Doctor Amir Hossain

Doctor Amir Hossain

Associate Lecturer, Accounting,
Accounting

Biography

Dr Amir Hossain is an Academic in Accounting at the School of Business, Western Sydney University. He earned his PhD in Accounting from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Dr Hossain’s research interests span capital markets, cost of capital, carbon emissions (CO2) disclosures, sustainability disclosures, integrated reporting, and corporate governance. He has published scholarly articles in the Journal of International Accounting Research (JIAR), Accounting and Finance (A&F), the Australian Accounting Review (AAR), and a book chapter on climate change. Before his current role, Dr Hossain was a Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Newcastle, where he taught accounting courses at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Dr Hossain’s primary teaching areas are Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. His teaching portfolio includes Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial and Management Accounting, Introductory Accounting, Financial Reports for Decision Making, Corporate Accounting Systems, Accounting for Decision Makers, and Accounting Practice.

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Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Accounting

Contact

Email: A.Hossain6@westernsydney.edu.au
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Teaching

Current Teaching Areas

  • 200396 Introductory Accounting
  • ACCT3007 Corporate Accounting Systems
  • ACCT7015 Financial Reports for Decision Making

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Bose, S. and Hossain, A. (2023), 'An exploratory study on climate-related financial disclosures : international evidence', Corporate Narrative Reporting: Beyond the Numbers, Routledge 9780367558444.

Journal Articles

  • Bose, S. and Hossain, A. (2024), '[In Press] Does integrated report quality matter for supplier financing?', Journal of International Accounting Research, .
  • Hossain, A., Bose, S. and Shamsuddin, A. (2023), 'Diffusion of integrated reporting, insights and potential avenues for future research', Accounting and Finance, vol 63, no 2 , pp 2503 - 2555.
  • Dumay, J. and Hossain, A. (2019), 'Sustainability risk disclosure practices of listed companies in Australia', Australian Accounting Review, vol 29, no 2 , pp 343 - 359.

Research Interest

  • Sustainability Disclosures
  • Integrated Reporting
  • Carbon Emissions (CO2) Disclosures 
  • Capital Markets
  • Cost of Capital
  • Corporate Governance 

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