Dr Alex Wang | College of Business and Economics

RSA

Research School of Accounting

Position

Senior Lecturer

CPA Liaison Officer at Research School of Accounting

alex.wang@anu.edu.au

Phone number

+61 2 612 57374

Office

Room 3.24, CBE Bld (26C)

Research areas

The design and use of performance measures and targets

Managerial accounting in inter-organizational relations

Accounting for risk management

The behavioural and strategic implications of management accounting

Management accounting as practiced in organizations

Biography

Alex is a self-motivated and dedicated researcher who conducts accounting research that has both theoretical and practical contributions. Alex has published research papers in leading journals like Contemporary Accounting Research, The British Acocunting Review and Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. With his expertise in both quantitive and qualitative methodologies, Alex has been working closely with some Australian and international organizations/companies for high-quality research projects in banking, healthcare, automotive, construction, service and a few other industries. Alex has received multiple competitive research grants for different research projects. One of his research projects has recently been awarded 'Best Paper Award' in 2016 Accounting and Finance Association annual conference. Alex is a member of American Accounting Association, Accounting and Finance Association of Australian and New Zealand and European Accounting Association.

Research publications

Recent Referred Journal Publications

The Effect of Nonfinancial Performance Measures, Absorptive Capacity, and Organizational Learning on Innovation Performance (2023), Journal of Management Control (with Chong, V., Mia, L. and Sands, J.) (ABDC – A)

Manager Narcissism, Target Difficulty, and Employee Dysfunctional Behavior (2023), Contemporary Accounting Research (with Shang, R. and Zu, Y.) (FT Top 50 Journal, ABDC – A*)

Carbon Accounting Tools and Activities: Responding to Multiple Interacting Logics in Carbon Management (2023), Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal (with with Tekathen, M. and Bui, B.) (ABDC – A*)

Impact of Interactive and Diagnostic Uses of Performance Measurement Systems on Procedural Fairness Perception, Cooperation, and Performance in Supply Alliances (2022), Accounting and Finance. (with Mahama, H.) (ABDC – A)

Risk Management in Local Authorities: A Application of Schatzki's Social Site Ontology (2019), The British Accounting Review. (with Bui, B. and Cordery, C.) (ABDC – A*)

Strategizing in the Midst of Management Controls: A Longitudinal Case Study on The Relationship between Management Controls and Promises on Strategies (2019), Accounting and Finance, A Special Issue for Qualitative Accounting Research. (with Tekathen, M. and Bui, B.) (ABDC – A)

Selected Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

Strategizing in the Midst of Management Controls: A Longitudinal Case Study on The Relationship between Management Controls and Promises on Strategies, Global Management Accounting Research Symposium (GMARS), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2017.

Experimenting with Risks and Management Control Systems in Inter-firm Alliances, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), Gold Coast, Australia, 2016.

* best paper award in management accounting stream

· Experimenting with Risks and Management Control Systems in Inter-firm Alliances, Global Management Accounting Research Symposium (GMARS), Michigan State University, USA, 2016.

Research grants and awards

2016/2017 ANU College of Business and Economics Research Grant
2018/2019 Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Research Grant
2023 ANU Research School Grant

Teaching

BUSN7031 Management Accounting & Cost Analysis