Conferences, seminars and events

Biennial Monforma conference

Monforma aims to enrich the discussion among academics by facilitating the free exchange of ideas, as well as promoting and initiating research opportunities within the Management Accounting discipline.

Research seminar series

Each year the Department of Accounting invites some of the brightest minds in the field of accounting to present at our seminar series.

Our research seminars provide an environment in which research ideas are exchanged, discussed and critiqued. It allows our staff and students the opportunity to meet with some of the brightest minds in the field, which makes this series an invaluable learning and networking opportunity.

The seminars cover a wide range of topics, which encompass both pure and applied research. Anyone who is interested in the field of accounting is welcome to attend our research seminar series.

Contact

If you wish to obtain a copy of a paper, or if you have any other enquiries, please email:

Dr Sunyoung Kim
Accounting seminar coordinator
Email: Sunyoung.Kim@monash.edu

Seminars are held at 11am-12pm unless otherwise indicated.

DatePresenterVenue
26/02/2021 A/Professor Flora Kuang - University of Melbourne Zoom
26/02/2021, 6-7pmProfessor Crawford Spence - King’s College, LondonZoom
16/04/2021, 9-10am Professor Michal Matejka – Arizona State University Zoom
07/05/2021, 4-5pm A/Professor Stephan Kramer – Erasmus University, Rotterdam Zoom
21/05/2021 Professor Albert Tsang - Hong Kong Polytechnic University Zoom
11/06/2021 Professor Jake Rose – Monash University/ University of Waikato Zoom
02/07/2021 A/Professor Yupeng Lin - National University of Singapore Zoom
16/07/2021Professor Shivaram Rajgopal - Columbia University Zoom
13/08/2021Professor Yangyang Chen - City University of Hong KongZoom
27/08/2021,
10-11am		A/Professor David Wang - De Paul UniversityZoom
15/10/2021, 9-10am Professor Jasmijn Bol, Tulane University, New Orleans Zoom
DatePresenterTitleVenue
24/01/2020 Professor Matthias Mahlendorf
(Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) 		Adaptive vs strategic responses to the asymmetric ratcheting of external performance expectations Caulfield, HB.40
21/02/2020 Professor Christoph Pelger
(University of Innsbruck) 		Global standards without the United States? Institutional work and the US non-adoption of IFRS Clayton, H2
28/02/2020 Professor Neil Marriott
(University of Winchester) 		Integrated reporting in universities: institutional and pedagogic opportunities Caulfield, HB.40
31/07/2020 Professor Neil Fargher
(Australian National University) 		The impact of thinking approach on offshore auditors' judgement quality in performing analytical procedures Zoom
14/08/2020 Dr Jay Jung
(City University of London) 		Is your surname remunerative? Surname favourability and CEO compensation Zoom
21/08/2020 Professor Naomi Soderstrom
(University of Melbourne) 		Impact of cultural and institutional factors on disclosures of innovation and cybersecurity in Chinese cross-listed firms Zoom
11/09/2020 Associate Professor Louise Lu
(Australian National University) 		Death is a law: Death of former colleagues and management forecasts Zoom
25/09/2020 Dr Lili Dai
(University of New South Wales) 		Risk Factor Disclosure and Debt Contracting Zoom
09/10/2020 Professor Zheng Whang
(City University of Hong Kong) 		Employee Cognitive Ability and Quality of Management Forecasts Zoom
16/10/2020 Professor Vic Naiker 
(University of Melbourne)  		Revisiting the effects of audit partner industry expertise on audit quality Zoom
30/10/2020 Professor David Hay
(University of Auckland) 		The Impact of Audit Inspections on Audit Quality and Auditor Compensation Zoom
13/11/2020 A/Professor Jun (Alex) Yao - Deakin University TBA Zoom
20/11/2020 Professor Alfred Yawson
(University of Adelaide) 		TBA Zoom

Seminars are held at  11am-12pm unless otherwise indicated.

DatePresenterTitleVenue
22/02/2019 Professor Isabella Grabner – Vienna University of Economics Managing the Trade-off between Delegation and Task Interdependence in Creative Teams: The Role of Personnel and Cultural Controls Caulfield, HB.40
8/03/2019 Professor Walter Schuster  – Stockholm School of Economics The International Accounting Standards Board’s Project Financial Statement Presentation Caulfield, HB.40
15/03/2019 Professor Ian Gow – University of Melbourne Non-answers during conference calls Caulfield, HB.39
29/03/2019 Dr Nam Tran – Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne Does Loan Financing Matter for M&A Gains? Clayton, H5 Menzies Building
12/04/2019 A/Professor Yangyang Chen - Hong Kong Polytechnic University Captured by Mutual Funds: Do Cross-Audits Undermine Auditor Independence? Caulfield, HB.39
03/05/2019 10.00am-11.00am Professor Vic Naiker - University of Melbourne CEOs Shape Up or Lose Out Caulfield, HB.40
17/05/2019 A/Professor Flora Kuang – University of Melbourne CFO Social Ties and Financial Restatements Caulfield, HB.39
14/06/2019 Professor Marc Wouters – Karslruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Justifications for decision-supporting calculations: A field study of why and how management accountants provide details and explanations Caulfield, HB.40
28/06/2019 A/Professor Khim Kelly – University of Central Florida Is More Always Better? An Experimental Examination of the Effects of Feedback, Reward Frequency, and Narcissism on Employees' Effort Intensity and Effort Persistence Caulfield, HB.40
11/07/2019 Dr Oscar Stewart - San Francisco State University Exploring Diversity and Inclusion in the Business Classroom Caulfield, H9.21
12/07/2019 Professor Jee-Hae Lim - University of Hawaii The Impact of Information Security Breaches on Stock Return Synchronicity Caulfield, HB.40
26/07/2019 Professor Sven Modell – Manchester University Across the Great Divide: Bridging the Gap between Economics and Sociology-based Research on Management Accounting Caulfield, HB.40
23/08/2019 Dr Roel Boomsma – University of Sydney Producing evidence of social impact: A field study of an Australian non-governmental development organisation Caulfield,
H1.25
30/08/2019 Prof. Helen Tregidga - University of London Not at our table: Stakeholder exclusion and (ant)agonistic engagements Clayton, H2 (Menzies Building)
6/09/2019 Professor Sue Wright – University of Technology Sydney Does better governance improve the quality of non-GAAP earnings disclosures? Caulfield, HB.40
25/09/2019 Professor Peter Skaerbaek - Copenhagen Business School Internal auditing as an obstacle to an emergent innovation programme – A case study within Danish central government and its Tax Agency Caulfield, H2.38
18/10/2019 Professor Phil Shane - William and Mary School of Business / Monash University 10-K Complexity, Analysts' Forecasts, and Price Discovery in Capital Markets Clayton, H2 (Menzies Building)
01/11/2019 Associate Professor Wen He - University of Queensland Migration, Ability and Audit Quality: Evidence from Audit Partners in China Caulfield, HB.39
15/11/2019 Dr Alessandro Ghio - Monash University Working Paper Caulfield, HB.40
15/11/2019 A/Professor Brian Miller - Indiana University Wearing Out the Watchdog: SEC Case Backlog and Investigation Likelihood Caulfield, HB.40

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DatePresenterTitleVenue
Friday 30 November Kumari Ranjeeni
Monash University 		Board Gender Diversity, Proprietary Cost and Equity Undervaluation Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 30 November Associate Professor Chan Li
Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh 		Component Auditor Usage and Audit Quality Caulfield, HB.40
Tuesday 20 November Ms Xuedan (Wendy) Tao
The University of Hong Kong 		The Effect of Mandatory Disclosure of Tax Uncertainty on Investment Efficiency: Evidence from FIN 48* Caulfield, HB.40
Tuesday 20 November Professor Karen Sedatole
Emory University 		The effect of supplier industry competition on pay-for-performance incentive intensity Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 9 November Ms Annemarie Conrath-Hargreaves
Monash University 		Research interests and working paper presentation Clayton, LTB 204
Friday 9 November Professor Paul Mather
LaTrobe University 		The Director Expectation Gap and Hindsight Bias Clayton, LTB 204
Monday 5 November Professor Patrick Hopkins and Professor Leslie Hodder
Indiana University 		An Investigation of Auditors’ Judgements when Companies Release Earnings before Audit Completion Caulfield, H9.21
Friday 26 October Professor Sterling Huang
Singapore Management University 		Controllability of Risk and the Design of Incentive-Compensation Contracts Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 26 October Assistant Professor Sterling Huang
Singapore Management University 		Controllability of Risk and the Design of Incentive-Compensation Contracts HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 19 October Ms Jenny Guan
Monash University 		Research interests and working paper presentation Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 19 October Professor Peter Easton
University of Notre Dame 		Conservative Accounting and Free Cash Flow Caulfield, HB.40
Tuesday 16 October Ms Laura Caluwe
University of Antwerp, Belgium 		How Boards of Directors Can Contribute to Governing Caulfield, H2.37 
Friday 12 October Dr Edward Tello
Monash University 		Working paper presentation Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 12 October Professor Huai Zhang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 		Styles of regulators: Evidence from the SEC’s comment letters Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 12 October Professor Huai Zhang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 		Styles of regulators: Evidence from the SEC’s comment letters HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 5 October A/Professor Prabhu Sivabalan
University of Technology Sydney 		Family firms and control system design
a socioemotional wealth perspective 		Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 14 September Dr Sukari Farrington and Ms Lu Yang
Monash University 		Research interests presentation Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 14 September Professor David Smith
University of Queensland 		Moments of Resistance: A subjunctive view of performance and impact texts in non-governmental organisations Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 7 September Dr John Ko
Monash University  		Research interests and working paper presentation Clayton, LTB 204
Friday 7 September Professor Wai Fong Chua
University of Sydney 		Capital Investment in Action
A Study of the Construction of the Credibility of a Long-Term Capital Proposal 		Clayton, LTB 204
Friday 24 August Dr Sandip Dhole
Monash University 		Working paper presentation Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 24 August Professor Jake Rose
Oregon State University/Monash University 		Effects of Data Visualisation on Auditors’ and Jurors’ Judgements Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 17 August Professor Eddy Cardinaels
KU Leuven University 		How Managers’ on the Job Experience Affects Compensation Design Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 27 July Dr Jin Zhang
Monash University 		Research interests and working paper presentation Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 27 July A/Professor George Yang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 		Analysts’ Beauty and Their Performance Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 13 July Professor Phil Shane
Monash University/College of William and Mary 		Do Financial Analysts Generate Value-Relevant Interpretive Information from Analysis of 10-K Filings? Caulfield, HB.40
Friday 13 July Professor Phil Shane
Monash University 		Do Financial Analysts Generate Value-Relevant Interpretive Information from Analysis of 10-K Filings? HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 22 June Professor Jeff Ng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 		The Effect of Timely Loan Loss Recognition in the Banking System on Firms’ Debt Structure HB.39, Caulfield
Wednesday 20 June Professor Aloke Ghosh
Baruch College, City University of New York 		Quasi Rents to Audit Firms from Longer Tenure HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 25 May Professor Timothy Fogarty
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio 		Has the New World Order Taught the Big Four to Manage Client Portfolio Risk? Examining Extreme Loss Occurrences before and after Sarbanes Oxley HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 18 May Prof. Hun Tong Tan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 		You Have Been Forewarned! The Effects of Risk Management Disclosures and Disclosure Tone on Investors’ Judgements HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 4 May Dr James Wakefield
University of Technology Sydney 		Implications of social media exposure on task per-formance E365, Clayton
Friday 27 April Professor Ken Trotman
University of New South Wales 		How Audit Committee Chairs Seek to Overcome Group Information Processing Barriers: A Field Study HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 13 April Professor Efrim Boritz
University of Waterloo, Canada 		How Understandable are SOX 404 Auditors’ Reports? HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 23 March Professor Shane Dikolli
Duke University, North Carolina 		CEO Behavioral Integrity, Auditor Responses and Firm Outcomes HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 9 March Associate Professor Rencheng Wang
University of Melbourne 		Agency Conflicts and Shareholder Litigation: New Evidence from the Value of Tax Avoidance and Derivative Lawsuits HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 23 February Professor Kalle Kraus
Monash University/Stockholm School of Economics 		Accounting for violence: Heterogeneous interests, distinctions, and accounting HB.40, Caulfield
Tuesday 13 February Professor Peter Skaerbaek
Copenhagen Business School 		The versatile role of accounting in making programs stronger and weaker - The case of military (out-)sourcing strategies HB.40, Caulfield
Friday 9 February Associate Professor Neale O’Connor
Monash University Malaysia 		Exploring the Impact of Supplier Scorecard Performance on Customer Order Volume: Evidence from a Smartphone Manufacturing Supply Chain HB.40, Caulfield
Tuesday 6 February Professor Giuseppe Grossi
Kristianstad University, Sweden 		The impact of shifting logistics on performance measurement practices in hybrid universities HB.40, Caulfield
DatePresenterTitle
Friday 24 November Professor Neil Marriott
University of Winchester 		TBA
Friday 17 November Ms Nicola Beatson
University of Otago 		Confidence matters: a study of self-efficacy beliefs in accounting education
Friday 27 October Professor Thomas Ahrens
United Arab Emirates University 		Crafting papers out of a qualitative accounting field
Friday 20 October Rachael Lewis
University of Technology Sydney 		Cause and effect: How strategic performance measurement systems shape and reflect managers’ causal mental models
Friday 13 October A/Professor David Wang
DePaul University 		The Effect of Competitive Actions on the Association between Momentum on Social Media and Offline Car Sales after Automobile Recalls
Friday 15 September Dr Yunyang Zhang
The University of Melbourne 		Insider Trading and On-site Analysts Visits: Evidence from China
Friday 8 September Professor Stephen Taylor
University of Technology Sydney 		The Quality of Non-GAAP earnings
Friday 1 September Professor Yuval Millo
The University of Warwick 		Do Connections with Buy-Side Analysts Inform Sell-Side Analyst Research?
Friday 25 August Professor Phil Shane Sell-side analysts, relational expertise and positional struggles in the field of investment advice.
Friday 18 August Professor Robert Faff
The University of Queensland 		90 minute presentation in conjunction with Banking and Finance on Pitching Research
Friday 4 August Dr Gladys Lee
The University of Melbourne 		Do Happy Auditors Perform Better Audits? Investigating the Association between Audit Firm Employee Satisfaction and Audit Quality
Friday 30 June Professor Karla Johnstone
University of Wisconsin
Madison 		A Natural Field Experiment Examining Audit Subordinates’ Knowledge and a Partner-Led Intervention in Fraud Brainstorming
Tuesday 20 June Professor Jean Bedard
Bentley University 		Delivering the “Tough Message”: Moderators of Subordinate Auditors’ Reactions to Feedback
Friday 16 June Professor Kalle Kraus Accounting and Passionate Interests: The Case of a Swedish Football Club
Friday 30 June Professor Karla Johnstone
Wisconsin School of Business 		A Natural Field Experiment Examining Audit Subordinates’ Knowledge and a Partner-Led Intervention in Fraud Brainstorming
Tuesday 20 June Professor Jean Bedard
Bentley University 		Delivering the “Tough Message”: Moderators of Subordinate Auditors’ Reactions to Feedback
Friday 2 June Professor Thomas Ahrens
United Arab Emirates University 		Inside the Big Short (Thomas Ahrens and Kursad Asdemir)
Friday 19 May Associate Professor Maria Dyball
The University of Sydney 		Re-examining Auditors' relationships with clients
Friday 7 April (Clayton) Dr Like Jiang
University of Melbourne 		Damage control: Earnings management in the face of product harm crises
Friday 24 March Professor Steve Kaplan
Arizona State University 		Who really performs the audit? Examining the effects of supplemental voluntary disclosure of the use of other auditors on investors
Friday 17 March Dr Andrew Jackson
UNSW 		Decomposing the Market, Industry, and Firm Components of Profitability: Implications for Forecasting.
Friday 10 March Professor Efrim Boritz
University of Waterloo 		Are External Auditors Concerned about Cyber Incidents? Evidence from Audit Fees
Friday 17 February Professor Mohan Venkatachalam
The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University 		"Casting" a doubt: Informational role of analyst participation during earnings conference calls