ECHCHABI, Abdelghani is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Business,
Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his Ph. D in Business Admin- istration, majoring in Finance from International Islamic University Malaysia. His current areas of research interest include a wide range of banking and finance top- ics.
Author’s contact details: College of Business, Effat University, Jeddah, 21478, Saudi Arabia; e-mail: [email protected].
GUNAWARDANA, H.M.R.S. is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marketing Manage-
ment, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. He earned his Master of Science in Management degree from the Uni- versity of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. His research interests are Consumer Psychology, Human IT Interaction and Tourism. Some of his works have been published in international conferences including Asian Academy of Management, Malaysia.
Author’s contact details: H.M.R.S.S. Gunawardana, Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, Uni- versity of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; email: [email protected] or [email protected].
KULATHUNGA, D. is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Information Technology,
Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He earned his PhD from Chubu University, Japan. His research interests are software engineering, computer networks and social networking. Some of his works have been published in international conferences including Japanese Journal of Administrative Science in Japan.
Author’s contact details: Kulathunga,D, Department of Information Technol- og y, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; email: [email protected].
MOHAMMED AYED, Abdullah is currently an accounting Lecturer at the Faculty of Eco-
nomics and Muamalat, Islamic Science University of Malaysia. He obtained his Ph. D in Accounting from International Islamic University Malaysia. His areas of re- search interest include earning management, Shari’ah auditing, innovations in Is- lamic finance and Islamic endowment.
Author’s contact details: Faculty of Economics and Muamalat, Islamic Science University of Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan, 71800, Malaysia; e-mail: [email protected].
PERERA, W.L.M.V is a former Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Marketing Manage-
ment, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka and presently she works for Bank of Ceylon as a Management Trainee. She earned her first degree in Bachelor of Business Management Marketing from the University of Kelaniya. Her research interests are consumer behaviour, human IT interaction and Green Marketing and some of her works have been published in international conferences including Peradeniya University International Research Sessions in Sri Lanka.
Author’s contact details: Perera,W.L.M.V, Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; email: [email protected].
RAHARDJO, Soemarso Slamet is a teaching staff at the Department of Accountancy, Fac-
ulty of Economics at University of Indonesia. Currently he is also member of board of commissioners, audit committee and risk monitoring committee of several com- panies in Indonesia. Previous work experiences include country managing partner and chairman of international accounting firms in Indonesia. His earned his doc- toral degree in economics with a speciality in Monetary Economics at the Faculty of Economics of University of Indonesia. He has a bachelor degree in accounting from the same university. He has written several published articles in economics and accounting, most recently: “Stock Market Crisis – Evidence of Speculative
Behaviourm,” Published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (2014).
Author’s contact details: Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia – Jakarta, Indonesia; Mobile phone: +62811171950; e- mail: [email protected].
SHAHARUDIN, Shahida is a lecturer at the School of Accounting, Faculty of Law, Accoun-
tancy and International Relations, University Sultan Zainal Abidin. She earned her M.Sc. (2012) in accounting from International Islamic University Malaysia. Her research interests are Islamic Accounting, Accounting Education and Social Ac- counting.
Author’s contact details: School of Accounting, Faculty of Law, Accountancy and International Relations, University Sultan Zainal Abidin; e-mail: [email protected].
SULAIMAN, Maliah, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK),
is a Professor of Accounting at the Department of Accounting, Kulliyyah of Eco- nomics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. She holds an M.B.A. (1988) from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. (1997) in Accounting from the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has published widely in international and national journals. Her research interests are in Islamic accounting and Environmental Accounting. She sits on various editorial commit- tees both locally and abroad.
Author’s contact details: Dr. Maliah Sulaiman, Professor of Accounting, Interna-
tional Islamic University Malaysia; e-mail: [email protected].
YAZID, Zaleha is a senior lecturer at the School of Management, Faculty of Economics and
Management, National University of Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Manage- ment from Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Her research interests lie in the area of conflict management, leadership, project teams and qualitative research approach.
Author’s contact details: Faculty of Economics and Management The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi Selangor, MALAYSIA; Ph. +603-8921 3569; e-mail: [email protected].