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42
Citations
12231
World Ranking
1463
National Ranking
236

Overview

Jeffrey Unerman was affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, contributing a total of nine publications across several subfields including Strategy and Management, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Finance, and Accounting.

Their work covered key topics such as:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Unerman published four recent papers in recognized academic journals. These papers included:

  • "Advancing research into accounting and the UN Sustainable Development Goals" (2020), published in Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal
  • "Shifting the focus of sustainability accounting from impacts to risks and dependencies: researching the transformative potential of TCFD reporting" (2020), published in Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal
  • "Motivations for voluntary corporate adoption of integrated reporting: A novel context for comparing voluntary disclosure and legitimacy theory" (2021), published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Risks from self-referential peer review echo chambers developing in research fields" (2020), published in The British Accounting Review

These publications demonstrate engagement with sustainability accounting, voluntary disclosure, and peer review dynamics within research fields.

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Unerman included Jan Bebbington, Brendan O'Dwyer, Kimitaka Nishitani, and Katsuhiko Kokubu. The most regular publication venues were Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, Journal of Cleaner Production, and The British Accounting Review.

Best Publications

  • Methodological issues ‐ Reflections on quantification in corporate social reporting content analysis

    Jeffrey Unerman

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

    Charl Johannes De Villiers;Leonardo Rinaldi;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Increased stakeholder dialogue and the internet: towards greater corporate accountability or reinforcing capitalist hegemony?

    Jeffrey Unerman;Mark Bennett

  • Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: An enabling role for accounting research

    Jan Bebbington;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Seeking legitimacy for new assurance forms: The case of assurance on sustainability reporting

    Brendan O’Dwyer;David Owen;Jeffrey Unerman

  • The paradox of greater NGO accountability:A case study of Amnesty Ireland

    Brendan O’Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Theorising accountability for NGO advocacy

    Jeffrey Unerman;Brendan O'Dwyer

  • Corporate reporting of intellectual capital: Evidence from UK companies

    Ludmila Striukova;Jeffrey Unerman;James Guthrie

  • Sustainability Accounting and Accountability

    Jan Bebbington;Jeffrey Unerman;Brendan O'Dwyer

  • User needs in sustainability reporting: Perspectives of stakeholders in Ireland

    Brendan O'Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman;Elaine Hession

  • From functional to social accountability:Transforming the accountability relationship between funders and non-governmental development organisations

    Brendan O'Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights

    Anthony G. Hopwood;Jeffrey Unerman;Jessica Fries

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

    Leonardo Rinaldi;Jeffrey Unerman;Charl Johannes De Villiers

  • On James Bond and the importance of NGO accountability

    Jeffrey Unerman;Brendan O'Dwyer

  • Perceptions on the emergence and future development of corporate social disclosure in Ireland: Engaging the voices of non-governmental organisations

    Brendan O'Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman;John Bradley

  • Strategic reputation risk management and corporate social responsibility reporting

    Jeffrey Unerman

  • Academic contributions to enhancing accounting for sustainable development

    Jeffrey Unerman;Christopher Chapman

  • Enhancing the role of accountability in promoting the rights of beneficiaries of development NGOs

    Brendan O'Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Corporate reporting and accounting for externalities

    Jeffrey Unerman;Jan Bebbington;Brendan O’dwyer

  • Advancing research into accounting and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Jan Bebbington;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Shifting the focus of sustainability accounting from impacts to risks and dependencies: researching the transformative potential of TCFD reporting

    Brendan O'Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman

  • Corporate Reporting of Intellectual Capital: Evidence from UK Companies

    Jeffrey Unerman;Jeffrey Unerman;Ludmila Striukova;James Guthrie;James Guthrie

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan O'Dwyer
Brendan O'Dwyer University of Manchester
Jan Bebbington
Jan Bebbington University of St Andrews
James Guthrie
James Guthrie University of Kansas
Christopher Humphrey
Christopher Humphrey University of Manchester
Jane Broadbent
Jane Broadbent Royal Holloway University of London
Craig Deegan
Craig Deegan University of Tasmania
Charl de Villiers
Charl de Villiers University of Auckland
Robin W. Roberts
Robin W. Roberts University of Central Florida

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