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Margaret A. Abernethy

Margaret A. Abernethy

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
32
Citations
9832
World Ranking
2565
National Ranking
151

Economics and Finance

D-Index
32
Citations
9743
World Ranking
3360
National Ranking
95

Overview

Margaret A. Abernethy is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of Business, Management, and Accounting, with specific attention to Accounting and related subfields.

Their scholarly work has been published extensively in several recognized academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Accounting Organizations and Society
  • European Accounting Review
  • Accounting and Finance
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Management Accounting Research

Abernethy's recent research contributions span various topics such as Corporate Finance and Governance, Accounting and Organizational Management, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies. Other notable topics include Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, Psychological and Educational Research Studies, and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA.

Key papers published by Abernethy include:

  • "The Influence of Performance Measurement on the Processual Dynamics of Strategic Change," 2020, Management Science
  • "Manager 'growth mindset' and resource management practices," 2020, Accounting Organizations and Society
  • "Altruism, social norms, and incentive contract design," 2022, Review of Accounting Studies
  • "Can Technology-Enabled Advanced Monitoring Systems Influence Individual Performance and Team Dynamics?," 2022, European Accounting Review
  • "Firm culture and internal control system," 2022, Accounting and Finance

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sujay Nair, Yile Jiang, Shannon W. Anderson, Christian Hofmann, and Laurence van Lent. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications over time.

In terms of subfields, Abernethy's research integrates aspects of Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management Information Systems, Safety Research, and Management Science and Operations Research.

Best Publications

  • The role of budgets in organizations facing strategic change: an exploratory study

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Peter Brownell

  • A Field Study of Control System “Redesign”: The Impact of Institutional Processes on Strategic Choice*

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Wai Fong Chua

  • The impact of manufacturing flexibility on management control system design

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Anne M. Lillis

  • Management control systems in research and development organizations: The role of accounting, behavior and personnel controls

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Peter Brownell

  • The consequences of customization on management accounting system design

    Jan Bouwens;Margaret A. Abernethy

  • The role of professional control in the management of complex organizations

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Johannes U. Stoelwinder

  • Determinants of Control System Design in Divisionalized Firms

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Jan Bouwens;Laurence van Lent

  • AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE “FIT”BETWEEN STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM DESIGN

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Cameron H. Guthrie

  • Power, organization design and managerial behaviour

    Margaret A Abernethy;Emidia Vagnoni

  • Leadership and control system design

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Jan Bouwens;Laurence van Lent

  • Budget use, task uncertainty, system goal orientation and subunit performance: A test of the ‘fit’ hypothesis in not-for-profit hospitals

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Johannes U. Stoelwinder

  • Interdependencies in Organization Design: A Test in Hospitals

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Anne M. Lillis

  • The Influence of CEO Power on Compensation Contract Design

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Yu Flora Kuang;Bo Qin

  • Determinants of accounting innovation implementation

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Jan Bouwens

  • Research in managerial accounting: Learning from others' experiences

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Wai Chua;Peter F. Luckett;Frank H. Selto

  • Product diversity and costing system design choice: field study evidence

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Anne M. Lillis;Peter Brownell;Paul Carter

  • A multi-method approach to building causal performance maps from expert knowledge

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Malcolm Horne;Anne M. Lillis;Mary A. Malina

  • The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Jan Bouwens;Laurence Van Lent

  • Accounting and Control in Health Care: Behavioural, Organisational, Sociological and Critical Perspectives

    Margaret A. Abernethy;Wai Fong Chua;Jennifer Grafton;Habib Mahama

  • Organisational design choices in response to public sector reforms: A case study of mandated hospital networks

    Jennifer Grafton;Margaret A. Abernethy;Anne M. Lillis

  • Are employee selection and incentive contracts complements or substitutes

    Margaret Abernethy;Henri Dekker;Axel Klaus-Dieter Schulz

  • BUDGET USE, TASK UNCERTAINTY, SYSTEM GOAL ORIENTATION AND SUBUNIT PERFORMANCE: A TEST OF THE...

    M. A. Abernethy;Johannes U. Stoelwinder

Frequent Co-Authors

Wai Fong Chua
Wai Fong Chua University of Sydney
Malcolm K. Horne
Malcolm K. Horne Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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