James (chong M.) Lau
Professor
School of Accounting
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
James is Professor of Accounting at Curtin Business School. He was previously Professor of Accounting at Macquarie University, Sydney, as well as at The University of Western Australia, Perth. He has extensive experience in industries, public accounting firms and several universities. Professionally, he practised as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte Haskins and Sells, Canada. Academically, he has worked in several Australian and overseas universities including three years at Macquarie University and ten years at The University of Western Australia. James was also a Visiting Professor at The University of Paris 1 on two occasions and had also held visiting positions at London School of Economics and INSEAD.
Research Interest
His research areas are in Management Accounting including performance measurement systems.
Publications
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Lau CM, K Roopnarain (2014) "The Effects of Nonfinancial and Financial Measures on Employee Motivation to Participate in Target Setting." The British Accounting Review 46: 228-247.
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Lau CM,G Scully (2015) "The roles of organizational politics and fairness in the relationship between performance management systems and trust." Behavioral Research in Accounting 27:25-53.
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Lau CM (2015) "The effects of nonfinancial measures on role clarity, procedural fairness and managerial performance." Pacific Accounting Review 27:142-165.
