Ciaran Connolly

Research output

Research output per year 2000 2006 2009 2013 2024

• 42 Article
• 24 Book
• 11 Chapter
• 8 Scholarly edition
• 11 More
  • 3 Other report
  • 2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 2 Featured article
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Other chapter contribution
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Web publication/site

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Decoupled accounting in a non-profit context: an explanation for stable management accounting?

  Clerkin, B., Quinn, M. & Connolly, C., 01 Mar 2024, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 99, 15 p., 102721.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Explanation 100%
  • Information 100%
  • Non-Profit 100%
  • Management Accounting 100%
  • Accounting 100%

• Efficiency of Irish charities: insights through data envelopment analysis

  Quinn, M., Connolly, C., Martínez, C. & Clerkin, B., 17 Sept 2024, (Accepted) In: Accounting, Finance and Governance Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  File

  • Charity 100%

• The govern(mentality) of financial reporting reform: lessons from UK central government

  Stewart, E. & Connolly, C., 13 Aug 2024, (Early online date) In: Public Management Review. 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • Mind 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Public Sector 33%
  • Semi-Structured Interview 33%
  5 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  New development: Ten years of consolidated accounts in the United Kingdom public sector—taking stock

  Stewart, E. & Connolly, C., 03 Feb 2022, (Early online date) In: Public Money and Management. 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Standards 100%
  • Financial Statement 100%
  • First Set 100%
  • Financial Reporting 100%
  • Tangible Benefit 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  92 Downloads (Pure)

• UK public sector fiscal reporting: clear and contradictory

  Stewart, E. & Connolly, C., 09 Nov 2022, (Early online date) In: Accounting Forum. 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • Logic 100%
  • Reporting 100%
  • Standards 100%
  • Control 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  53 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Legitimating accounting change in charities: when values count more than regulation

  Connolly, C., Hyndman, N. & Liguori, M., 04 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. 17, 1, p. 23-49 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Legislation 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Charity 100%
  • Identity 30%
  • Legitimation 30%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  183 Downloads (Pure)

• Recent UK Central Government Accounting Reforms: Claimed Benefits and Experienced Outcomes

  Stewart, E. & Connolly, C., Sept 2021, In: Abacus: A Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business Studies. 57, 3, p. 557-592

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • Central Government 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Public Accounting 100%
  • Management 50%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  254 Downloads (Pure)

• Testing times: governing a pandemic with numbers

  Ahmad, S., Connolly, C. & Demirag, I., 23 Jul 2021, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 34, 6, p. 1362-1375. 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Testing 100%
  • Time 100%
  • Information 100%
  • Government Policy 100%
  • Government 71%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  143 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Annual reporting by social enterprise organizations: ‘legitimacy surplus' or reporting deficit?

  Connolly, C. & Kelly, M., 24 Aug 2020, (Early online date) In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 33, 8, p. 1997-2025

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Organizations 100%
  • Enterprises 100%
  • Legitimacy 100%
  • Deficit 100%
  • Reporting 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  644 Downloads (Pure)

• A study of the operationalization of management controls in United Kingdom Private Finance Initiative contracts

  Connolly, C., Ahmad, S. & Demirag, I., Mar 2020, In: Public Administration. 98, 1, p. 92-108 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • Contract Law 100%
  • Finance 100%
  • Operationalization 100%
  • Management Audit 100%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  169 Downloads (Pure)

• Toward an understanding of strategic control at a distance in public service delivery

  Connolly, C., Ahmad, S. & Demirag, I., 23 Nov 2020, (Early online date) In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Control 100%
  • Government 100%
  • Understanding 100%
  • Public Utilities 100%
  • Case Studies 71%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  158 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Charity accounting and reporting: big challenges, big changes

  Connolly, C., Hyndman, N. & Liguori, M., 01 Aug 2017, In: Accountancy ireland. 49, 4, p. 42-45 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Accounting 100%
  • Reporting 100%
  • Charity 100%
  • Biggest Challenge 100%
  489 Downloads (Pure)

• Enhancing NDPB accountability: improving relationships with upward and downward stakeholders

  Connolly, C., Martin, G. & Wall, A., 09 Aug 2017, (Early online date) In: Public Management Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Responsibility 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%
  • Relationships 100%
  • Government Department 100%
  • User 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  450 Downloads (Pure)

• Performance accountability: a study of the UK and Irish charity practices at a time of change

  Connolly, C., Hyndman, N. & Liguori, M., 31 Dec 2017, In: Accounting, Finance and Governance Review. 24, 1, p. 45-70

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Responsibility 100%
  • UK 100%
  • Performance 100%
  • Irish Gaelic 100%
  • Charity 100%
  1599 Downloads (Pure)

• The donor-beneficiary charity accountability paradox: a tale of two stakeholders

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., 2017, In: Public Money and Management. 37, 3, p. 157-164 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Responsibility 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%
  • Charity 100%
  • Groups 33%
  • Theory 33%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

  1175 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Implementing IFRSs in the UK Devolved Administrations

  Wall, A. & Connolly, C., Feb 2016, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29, 2, p. 198-225 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • International Financial Reporting Standards 100%
  • Management 100%
  • IFRS 100%
  • Information 66%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  387 Downloads (Pure)

• Value capture: a valid means of funding PPPs?

  Connolly, C. & Wall, A., May 2016, In: Financial Accountability & Management. 32, 2, p. 157-178

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • UK 100%
  • Funding 100%
  • Public Private Partnerships 100%
  • Public-Private Partnership 100%
  • Private Partnership 100%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  744 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Non-governmental Organizational Accountability: Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk?

  Dhanani, A. & Connolly, C., 19 Jul 2014, In: Journal of Business Ethics . 129, 3, p. 613-637 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Responsibility 100%
  • Demand 100%
  • Reporting 100%
  • Organizational Accountability 100%
  • Disclosure 100%
  73 Citations (Scopus)

  2013 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Charity accountability in the UK: through the eyes of the donor

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., 01 Oct 2013, In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 10, 3/4, p. 259 - 278

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Communication 100%
  • Key Stakeholder 100%
  • Stakeholder Group 100%
  • Semistructured Interview 100%
  • Responsibility 100%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Conversion Ratios, Efficiency and Obfuscation: A Study of the Impact of Changed UK Charity Accounting Requirements on External Stakeholders

  Connolly, C., Hyndman, N. & McConville, D., Sept 2013, In: Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 24, 3, p. 785-804 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Investigation 100%
  • Efficiency 100%
  • United Kingdom 100%
  • Ratio 100%
  • Impact 100%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Exploring the Discharge of E-countability by Charities

  Connolly, C. & Dhanani, A., 2013, In: Journal Of Applied Accounting Research. 14, 2, p. pp. 108-126

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards Charity Accountability: Narrowing the gap between provision and needs?

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., Oct 2013, In: Public Management Review. 15, 7, p. 945-968 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Survey 100%
  • Roles 100%
  • Contexts 100%
  • Early Research 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%
  67 Citations (Scopus)

• UK charity accounting: an exercise in widening stakeholder engagement

  Connolly, C., Hyndman, N. & McConville, D., Mar 2013, In: The British Accounting Review. 45, 1, p. 58-69 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • UK 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Exercise 100%
  • Consultation 100%
  • Stakeholder Engagement 100%
  51 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘(Un)intended consequences of the big society for social enterprise organisations

  Connolly, C. & Kelly, M., 2013, In: Accounting, Finance and Governance Review. 20, 2, p. 19-36

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Systems 100%
  • Organizations 100%
  • Consequences 100%
  • Enterprises 100%
  • Social Enterprise 100%
• 2012

  Discharging not-for-profit accountability: UK charities and public discourse

  Dhanani, A. & Connolly, C., 2012, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 25, 7, p. 1140-1169 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Responsibility 100%
  • UK 100%
  • Profits 100%
  • Charity 100%
  • Organizations 30%
  117 Citations (Scopus)

• Implementing IFRSs in the public sector: Caveats from a case in the UK

  Connolly, C. & Wall, A., 01 Jan 2012, In: Public Money and Management. 32, 1, p. 53-60 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • United Kingdom 100%
  • Standard 100%
  • Public Sector 100%
  • UK 100%
  • International Financial Reporting Standards 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Implementing IFRSs in the Public Sector: Caveats from a Case within the UK

  Connolly, C. & Wall, A. P., Jan 2012, In: Public Money and Management. 32 (1), p. 53-60 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2011

  Accruals accounting in the public sector: A road not always taken

  Hyndman, N. & Connolly, C., Mar 2011, In: Management Accounting Research. 22 , 1, p. 36-45 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Sector 100%
  • Accruals and Deferrals 100%
  • Accruals (Accounting) 100%
  • Management 20%
  • Information 20%
  104 Citations (Scopus)

• Research in charity accounting and reporting: a fertile field for exploration

  Hyndman, N., Connolly, C., McMahon, D. & McConville, D., Dec 2011, In: Irish Accounting Review. 18(2), p. 1-30 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Global Financial Crisis and UK PPPs

  Connolly, C. & Wall, A. P., Aug 2011, In: International Journal of Public Sector Management. 24, 6, p. 533-542 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Financial Crisis 100%
  • Public-Private Partnership 100%
  • European Union 16%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Understanding Accountability in Social Enterprise Organisations: A Framework

  Connolly, C. & Kelly, M., Oct 2011, In: Social Enterprise Journal. 7, 3, p. 224-237 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Responsibility 100%
  • Organizations 100%
  • Understanding 100%
  • Enterprises 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
• 2010

  The Way Forward?

  Connolly, C. & Wall, A., 2010, In: Government Construction Quarterly. 2, p. 35-41

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2009

  Isomorphism: An Explanation for the Popularity of Public-Private Partnerships?

  Connolly, C., Wall, A. P. & Reeves, E., 2009, In: Irish Accounting Review. 16 (1), p. 1-20 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Private Finance Initiative: An Evolving Research Agenda

  Wall, A. P. & Connolly, C., Sept 2009, In: Public Management Review. 11, 5, p. 707-724 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Finance 100%
  • UK 33%
  • Economic and Social Development 33%
  • Policy 33%
  • Public Utilities 33%
  41 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Education, Education, Education: the Third Way and PFI

  Connolly, C., Martin, G. & Wall, A., Dec 2008, In: Public Administration. 86 , 4, p. 951-968 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Education 100%
  • Finance 100%
  • Paper 75%
  • UK 50%
  • Public Utilities 50%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Accounting Narratives: The Reporting Practices of British Charities

  Connolly, C. & Dhanani, A., 2006, In: Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services. 35, p. 39-62 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Actual Implementation of Accruals Accounting: Caveats from a case within the UK Public Sector

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., Jan 2006, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 19, 2, p. 272-290 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  106 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Performance Reporting: A Comparative Study of British and Irish Charities

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., Jun 2004, In: The British Accounting Review. 36, 2, p. 127-154 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  81 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  The State of Charity Accounting In Ireland: A Study by Jurisdiction and Size

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., 2002, In: The Irish Accounting Review. 9, 36 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2001

  A Comparative Study on the Impact of Revised SORP 2 on British and Irish Charities

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., Feb 2001, In: Financial Accountability & Management. 17(1), p. 73-97 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2000

  Charity accounting: An empirical analysis of the impact of recent changes

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., 01 Jan 2000, In: British Accounting Review. 32, 1, p. 77-100 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Inconsistencies 100%
  • Adoption 100%
  • Dominance 100%
  • Accounting 100%
  • Charity 100%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Charity Accounting: An Analysis of the Impact of Recent Changes

  Connolly, C. & Hyndman, N., 2000, In: The British Accounting Review. 32 (1), p. 77-100 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review