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Accounting Education and Careers

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Hassan Damerji
California State Polytechnic University
2
Tytti Elo
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
3
E. A. J. Terblanche
University of Pretoria
4
Maryam Omer Madhaffar Al Ghatrifi
University of Nizwa
5
Ibrahim El‐Sayed Ebaid
Tanta University
6
Janie Bérubé
Université du Québec à Rimouski
7
Lexis Alexander Tetteh
Accra Technical University
8
Frank Conaty
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
9
Ewa Banasik
Swinburne University of Technology
10
Jude Edeigba
Colorado Mesa University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Skill gaps in accounting: contrasting stakeholder expectations with perceived skills
Education + Training|2025
6 cit.
2
When teachers become learners: Challenges with the integration of critical thinking into accounting curricula
Thinking Skills and Creativity|2025
5 cit.
3
Auditing students’ perceptions of online assessments and e-proctoring systems
Discover Education|2024
4 cit.
4
Financial Accountability, Trust, and Property Tax Compliance: Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa
International Journal of Public Administration|2025
4 cit.
5
Utilising the technology-organisation-environment framework in understanding the adoption and usage of computer-assisted audit tools and techniques: a qualitative insight
VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems|2025
4 cit.
6
Future of knowledge-intensive work: stakeholder perceptions on technology-driven changes in the accounting profession
Review of Managerial Science|2025
2 cit.
7
Mapping the skill landscape: insights from accounting job advertisements
Accounting Education|2025
1 cit.
8
Firms’ human rights practices: impacts on firms’ ESG and financial performance
Pacific Accounting Review|2026
1 cit.
9
Accounting students’ performance in proctored online exams: early evidence from COVID-19 disrupted tertiary education learning
Accounting Education|2024
0 cit.
10
Accountants and Generative AI: Hype or Help?
SSRN Electronic Journal|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Dorothea Bowyer
Western Sydney University
2
Zaidoon Alhatabat
Philadelphia University
3
Renee M. Olvera
Texas Christian University
4
Chui Ching Ling
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus
5
Erica Cargill
University of the West of Scotland
6
Natalie Valdes
Wake Forest University
7
Ute Lowery
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
8
N. Ward
Loyola Marymount University
9
Naila Bibi
COMSATS University Islamabad
10
Sendirella George
Victoria University of Wellington

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Critical race theory, counter-accounting, and the emancipatory potential of counter-stories
Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal|2022
39 cit.
2
Bridging the gap: sustainable development goals as catalysts for change in accounting education and society
Meditari Accountancy Research|2024
37 cit.
3
Stakeholder identification and prioritization: The attribute of dependency
Journal of Business Research|2022
18 cit.
4
Experiences of academics and undergraduate students on research-based learning: A tale of two institutions
Innovations in Education and Teaching International|2022
11 cit.
5
When the Personal is Political: Sharing – as Insight – our Lived Experiences as Women of Colour in Accounting Academia
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal|2024
11 cit.
6
Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Asylum Seekers: the Silencing of Accounting and Accountability in Offshore Detention Centres
Journal of Business Ethics|2024
8 cit.
7
Reclaiming Resistance: A Commentary on Student Movements, Counter Accounting, and the Ousting of Sheikh Hasina’s Autocratic Regime in Bangladesh
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal|2025
4 cit.
8
ERP Integration: Shifting Roles and Emerging Skills for Management Accountants within Production Companies
Management and Production Engineering Review|2024
3 cit.
9
Succession in times of financial uncertainty: a case of a German construction family business through the accountant's lens
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business|2023
0 cit.
10
From confusion to clarity: Helping first year students understand and navigate university GenAI guidance
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice|2026
0 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Mark H. Lang
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2
Richard G. Sloan
University of Southern California
3
Christopher J. Napier
Royal Holloway University of London
4
Katharina Petra Zeugner‐Roth
SKEMA Business School
5
James Guthrie
Macquarie University
6
Zi‐Tian Wang
Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute
7
David A. Wood
Brigham Young University
8
Christopher S. Chapman
Kyoto University
9
Herbert W. Marsh
University of Oxford
10
Robert W. Scapens
University of Manchester

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
In Search of Golden Rules: Comment on Hypothesis-Testing Approaches to Setting Cutoff Values for Fit Indexes and Dangers in Overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler's (1999) Findings
Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal|2004
6.5k cit.
2
Detecting Earnings Management.
The Accounting Review|1995
5.9k cit.
3
The gem5 simulator
ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News|2011
4.9k cit.
4
Goodness-of-fit indexes in confirmatory factor analysis: The effect of sample size.
Psychological Bulletin|1988
3.7k cit.
5
Application of confirmatory factor analysis to the study of self-concept: First- and higher order factor models and their invariance across groups.
Psychological Bulletin|1985
3.2k cit.
6
International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality
Journal of Accounting Research|2008
3.1k cit.
7
Corporate Disclosure Policy and Analyst Behavior.
The Accounting Review|1996
2.8k cit.
8
Cross-Sectional Determinants of Analyst Ratings of Corporate Disclosures
Journal of Accounting Research|1993
2.8k cit.
9
Do Stock Prices Fully Reflect Information in Accruals and Cash Flows About Future Earnings?
The Accounting Review|1996
2k cit.
10
Predicting Material Accounting Misstatements*
Contemporary Accounting Research|2011
1.9k cit.

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