Key research themes
1. How do behavioral factors influence the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting and decision-making?
This theme explores the impact of human behavior on the honesty, manipulation, and processing of accounting information. It is significant because individual cognitive biases, social influences, and ethical considerations directly affect the reliability of financial reports and the quality of managerial and investor decision-making.
2. What are the foundations and mechanisms through which management accounting routines emerge and evolve?
This research theme investigates the factors and processes driving the formation, routinization, and change of management accounting practices. Understanding these behavioral foundations informs how organizational and institutional influences, interactions among actors, and micro-level mechanisms shape the stability and adaptability of accounting routines.
3. How does limited cognitive attention and mental accounting affect financial decision-making and the processing of accounting information?
This theme investigates the role of cognitive constraints such as limited attention and mental accounting heuristics on the accuracy of information processing, forecasting, and financial decision-making by individuals including analysts, managers, and households. These behavioral insights are crucial for understanding market inefficiencies, forecast errors, and personal financial behaviors.