Dr Mirna Jabbour
Management School
Lecturer in Accounting
+44 114 222 3352
Full contact details
Management School
B048
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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Mirna is a Lecturer in Accounting. She is also the Operations Director of the Centre for Research on Accounting and Finance in Context (CRAFiC), and PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Development Director at Sheffield University Management School. She is a scholar with expertise in Enterprise Risk Management and Environmental Disclosure and Performance. Her recent work has focused specifically on broadening the scope of enterprise risk management (ERM) research to include socio-cognitive aspects. Mirna’s articles have been published in internationally recognised journals in her discipline and field. She has also presented her work at many national and international conferences. She serves as a reviewer for several internationally recognised and subject-specific academic journals. She previously served as Editorial Assistant of the International Journal of Management Accounting Research.
- Research interests
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Mirna’s current research interest lies within management accounting, particularly risk management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), and environmental performance.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- The relationship between enterprise risk management and managerial judgement in decision-making: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Management Reviews.
- Corporate incentives for obtaining higher level of carbon assurance: seeking legitimacy or improving performance?. Journal of Applied Accounting Research.
- Carbon performance, carbon disclosure, and economic performance: the mediating role of carbon (media) legitimacy in the UK. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 9(1), 8-20. View this article in WRRO
- Stakeholder pressure, eco-control systems, and firms’ performance: empirical evidence from UK manufacturers. Accounting Forum. View this article in WRRO
- ERM Adoption in the Insurance Sector – Is it a Regulatory Imperative or Business Value Driven?. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 13(4), 472-510. View this article in WRRO
- Changes in capital allocation practices – ERM and organisational change. Accounting Forum, 39(4), 295-311. View this article in WRRO
- Carbon media legitimacy in UK companies: actions or words?. Journal of Applied Accounting Research.
Presentations
- ERM and Changes in Capital Allocation Practices - The Case of Large Non-life Insurance Company.
- The relationship between enterprise risk management and managerial judgement in decision-making: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Management Reviews.
- Grants
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Title Awarding Body Dates People involved Amount Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Big Data The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures/The Grantham Foundation 2024- Dr Jiao Ji (Co-I, Sheffield) £8,500
- Teaching interests
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Mirna is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her teaching approach is student-centred, which shifts the activity focus from the lecturer to the student (active and cooperative learning).
She believes in research-led teaching and incorporates this into her teaching practice.
Mirna's teaching interest lies in the area of management accounting. She teaches on several modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Mirna previously led and delivered a research-based module, where third year accounting students were required to conduct research in the area of environmental disclosure.
- PhD Supervision
Mirna has successfully supervised a number of PhD students to completion. Their research was in the areas of environmental accounting, risk management, and costing systems.
Mirna is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Risk Management
- Environmental Accounting