CBS Faculty
Howard Mellett
Professor in Accounting,
Office: C54
Cardiff Business School
Aberconway Building
Colum Drive, Cardiff,
CF10 3EU.
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2087 5704
Fax: +44 (0)29 2087 4419
Email Address: Mellett@cardiff.ac.uk
Qualifications
BSc (Econ), MSc (Econ), FCA, FCIB, ILTM
Professional Leadership
BAA Public Services Accounting Special Interest Group Secretary
Current Teaching Commitments
- Study leave until 30 September, 2009
Administrative Responsibilities
- Joint co-ordinator of the Financial Reporting and Business Communication Research Unit
Editorial Board Member
- British Accounting Review (Joint editor from 1st April 2009)
- Financial Accountability and Management Journal
- Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services
- Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change
Research Interests
- Public Sector Accounting
- Financial Reporting
Current Projects
- Capital Charges in the NHS
- Resource Accounting and Budgeting in the Public Sector
- Audit fees in the Public Sector
- Accounting for the Private Finance Initiative
- Corporate Governance in the Public Sector
Recent Publications
(with R Hodges) ‘Accounting for the UK’s Private Finance Initiative: An Interview Based Investigation’ Abacus, 41(2) (2005), pp. 159 – 180
(with M J Peel and Y Karbhari) ‘Audit Fee Determinants in the UK University Sector’ , Financial Accountability and Management, 23(2) (2007), pp. 155 – 188
(with N Marriott and L Macniven) NHS Resource Accounting in Wales: Problems of Implementation, ICAS, Edinburgh, (2007) pp. 103 + ix
(with M Jones) ‘Determinants of changes in accounting practices: Accounting and the UK Health Service’ Critical Perspectives on Accounting (2007) 18(1), pp. 91 - 121