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Business and Management
New Zealand
2026

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Business and Management

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52
Citations
12390
World Ranking
874
National Ranking
6

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  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Charl de Villiers is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and has an extensive publication record primarily in Business, Management, and Accounting. Their research contributions span a range of interconnected subfields, which include Strategy and Management, Accounting, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly output frequently addresses key topics such as Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Auditing, Earnings Management and Governance, Corporate Finance and Governance, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Accounting and Organizational Management, Management and Organizational Studies, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Charl de Villiers has published multiple articles in respected academic venues. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Board Characteristics and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Meta-Analytic Investigation, 2020, Business & Society
  • A (new) role for business - Promoting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals through the internet-of-things and blockchain technology, 2020, Journal of Business Research
  • The South African government's response to COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management
  • The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) past, present and future: critical reflections and a research agenda on sustainability reporting (standard-setting), 2022, Pacific Accounting Review
  • Qualitative research interviews using online video technology - challenges and opportunities, 2021, Meditari Accountancy Research

Regarding collaboration, de Villiers has worked repeatedly with a number of coauthors, including Ruth Dimes, Matteo Molinari, Jing Jia, Zhongtian Li, and John Dumay. These partnerships reflect ongoing engagement in research communities focused on various aspects of business and accounting studies.

In terms of publication venues, Charl de Villiers is frequently published in journals such as Accounting and Finance, Meditari Accountancy Research, The British Accounting Review, Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Board Characteristics on Firm Environmental Performance

    Charl de Villiers;Vic Naiker;Chris J. van Staden

  • Integrated Reporting: Insights, gaps and an agenda for future research

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Leonardo Rinaldi;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Can less environmental disclosure have a legitimising effect? Evidence from Africa

    Charl de Villiers;Chris J. van Staden

  • Are CSR Disclosures Value Relevant? Cross-Country Evidence

    Steven F. Cahan;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Debra C. Jeter;Vic Naiker

  • Where firms choose to disclose voluntary environmental information

    Charl de Villiers;Chris J. van Staden

  • Integrated reporting: Background, measurement issues, approaches and an agenda for future research

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Elmar Retief Venter;Pei-Chi Kelly Hsiao

  • Corporate social responsibility, country-level predispositions, and the consequences of choosing a level of disclosure

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Ana Marques

  • The institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility reporting

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Deborah Ann Alexander

  • Shareholders’ requirements for corporate environmental disclosures: A cross country comparison

    Charl de Villiers;Chris J. van Staden

  • Developing a conceptual model of influences around integrated reporting, new insights and directions for future research

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Pei-Chi Kelly Hsiao;Warren Maroun

  • A critical reflection on the future of financial, intellectual capital, sustainability and integrated reporting

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Umesh Sharma

  • Evaluating the integrated reporting journey : insights, gaps and agendas for future research

    Leonardo Rinaldi;Jeffrey Unerman;Charl Johannes De Villiers

  • Board Characteristics and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Meta-Analytic Investigation:

    Jan Endrikat;Jan Endrikat;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Thomas W. Guenther;Edeltraud M. Guenther;Edeltraud M. Guenther

  • The value relevance of corporate responsibility reporting: South African evidence

    Marna de Klerk;Charl de Villiers

  • The influence of corporate social responsibility disclosure on share prices: Evidence from the United Kingdom

    Marna De Klerk;Charl de Villiers;Chris van Staden

  • A comprehensive literature review on, and the construction of a framework for, environmental legitimacy, accountability and proactivity

    Bakhtiar Alrazi;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Chris J. Van Staden

  • Telephonic qualitative research interviews: when to consider them and how to do them

    Muhammad Bilal Farooq;Charl Johannes De Villiers

  • Business strategies and management accounting in response to climate change risk exposure and regulatory uncertainty

    Binh Bui;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers

  • The institutionalisation of mining company sustainability disclosures

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Charl Johannes De Villiers;Mary Low;Grant Samkin

  • A (new) role for business – Promoting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals through the internet-of-things and blockchain technology

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Sanjaya Kuruppu;Dinithi Dissanayake

  • Are CSR Disclosures Value Relevant? Cross-Country Evidence

    Steven F. Cahan;Charl de Villiers;Debra C. Jeter

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren Maroun
Warren Maroun University of Leeds
John Dumay
John Dumay Macquarie University
Steven F. Cahan
Steven F. Cahan University of Auckland
Jeffrey Unerman
Jeffrey Unerman Royal Holloway University of London
James Guthrie
James Guthrie University of Kansas

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