Rate My Professor Greg Shailer

Greg Shailer is Professor of Accounting in the Research School of Accounting at The Australian National University, where he serves as Director of the Australian National Centre for Audit and Assurance Research and Leader of the Corporations, Governance and Society Research Group. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Master of Commerce (MCom), and PhD, and is a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA) and a Chartered Accountant (CA). His research specializations encompass multidisciplinary aspects of corporate governance, the economics and regulation of auditing, corporate accountability, corporate social responsibility disclosure, institutional and cultural influences on firm performance, and audit quality. Shailer has published extensively in premier academic journals, including the British Accounting Review, European Accounting Review, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Auditing, and Abacus. Notable publications include 'Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting the Credibility of Sustainability Reports' (with X. Xiao, British Accounting Review, 2022), 'Does Corporate Citizenship Improve Financial Reporting Credibility?' (with S. Azizan, European Accounting Review, 2023), 'Audit Firm Tenure and Audit Quality in a Constrained Market' (with M. Azizkhani and R. Daghani, International Journal of Accounting, 2018), 'Ownership Concentration and Firm Performance in Emerging Markets: A Meta-analysis' (with K. Wang, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2015), and the textbook Auditing, Assurance Services and Ethics in Australia: An Integrated Approach, 10th Edition (Pearson, 2016, co-authored).

Throughout his career, Shailer has held editorial roles that underscore his influence in the field, serving as Editor of the International Journal of Auditing, Editor for Finance and Ethics at the Journal of Business Ethics, Section Editor for the Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, and member of editorial advisory boards for Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability, and Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. He has supervised numerous PhD students on topics such as auditor interactions in M&A due diligence, cross-border acquisitions and cultural influences, and extended audit reports. His contributions to teaching and supervision have been recognized with the 2011 College of Business and Economics Award for Excellence in Research Supervision and the 2012 Australian National University Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.