Jill Hooks
Jillian Jeanette Hooks is a New Zealand accountancy academic. She was a professor at Massey University and published a number of books and papers on accounting and financial reporting. In December 2024, Hooks was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to accountancy and education.
Academic career
Hooks completed a PhD in 2000 at the University of Waikato titled Accountability in the retail and distribution sectors of the New Zealand electricity industry, and the electricity sector in New Zealand remains a strong research topic for her. She works at Massey University, where she is a full professor. Other research interests include reporting and talent flows. Hooks is a chartered accountant of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant of CPA Australia, and a convenor of the annual Auckland Region Accounting Conference. She is on the editorial board of Pacific Accounting Review and a member of the trust for that journal.In 2011, Hooks was voted lecturer of the year by students.
File:Jill Hooks CNZM investiture.jpg|thumb|right|Hooks, after her investiture as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 20 May 2025
In the 2025 [New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2025 New Year Honours], Hooks was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to accountancy and education.
Selected works
- Hooks, Jill, David Coy, and Howard Davey. "The information gap in annual reports." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 15, no. 4 : 501–522.
- van Staden, Chris J., and Jill Hooks. "A comprehensive comparison of corporate environmental reporting and responsiveness." The British accounting review 39, no. 3 : 197–210.
- Hooks, Jill, and Chris J. van Staden. "Evaluating environmental disclosures: The relationship between quality and extent measures." The British Accounting Review 43, no. 3 : 200–213.
- Stent, Warwick, Michael Bradbury, and Jill Hooks. "IFRS in New Zealand: effects on financial statements and ratios." Pacific accounting review 22, no. 2 : 92–107.
- Inkson, Kerr, Stuart Carr, Margot Edwards, Jill Hooks, Duncan Jackson, Kaye Thorn, and Nicola Allfree. "From brain drain to talent flow: Views of Kiwi expatriates." University of Auckland Business Review 6, no. 2 : 29–39.
- Emery, Michelle, Jill Hooks, and Ross Stewart. "Born at the wrong time? An oral history of women professional accountants in New Zealand." Accounting History 7, no. 2 : 7–34.
- Tooley, Stuart, Jill Hooks, and Norida Basnan. "Performance reporting by Malaysian local authorities: identifying stakeholder needs." Financial Accountability & Management 26, no. 2 : 103–133.
- Michael Bradbury, Jill Hooks, "", Pacific accounting review, Vol. 25 Iss: 3, pp. 225–234