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Bruce Clayton

Present Position:
Associate Professor in Financial Planning

Campus: Geelong
Phone: +61 +3 5227 1420
Email: bc@deakin.edu.au

Academic Qualifications:
DCom Potchefstroom University for CHE, MBA University of Cape Town, CTA University of Natal.

Commenced at Deakin: 1982

Publications/Research:

Reported in the Deakin University Annual Research Reports since 1995.

Affiliations - professional/academic
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Kwa-Zulu Society of Chartered Accountants
AFAANZ

Research Interests:

• The Accounting Profession in South Africa
• Ethical Behaviour of Accountants and Financial Planners
• Retirement Decisions among Australians

Publication highlights

• Recounting a difficult past: a South African accounting firm's "experiences in transformation", Accouting History, Vol 12, No 3, pp. 253-281, Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, 2007 (with T. Hammond and P. Arnold).

Current research pojects

• Overcoming Barriers: African Chartered Accountants (with Hammond)
• Ethical Decision Making of Accountants and Financial Planners (with Lynch and Van Staden)
• Retirement Decisions: A Choice Modelling Approach (with Lynch, Kerry and Scarborough)

External grants
Grant of $17,400 received from Unisuper to conduct research into the effectiveness of Unisuper Wealth Creation Seminars (with M. Kerry and M. Olynyk).

Teaching interests/units taught at Deakin
Financial Planning
Management Accounting