Margaret Abernethy

Manager ‘Growth Mindset’ and Resource Management Practices

Margaret Abernethy, Shannon W Anderson, Sujay Nair, Yile Jiang

Report  |  2020

Expertise and Discretionary Bonus Decisions

Margaret Abernethy, CY Hung, Laurence VAN LENT

Journal article  |  2020  |  Management Science

We examine the association between managers’ expertise and their discretionary bonus decisions in a hospital setting. We hypothesi..

The Influence of Performance Measurement on the Processual Dynamics of Strategic Change

Margaret Abernethy, Henri Dekker, Jennifer Grafton

Journal article  |  2020  |  Management Science

We draw on a five-year longitudinal dataset to investigate the influence of performance measurement in the processual dynamics of ..

Group Identity, Performance Transparency, and Employee Performance

Ruidi Shang, Margaret Abernethy, Chung-Yu Hung

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Accounting Review

Economics, social psychology, and management studies suggest that group identity plays an important role in directing employee beh..

Can organizational identification mitigate the CEO horizon problem?

Like Jiang, Margaret Abernethy, Yu Kuang

Journal article  |  2019  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

CEOs of retirement age are likely to exhibit a “horizon problem,” whereby they are reluctant to make decisions that are beneficial..

Critique on the "Manager Effects" Research and Implications for Management Accounting Research

Margaret A Abernethy, Mark S Wallis

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Management Accounting Research

Management accounting researchers have been slow to explore the empirical implications of the “manager effect” on management contr..

Virtual Issue on Empirical Management Accounting Research

M Abernethy, Dennis Campbell

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Accounting Research

We review empirical papers published in JAR over the past 10 years examining management accounting and control systems in organiza..

The Relation between Strategy, CEO Selection, and Firm Performance

Y Kuang, MA Abernethy, B Qin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Contemporary Accounting Research

We examine whether a firm's strategic priorities influence its selection of a new CEO and what conditions enable such an appointme..

Organization identity and earnings manipulation

Margaret A Abernethy, Jan Bouwens, Peter Kroos

Journal article  |  2017  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

Are Employee Selection and Incentive Contracts Complements or Substitutes?

Margaret A Abernethy, Henri C Dekker, Axel K-D Schulz

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Accounting Research

The Influence of CEO Power on Compensation Contract Design

Margaret A Abernethy, Yu Flora Kuang, Bo Qin

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Accounting Review

Uncertainty as a Determinant of Performance Measurement and Compensation Systems: A Review of the Literature

Margaret Abernethy, Julia Mundy

Book Chapter  |  2014

The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers

Margaret A Abernethy, Jan Bouwens, Laurence Van Lent

Journal article  |  2013  |  Contemporary Accounting Research

Organisational design choices in response to public sector reforms: A case study of mandated hospital networks

Jennifer Grafton, Margaret A Abernethy, Anne M Lillis

Journal article  |  2011  |  Management Accounting Research

Controls as Exit Barriers in Multiperiod Outsourcing Arrangements

Yee Shih Phua, Margaret A Abernethy, Anne M Lillis

Journal article  |  2011  |  Accounting Review

Ethics, Incentive Contract Design, and Accounting Manipulation

MA Abernethy, J Bouwens, L van Lent

Report  |  2011

The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers

MA Abernethy, J Bouwens, L van Lent

Report  |  2011

Ethics, Performance Measure Choice, and Accounting Manipulation

MA Abernethy, J Bouwens, L van Lent

Report  |  2011

Leadership and control system design

Margaret A Abernethy, Jan Bouwens, Laurence van Lent

Journal article  |  2010  |  MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH

Accounting for intangible investments

Anne Wyatt, Margaret Abernethy

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australian Accounting Review

Accounting and Control in Health Care: Behavioural, Organisational, Sociological and Critical Perspectives

Margaret A Abernethy, Wai Fong Chua, Jennifer Grafton, Habib Mahama

Book Chapter  |  2007  |  Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Determinants of accounting innovation implementation

MA Abernethy, J Bouwens

Journal article  |  2005  |  Abacus

A multi-method approach to building causal performance maps from expert knowledge

MA Abernethy, M Horne, AM Lillis, MA Malina, FH Selto

Journal article  |  2005  |  Management Accounting Research

Creating the Conditions for Knowledge Creation -The Role of Management Control Systems in Innovative Firms

G THOMSON, MA ABERNETHY

Report  |  2005

Determinants of control system design in divisionalized firms

MA Abernethy, J Bouwens, L van Lent

Report  |  2004  |  Accounting Review

Power, organization design and managerial behaviour

MA Abernethy, E Vagnoni

Journal article  |  2004  |  ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY

Determinants of control system designs in divisionalized firms

MA ABERNETHY, JF BOUWENS, L VAN LENT

Journal article  |  2004  |  Accounting Review

Study on the measurement of intangible assets and associated reporting Practices

MA ABERNETHY, P BIANCHI, B LEV, A WYATT, S ZAMBON, AD BELLO, S LABORY

Report  |  2003

Accounting for intangible assets: A conceptual framework for measurement and reporting on intangible assets

A WYATT, MA ABERNETHY

Report  |  2003

Interdependencies in Organization Design: A Test in Hospitals

Margaret A Abernethy, Anne M Lillis

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Management Accounting Research

While there have been numerous empirical and theoretical contributions in both the accounting and management literatures examining..

Product diversity and costing system design choice: Field study evidence

MA Abernethy, AM Lillis, P Brownell, P Carter

Journal article  |  2001  |  Management Accounting Research

The consequences of customization on management accounting system design

J Bouwens, MA Abernethy

Journal article  |  2000  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

Accounting and Finance: From the editor

MA Abernethy

Journal article  |  2000  |  Accounting & Finance

The role of budgets in organizations facing strategic change: An exploratory study

MA Abernethy, P Brownell

Journal article  |  1999  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

Budgeting and the Management of Role Conflict in Hospitals.

SE Comerford, MA Abernethy

Journal article  |  1999  |  Behavioral Research in Accounting

Argues that role conflict is not inevitable when health care managers are directly involved in financial controls such as budgetin..

Research in managerial accounting: Learning from others' experiences: 'The scientist has no other method than doing his damnedest'

MA Abernethy, WF Chua, PF Luckett, FH Selto

Journal article  |  1999  |  Accounting and Finance

Management control systems in research and development organizations: The role of accounting, behavior and personnel controls

MA Abernethy, P Brownell

Journal article  |  1997  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

PHYSICIANS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING AND NON-ACCOUNTING CONTROLS

Margaret A Abernethy

Journal article  |  1996  |  Financial Accountability and Management

A field study of control system "redesign": The impact of institutional processes on strategic choice

MA Abernethy, WF Chua

Journal article  |  1996  |  Contemporary Accounting Research

THE IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY ON MANAGEMENT CONTROL-SYSTEM DESIGN

MA ABERNETHY, AM LILLIS

Conference Proceedings  |  1995  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL CONTROL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS

MA ABERNETHY, JU STOELWINDER

Journal article  |  1995  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE “FIT”BETWEEN STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM DESIGN

MA Abernethy, CH Guthrie

Journal article  |  1994  |  Accounting & Finance

Costing Nursing Services

MA Abernethy, A Magnus, JU Stoelwinder

Book  |  1991

BUDGET USE, TASK UNCERTAINTY, SYSTEM GOAL ORIENTATION AND SUBUNIT PERFORMANCE - A TEST OF THE FIT HYPOTHESIS IN NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS

MA ABERNETHY, JU STOELWINDER

Journal article  |  1991  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

Physicians and effective resource management.

M Abernethy

Journal article  |  1991  |  Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association

The Relationship Between Organisation Structure And Management Control In Hospitals: An Elaboration and Bureaucracy Model

MA Abernethy

Journal article  |  1990  |  Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

PHYSICIANS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITALS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

Margaret A Abernethy, Johannes U Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1990  |  Financial Accountability and Management

The design and implementation of a management information system for Australian public hospitals.

JU Stoelwinder, MA Abernethy

Journal article  |  1989  |  Health Services Management Research

Existing management information systems (MIS) in hospitals are often inadequate. This has occurred because of a variety of anteced..

Making Sense of the Pharmacy Budget

M ABERNETHY, J Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1989  |  Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Models for Costing Patient Care Services - Part 2: Costing of Organ Imaging Services

M ABERNETHY, P Gray, J Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1988  |  Australian Health Review

Models for costing patient care services. Part 2: Costing organ imaging services.

PA Gray, MA Abernethy, JU Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1988  |  Australian Health Review

This is the second of a series of articles describing the cost models developed as part of the new computerised Clinical Informati..

Nurse managers and budgeting: professional/bureaucratic conflict?

MA Abernethy, JU Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1988  |  International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Professional/bureaucratic conflict theory suggests that the extent to which nurse managers use management control systems will dep..

Models for costing patient care services, Part 3. Costing operating theatre procedures.

A Magnus, M Abernethy, J Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1988  |  Australian Health Review

This is the third of a series of papers describing the development of costing models for use in the Clinical Information System (C..

Models for costing patient care services. Part 1: Costing diagnostic laboratory services.

P Gray, M Abernethy, J Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1987  |  Australian Health Review

Clinical Information Systems that link resource use to clinical decision making are a necessary tool for effective hospital manage..

Models for Costing Patient Care Services - Part 1: Costing Diagnostic Laboratory Services

M ABERNETHY, P Gray, J Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1987  |  Australian Health Review

Management information systems in public hospitals. Introduction.

MA Abernethy, JU Stoelwinder

Journal article  |  1986  |  Australian Health Review

Clinical costing at the Queen Victoria Medical Centre.

JU Stoelwinder, LG Stephenson, PG Wallace, MA Abernethy, CM Putt

Journal article  |  1986  |  Australian Health Review

THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEMS ON THE OPERATING BEHAVIOUR OF NURSING HOMES

MA Abernethy

Journal article  |  1985  |  Accounting & Finance