The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) is an international academic organization founded in 2004. While historically focused on management accounting, it has evolved into a comprehensive accounting association covering a broad spectrum of research including financial reporting, ESG, and corporate governance.
The proposal to form the association was introduced at the Asian Management Forum held on November 3âÂÂ4, 2002, at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. It was formally established on November 24âÂÂ25, 2004, at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia. Since its inception, the association has grown into a global network with participants from over 20 countries.
APMAA maintains a balanced research portfolio:
The association employs a rigorous double-blind peer review process via the Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit (CMT), supported by an international reviewer pool of over 100 scholars.
The leadership structure transitioned from a Presidency to a Board of Directors in 2014.
Annual Conferences (formerly Forums) are the primary platform for research dissemination. A Doctoral Colloquium was established in 2011 to mentor emerging researchers.
Following the suspension of the 2020 annual conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic, APMAA established a robust online webinar series. These sessions serve as a continuous platform for sharing management accounting knowledge and have attracted more than 1,100 registrants globally. The webinars complement the association's mission to facilitate worldwide networking and provide year-round learning opportunities for its members.
The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ, eISSN: 1675-3194) is a joint publication of APMAA, the Accounting Research Institute (ARI), and UiTM Press.
APMAJ is indexed in prominent databases, including: