Manzurul Alam

Biography

I am a Professor of Accounting at Murdoch University. Prior to joining Murdoch University, I was an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Accounting & Finance Department at Monash University. I obtained my MBA from KU Leuven and PhD from London School of Economics. My current research interests focus on management accounting change, strategic performance measurement and governance, public and Not-for-Profit sector management accounting, and accounting issues in developing countries. I have published in major accounting and management journals including Management Accounting Research (MAR), ABACUS, British Accounting Review (BAR), Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ), Accounting & Business Research (ABR), International Journal of Public Sector Management, International Journal of Business Management, Pacific Accounting Review, and Critical Perspectives in Accounting (CPA). I am an Associate Editor of the Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change and a member of the Editorial Boards for the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, and the Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research (JAMAR). I am a fellow member of CPA and an associate member of CMA Australia.

Research Interest

My research interests are in management accounting systems and change, public sector and not-for-profit accounting issues, accounting issues in developing countries, and corporate governance. I am interested in accounting research from contextual and interdisciplinary perspectives.