Department of Accounting
Research

In keeping with the University’s ambition to develop as a centre of research excellence, the Faculty will strive to improve both the quantity and quality of its research output. The following key measures will be pursued to achieve this goal:
  • Existing focal areas of research will be consolidated and supported with additional resources (PLAAS and ACCEDE) – the aim will be to develop and sustain them as centres of excellence.
  • Emphasis will be placed on building research capacity in the fields of entrepreneurship, finance, development economics and information systems (the establishment of a Business Informatics Centre will form part of this initiative).
  • Other potential niche areas will be explored in the fields of fiscal and economic policy formulation, regional economies, leadership development.
  • Employee wellbeing, the social impact of information systems, knowledge management, e-government, international politics and the economy, policy of food and farming systems, and disaster management amongst others.
  • Academic departments will be encouraged to develop niche areas which have the potential to emerge as areas of research excellence.
  • The generic field of “development” will be advanced as a unifying theme across different disciplines in the Faculty. This will necessitate the creation   of greater synergies across different research entities in the Faculty.
  • Measures will be introduced to support young and inexperienced academics to improve their research output (this will form part of the brief of the yet   to be established post of Deputy Dean for Research).
  • The individual research output of academics will be assessed annually. 
  • Academics will be encouraged to publish with their post-graduate students. 
  • A system of rewarding research excellence will be formalised, including awards for experienced and emerging academics and post-graduate students. 
  • International research networks will be strengthened and extended. This will include a greater emphasis on attracting visiting scholars. 
  • Emphasis will be placed on security research grants from national and international funding organisations.
Details on the implementation of this Faculty research approach are spelt out in the Research Strategy documentation.

Position: Associate Professor
Department: Accounting
Faculty: Economic and Management Sciences
Qualifications: CA(SA); M.Com (Accounting Sciences)
Tel: 021 959 3256
Email: jljansen@uwc.ac.za
 

Research:

Peer reviewed articles published in accredited journals:
  1. Jansen, J.L., & de Villers, C. 2016. Determinants of student performance in an accounting degree programme. South African Journal of Accounting Research, 30:1, 1-28.
Textbooks:
  1. Jansen, J., Small, R., & Karodia, M. 2020. Understanding IFRS for SMEs. South Africa: Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd.
Unaccredited articles and chapters:
  1. Jansen, JL. 2011. Change in Accounting for Leases. Professional Accountant. August 2011: 30 - 31
  2. Heymans, H. 2011. Practical Accountancy. City: Fleet Street Publishers. (Contributed Chapter R01/001: Revenue, 01 - 20)
Unaccredited conference and colloquium proceedings:
Arnold, E. Jansen, J. & Roman, A.D. 2019. Developing the accounting practitioner in the use of financial ratios to improve accountability, oversight and municipal performance. 19th Annual South African Association of Public Administration and Management Conference. Mpumalanga: South African Association of Public Administration and Management.

Biography:

Jade Jansen is an associate professor at the University of the Western Cape where he has served as the Acting Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning for the Economic and Management Sciences Faculty, Deputy Head of the Department of Accounting and the Subject Head of Financial Accounting. He is a chartered accountant with a master’s degree in accounting sciences from the University of Pretoria and is currently reading towards his PhD in accounting at the same university. He has been extensively involved with the training of various programmes, preparation of students for the examinations of and facilitating on CPD events for various professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA). He has trained accounting and its related subjects at all levels including to government bodies, a foreign country’s reserve bank’s senior directors, South African government agencies, accounting professional bodies, audit and accounting firms. In addition, Jade has and currently serves on various committees and sub-committees of various professional accounting bodies such as those of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Jade also recently sat on the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) Accounting Provincial Subject Committee.  

Position: Senior Lecturer
Department: Accounting
Faculty: EMS
Qualifications: MCom, Post Graduate Diploma in Auditing, CA (SA)
Email: sfourie@uwc.ac.za

Research:

Teaching of business ethics and researching the Impact of a Reading Programme on the reading and comprehension ability of students and their subsequent Academic Performance.

Biography:

I am a CA(SA) and graduated with a MCom from the University of Zululand in May 2012.

Publications:

South African Journal of Accounting Research – The Impact of Business Ethics Education on Attitudes toward Corporate Ethics of B Com. Accounting Students at the University of Zululand. Volume 28 – 2014.

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