18146627.2014.927148

Ground sharing between cricket and football in Australia

Book Chapters
DOI reference: 10.4337/9781784719951

Accounting for junior football clubs

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The Country Football Club: Measuring its success as a community institution

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Kicking short to a contest: Distance and the costs of running Australian football clubs

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting: A study of selected banking companies in Bangladesh

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/17471110910977276

Empirical evidence examining the academic performance of students in the first two accounting subjects

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A citation analysis measuring the impact of Albrecht & Sack (2000)

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Understanding financial information used to assess small firm performance: An Australian qualitative study

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/11766091011050840

Empirical study of the underlying theoretical hypotheses in the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) model: Further evidence from Bangladesh

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The accounting undergraduate capstone: promoting synthesis, reflection, transition, and competencies

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/08832323.2010.514013

THE USEFULNESS AND INTERACTIONS OF WEBCT FROM AN ACCOUNTING STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2011)0000012006

The use of multiple performance measures and the balanced scorecard (BSC) in Bangladeshi firms: an empirical investigation

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/20421161111138512

Football history off the field: Utilising archived accounting reports to challenge myths about the history of an Australian football club

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1177/1032373211424573

Asymmetry of information and the finance-growth nexus in emerging markets: empirical evidence using panel VECM analysis

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1353/jda.2012.0015

Asymmetry of information and the finance-growth nexus: Evidence from emerging markets

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An investigation of the efficiency of South Africa's sector education and training authorities (SETA's)

Journals
DOI reference: 10.4102/sajbm.v44i2.151

Expanding Social Inclusion in Community Sports Organizations: Evidence from Rural Australian Football Clubs

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1123/jsm.27.6.453

The roles of degree of competition and types of business strategies in adopting multiple performance measurement practices: Some reflections from Bangladesh

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/S1479-3563(2010)0000010013

Examining the satisfaction levels of continual professional development provided by a rural accounting professional body

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CPD Practice of Rural Accountants: How does locally based CPD compare with that of a Capital City?

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Australian Rural Accountants' Views on How Locally Provided CPD Compares with City-based Provision

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1087321

Legitimizing amateur status using financial reports: Victorian Football League clubs, 1909-1912

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1177/1032373215614117

A cricket ground or a football stadium? The business of ground sharing at the Adelaide Oval before 1973

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/00076791.2016.1167188

Historical Evidence of the Social Contribution of Annual General Meetings to Australian Football Communities

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/09523367.2016.1199549

The relationship between corporate social responsibility and profitability: The case of royal dutch shell plc

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1057/crr.2011.22

Factors contributing toward student performance in a distance education accounting degree

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1108/MEDAR-08-2013-0032

Accounting tele teaching lectures: Issues of interaction and performance

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DOI reference: 10.1016/j.accfor.2004.10.004

Associate Professor Abdel Halabi

Associate Professor, Accounting

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