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Business and Management

D-Index
46
Citations
22914
World Ranking
1191
National Ranking
183

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award, British Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the British Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the British Academy of Management
  • Fellow of the British Academy of Management

Overview

David Otley is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans several subfields, including Management Information Systems, Accounting, Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Information Systems Theories and Implementation
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Accounting Education and Careers
  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

David Otley has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Jan Pfister, Peeter Peda, Kenneth A. Merchant, Thomas Ahrens, and Claire Dambrin.

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on performance management, corporate social responsibility, and methodological frameworks within accounting and management research. Notable papers include:

  • "Beyond the systems versus package debate" (2020), published in Accounting Organizations and Society
  • "A methodological framework for theoretical explanation in performance management and management control systems research" (2022), published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management
  • "Performance management in the prosocial market economy: a new paradigm for economic performance and sustainability" (2024), published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management
  • "A structured framework to understand CSR decision-making: A case study of multiple rationales" (2022), published in European Management Journal
  • "Reviewing and theorizing the unintended consequences of performance management systems" (2025), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent publication venues for David Otley include Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, Accounting Organizations and Society, European Management Journal, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Over the course of their career, David Otley has been recognized with the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Academy of Management in 2010 and was named a Fellow of the British Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Performance management: a framework for management control systems research

    David Otley

  • The design and use of performance management systems: An extended framework for analysis

    Aldónio Ferreira;David Otley

  • The contingency theory of management accounting: Achievement and prognosis

    David T. Otley

  • The effects of the interactive use of management control systems on product innovation

    Josep Bisbe;David Otley

  • Business performance measurement : unifying theories and integrating practice

    Andy Neely

  • Accounting for management control

    Clive Emmanuel;David Otley;Kenneth Merchant

  • Practice Developments in Budgeting: An Overview and Research Perspective

    Stephen C. Hansen;David T. Otley;Wim A. Van der Stede

  • Emerging themes in management control: a review of recent literature

    A. J. Berry;A. F. Coad;Elaine P. Harris;D. T. Otley

  • Budget Use and Managerial Performance

    David T. Otley

  • Management control in contemporary organizations: towards a wider framework

    David Otley

  • A Review of the Literature on Control and Accountability

    Kenneth A. Merchant;David T. Otley

  • Business performance measurement : theory and practice

    Andy Neely

  • A Conceptual Development of Simons’ Levers of Control Framework

    Sophie Tessier;David Otley

  • The contingency theory of management accounting and control: 1980–2014

    David Templeton Otley

  • Case study research in management accounting and control

    D.T. Otley;A.J. Berry

  • Research in Management Control: An Overview of its Development

    David Otley;Jane Broadbent;Anthony Berry

  • Control, organisation and accounting

    D.T. Otley;A.J. Berry

  • Extending the Boundaries of Management Accounting Research: Developing Systems for Performance Management☆

    David Otley

  • Management control and performance management: whence and whither?

    David Otley

  • Management control : theories, issues and practices

    Anthony Berry;Jane Broadbent;David T. Otley

  • The design of organizations

    Clive Emmanuel;David Otley;Kenneth Merchant

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Merchant
Kenneth A. Merchant University of Southern California
Jane Broadbent
Jane Broadbent Royal Holloway University of London
Wim A. Van der Stede
Wim A. Van der Stede London School of Economics and Political Science
Lee D. Parker
Lee D. Parker University of Glasgow
Trevor Hopper
Trevor Hopper University of Sussex

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