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Governance and Accountability research theme (Convenor, Prof Hussein Abdou)

Overview


The purpose of this theme is to explore and enhance our understanding of the central role of governance structures and practices within the broader concept of accountability, as well as how these affect responsible business practices. Members’ research aims to extend understanding of, and develop innovative solutions to, relevant and pressing governance issues and accountability phenomena. In doing so, we produce rigorous, relevant and highly impactful research that addresses socio-economic and institutional challenges, with consequent implications for communities, societies, for-profit and non-profit organisations.

Interdisciplinary in approach, our research focuses on: corporate governance reforms in developed and developing countries; corporate social and environmental accounting; determinants and consequences of carbon accounting disclosures; gender and diversity challenges in organisations; and sustainability reporting, amongst other issues of governance and accountability. Employing both quantitative and qualitative research methods, the theme’s members pursue a series of research questions critical to accountants, managers, investors, and policy regulators.

Members working in this theme have published in highly impactful journals and have led the development of successful impact case studies. Examples include but are not limited to: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; British Journal of Management; Business & Society; Business Strategy and the Environment; Corporate Governance: An International Review; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; Energy Economics; Finance Research Letters; International Journal of Finance & Economics; Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research; Organization; Public Money & Management; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal; Technological Forecasting and Social Change; The British Accounting Review and The European Journal of Finance.

There are a number of PhD students working within this theme and members welcome applications from potential students interested in the topics above

Responsible Business

Research Staff

Dr Khalid Boutaine

Dr Princess Bwanya      

Dr Andrew Coulson

Dr Israel Davidson        

Dr Fakhrul Hasan

Prof Kathryn Haynes  

Dr Umer Iqbal

Dr Mohammed Mazumder

Dr Rana Sabbah

Prof. Aly Salama

Dr Ahmed Sarhan

Dr Mahmood Shah      

Dr Ekaterina Shakina

Prof. Karim Sorour 

Prof. Rebecca Warren

Recent Publications

Al-Najjar, B., & Sarhan, A. (2024). Cash Holdings and Corruption Prevention Commitment: Evidence from the UK. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 29(3), 3738-3757. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2851

Boubaker, S., Choudhury, T., Hasan, F., & Nguyen, D. K. (2024). Firm carbon risk exposure, stock returns, and dividend payment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 221, 248-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.12.029

Chaudhuri, R., Vrontis, D., Chavan, G., & Shams, S. M. R. (2023). Social Business Enterprises as a Research Domain: A Bibliometric Analysis and Research Direction. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 14(2), 186-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2020.1861477

Davidson, I. N. (2024). Accounting for Empowered Organisations in an Era of Competitive Intensity and the Age of Creative Intensification: The Case for Strategic Collaborative Accounting (SCA). Journal of Accounting and Finance, 24(1), 186-205. https://doi.org/10.33423/jaf.v24i1.6962

Elnahass, M., Tahir, M., Ahmed, N. A. R., & Salama, A. (2024). Internal governance mechanisms and information value of banks’ earnings. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 14(2), 450-488. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-09-2020-0247

Khedhaouria, A., Montani, F., Jamal, A., & Hussain Shah, M. (2024). Consequences of technostress for users in remote (home) work contexts during a time of crisis: The buffering role of emotional social support. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 199, Article 123065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123065

Mazumder, M. (2024). A longitudinal examination of Anti-corruption disclosure in the banking sector of a least-developed economy: Does board composition make a difference? Asian Review of Accounting. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARA-12-2023-0351

Nouraldeen, R. (2024). The Financial Performance of Lebanese Banks Up to the Financial Crisis: Do Audit Committee Characteristics and Ownership Concentration Matter? EuroMed Journal of Business. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/EMJB-07-2023-0199

Onjewu, A-K., Jafari-Sadeghi, V., Kock, N., Haddoud, M. Y., & Sakka, G. (2023). The catalyzing role of customer pressure on environmental initiatives and export intensity: A study of family firms. Journal of Business Research, 166, Article 114134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114134

Pagan, V., Haynes, K., & Reissner, S. (2023). Accountable selves and responsibility within a global forum. Journal of Business Ethics, 187(2), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05286-9

Jakub Szczygielski, J., Charteris, A., Rutendo Bwanya, P., & Brzeszczyński, J. (2023). Which COVID-19 information really impacts stock markets? Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 84, Article 101592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101592

Sorour, M. K., & El Sakhawy, A. (2023). Realisation of SDGs in Africa: an Impactful political CSR Approach. In P. Arte, Y. Wang, C. Dowie, M. Elo, & S. Laasonen (Eds.), Sustainable International Business: Smart Strategies for Business and Society (pp. 15–34). (Contributions to Management Science). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43785-4_2

Musah, M. K., Muntaka Alhaji, Z., Hasan, A., & Abdul Aziz, D. (2023). Beyond Management Challenges: A Demise of a Cash Waqf Foundation. Journal of Islamic Social Finance (JISF), 1(2), 1-16. https://journals.iium.edu.my/jisf/index.php/iiibf/article/view/12

Research Funding

Research related to this theme has been funded by The British Academy, The British Council, The Leverhulme Trust amongst others. The following are recent examples of successful research grants awarded to members of the theme:

2022-2024: “Contemporary Feminisms and their Emancipatory Implications for Accounting” – Funder: The Leverhulme Trust Major Fellowship [Professor Kathryn Haynes]

2022- "Carbon Accounting in Egyptian Universities: The Current Practice and the Way Forward" Funder: British Council [Professor Aly Salama along with colleagues from the University of Alexandria, Egypt]

2022- “Developing capacity and research network to promote inclusive digital finance for Egyptian single mothers”- Funder: British Council [Professor Karim Sorour along with colleagues from Brunel University and AAST&MT, Egypt]

2023- Designing an Inclusive Joint Postgraduate Degree in Responsible Data Analytics to Drive Employability and Promote Economic and Social Growth in Egypt” Funder: British Council [Professor Karim Sorour along with colleagues from AAST&MT, Egypt]


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