Rosalind Heather Whiting (3 March 1958 – 22 July 2024)[1] was a New Zealand accounting academic, and was an associate professor at the University of Otago. She was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2018.
Rosalind Whiting | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 March 1958 |
| Died | 22 July 2024 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Eltham School, Merrilands School, Highlands Intermediate School, New Plymouth Girls' High School, University of Otago, University of Adelaide |
| Thesis | |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
Early life and education
editWhiting was born in Eltham, Taranaki, on 3 March 1958, and was one of six children of Jim and Isobel Whiting.[2] Whiting attended Eltham Primary School before the family moved to New Plymouth, where she went to Merrilands Primary School, Highlands Intermediate and New Plymouth Girls’ High School.[2] Despite initially intending to be a teacher, Whiting went on to take a Bachelor of Science in chemistry at the University of Otago, followed by a diploma in environmental studies from the University of Adelaide.[2] She worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Roxburgh, studying the Clyde Dam, before studying accounting at Otago, gaining a postgraduate diploma and a Master of Commerce.[2]
Academic career
editWhiting joined the faculty of the University of Otago in 1991, rising to senior lecturer in 2003 and associate professor in 2016.[3][4] She completed a PhD titled Gender, family responsibilities and career success in the New Zealand accountancy profession at the University of Otago in 2006.[5]
Whiting was interested in the history of accounting, and gender and accounting careers, but also published on corporate finance and microfinance.[2] Whiting was involved in a research study that found dropping levels of home ownership was reducing the likelihood of a comfortable retirement for an increasing number of people.[6] In 2009 Whiting founded Dunedin Community Accounting, which provides advice and training to community groups.[2][7]
Whiting retired in May 2023.[8] She died from pancreatic cancer in Dunedin on 22 July 2024, survived by her husband and three children.[2]
Honours and awards
editWhiting was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2018, for her "outstanding contribution and achievement to the profession of accountancy".[2][9]
In 2014 Whiting was awarded a University of Otago Teaching Excellence Award, and in 2018 the Otago Business School Citizenship Award.[10][2]
Selected works
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- Martin Clarke; Dyna Seng; Rosalind H. Whiting (25 October 2011). "Intellectual capital and firm performance in Australia". Journal of Intellectual Capital. 12 (4): 505–530. doi:10.1108/14691931111181706. ISSN 1469-1930. Wikidata Q130455461.
- Daniel C.M. Low; Helen Roberts; Rosalind H. Whiting (November 2015). "Board gender diversity and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore". Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 35: 381–401. doi:10.1016/J.PACFIN.2015.02.008. ISSN 0927-538X. Wikidata Q130455462.
- Rosalind H. Whiting; James C. Miller (4 April 2008). "Voluntary disclosure of intellectual capital in New Zealand annual reports and the "hidden value"". Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting. 12 (1): 26–50. doi:10.1108/14013380810872725. ISSN 1401-338X. Wikidata Q130456049.
- Rosalind H. Whiting; James Woodcock (28 June 2011). "Firm characteristics and intellectual capital disclosure by Australian companies". Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting. 15 (2): 102–126. doi:10.1108/14013381111157337. ISSN 1401-338X. Wikidata Q130456042.
- Clare T. Gardner; Markus J. Milne; Carolyn P. Stringer; Rosalind H. Whiting (September 2005). "Oral and written communication apprehension in accounting students: Curriculum impacts and impacts on academic performance". Accounting Education. 14 (3): 313–336. doi:10.1080/06939280500077269. ISSN 0963-9284. Wikidata Q130456043.
- ROSALIND H. WHITING; CHRISTINE WRIGHT (June 2001). "EXPLAINING GENDER INEQUITY IN THE NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNTING PROFESSION". British Accounting Review. 33 (2): 191–222. doi:10.1006/BARE.2001.0161. ISSN 0890-8389. Wikidata Q130456048.
References
edit- ^ "WHITING, Rosalind Heather (Dr.) – Funeral Notice". Hope and Sons Ltd. July 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lewis, John (5 October 2024). "Obituary: made incomprehensible clear". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Otago academics made full professor". University of Otago news. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "University appoints 17 as professors". Otago Daily Times Online News. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Whiting, Rosalind Heather (2006). Gender, family responsibilities and career success in the New Zealand accountancy profession (PhD thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago.
- ^ Gibb, John (16 April 2019). "Non-home owners face poorer retirements". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Harwood, Brenda (3 March 2019). "Community accounting for non-profits restarted". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Knox, Sally (8 May 2023). "Associate Professor Ros Whiting retires".
- ^ "Fellowship for 'outstanding contribution' to accountancy". University of Otago bulletin. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Gibb, John (2 April 2014). "Outstanding teachers honoured". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
External links
edit- Ros Whiting's University of Otago profile (via Internet Archive)