Dr John Brierley
BSc, MA, PhD
Management School
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
+44 114 222 3431
Full contact details
Management School
Room C081
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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John Brierley gained a BSc(Econ/Accy) in Economics and Accounting at the University of Bristol, a MA(Econ) from the University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of Huddersfield.
He is also a chartered accountant having trained and qualified with what is now called KPMG. ‘He has worked previously as a lecturer at the University of Manchester, University of Aberystwyth and Singapore Institute of Management.’
- Research interests
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His research interest is in the area of product costing. In relation to product costing, his research interest is in the reasons for adopting various methods of costing, the factors influencing the adoption of activity-based costing and cost system design.
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
- Examining the disclosures on the websites of English credit unions. Public Money and Management, 38(3), 185-192. View this article in WRRO
- The role of a pragmatist paradigm when adopting mixed methods in behavioural accounting research. International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, 6(2), 140-154. View this article in WRRO
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- UK Government Policy, Credit Unions, and Payday Loans. International Journal of Public Adminstration, 40(4), 348-360. View this article in WRRO
- An examination of the use of profitability analysis in manufacturing industry. International Journal of Accounitng, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 12(1), 85-102. View this article in WRRO
- An examination of the factors influencing the inclusion of non-manufacturing overhead costs in product costs. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 7(2), 134-150. View this article in WRRO
- The opportunities for mixed methods research in behavioural accounting research. International Journal fo Behavioral Accounting and Finance, 4(4), 338-350. View this article in WRRO
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- The effect of innovation characteristics on activity-based costing adoption. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 4(3), 291-291.
- Human resource management issues in audit firms: a research agenda. Managerial Auditing Journal, 18(5), 431-438.
- How product costs are calculated and used in decision making: a pilot study. Managerial Auditing Journal, 16(4), 202-206.
- Research into product costing practice: A European perspective. The European Accounting Review, 10(2), 215-256.
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Reports
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- Research group
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John Brierley is interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- The factors influencing the adoption of activity-based costing, the usage of activity management and cost system design.
- The impact of the adoption of activity based costing, activity management and cost system design on the levels of satisfaction with each of them, the levels of usage of them in product planning and cost management, and ultimately their influence on the financial performance of the firm.
- Teaching activities
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John's teaching interests are in management accounting and financial accounting.
He is the module leader for the second year undergraduate Budgeting and Control module and the third year undergraduate Advances in Financial Accounting module.
The former module is a research led module that is concerned with the study of the behavioural aspects of budgeting, the problems with budgeting and recent attempts that have been made to overcome these problems.
The latter module is a concerned with the study of advanced technical aspects of financial accounting. It mirrors many of the topics studied in professional accounting examinations, such as consolidated financial statements, foreign currency translation, financial instruments and related party transactions.