John Mckernan
Professor
Accounting and Finance
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor McKernan is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He completed his professional training with Ernst & Whinney CA (now Ernst & Young), and spent around ten years working in the profession in Scotland, mainly involved in the provision of audit and business advisory services to local companies. He joined Napier Polytechnic (now Edinburgh Napier University) in 1987 as a lecturer in the department of Accounting & Finance. While at Napier he completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the University of Strathclyde, and began a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) degree at the University of Glasgow. He completed the MAcc and moved to the University of Glasgow as a lecturer in 1990. Dr McKernan completed a PhD (Psychology) at the University of Glasgow in 2000. He has ongoing research interests in the psychology of judgement and decision-making in accounting and audit, in critical accounting issues, and in accounting ethics and regulation
Research Interest
Financial reporting Social accounting Accountability Interdisciplinary perspectives on accounting
Publications
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Joannides, V. and McKernan, J. (2015) Ethics: from negative regulations to fidelity to the event. In: O'Sullivan, P., Esposito, M. and Allington, N.F.B. (eds.) The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century: From Hubris to Disgrace. Series: Economics as social theory (41). Routledge: London, pp. 267-282
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Dunn, J., McKernan, J. and O'Donnell, P. (2003) Moral Reasoning and the Accountant: Rules and Principles. Series: Occasional research paper (36). Chartered Association of Certified Accountants: London, UK.
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McPhail, K. and McKernan, J. (2011) Accounting for human rights: an overview and introduction. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 22(8), pp. 733-737.
