Tammy Zunker - Alphacrucis University College

Tammy Zunker oversees AC\'s business programs. Before coming to AC, she taught for several years at Bond University, and was Executive HR Manager for a large Christian school with over 900 staff. She has expertise in accounting, finance, human resources and governance, with particular research interests in corporate disclosure practices, social responsibility reporting, and sports governance.

Qualifications

Ph.D (Bond University)
Dissertation Title Determinants of the Voluntary Disclosure of Employee Information in Annual Reports: An Application of Stakeholder Theory 2011

MCom (Bond University) 2007

Fields of Research

3501 Accounting

Journal Articles

2023

Zunker, T.; Kent, P. (2023). Trade Union Membership and Voluntary Employee Related Disclosures. Accounting Research Journal, .

2020

Zunker, T.; Kent, P. (2020). Employee disclosures in the grocery industry before the COVID-19 pandemic. Accounting and Finance Journal, .

2015

Zunker, T.; Kent, P. (2015). A Stakeholder Analysis of Employee Disclosures in Annual Reports. Accounting and Finance Journal, .

2013

Zunker, T.; Kent, P. (2013). Determinants of the Voluntary Disclosure of Employee Information in Annual Reports: An Application of Legitimacy Theory. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, .

Internal and External Grants

2025

AC Collaborative Research Grant, $5000, Alphacrucis University College
AC Conference Funding, $3000, Alphacrucis University College

2016

Bond University Internal PRME Ethics Research Grant, $5000, Bond University

2015

AFAANZ Research Grant, $2500, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand

2011

Bond University Vice-Chancellor’s Research Grant Scheme, $12000, Bond Univeristy

2010

AFAANZ Research Grant, $4890, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand

Presentations

2018

(with Kent, P.) Voluntary Employee Related Disclosures in Small Business. (2018), Accounting and Finance Association, Australian and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual Conference., Australia, 02 Jul 2018

2016

(with Kent, P) Voluntary Employee Related Disclosures in Small Business. (2016), 28th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues., Maui, USA, 06 Nov 2016

2015

(with Birt, J., Fenech, J.P. and Turner, M.) Are scandals in Australian sporting clubs associated with shortcomings in governance practices? (2015), Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ) Annual Conference, Hobart, Australia, 25 Nov 2015
(with Kent, P.) The Power of Employee Stakeholders on Human Resource Disclosure by Australian Companies. (2015), 27th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues., Gold Coast, Australia, 01 Nov 2015
(with Kent, P.) Trade Union Membership and Voluntary Employee Related Disclosures. (2015), Accounting and Finance Association, Australian and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual Conference, Hobart, Australia, 05 Jul 2015