Dr Kevin Axel N'Guessan
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics
- ΞΆΓάΘ¦ Business School
- ΞΆΓάΘ¦ Hill
Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I completed my undergraduate degree (BSc) in accounting from Central University (Ghana), my master's degree (MSc) in Accounting and Finance before moving on to do a PhD in accounting from ΞΆΓάΘ¦. Moreover, I also hold an advanced diploma in management Accounting (CIMA adv. dip) and a fellowship in higher education (AFHEA).
I am currently a Lecturer in management accounting. My teaching expertise includes management accounting, financial reporting, financial accounting and financial management.
My research focuses on corporate disclosures, earnings management and executive compensation.
Qualifications
- PhD, ΞΆΓάΘ¦
- MRes, ΞΆΓάΘ¦
- MSc In Accounting and Finance, ΞΆΓάΘ¦
- Advanced Diploma in management accounting, CIMA
- Associate Fellow in HEA, UK
Domains
- Enterprise Finance and Accounting principles L4
- Advanced Management Accounting L5
- Advanced Management Accounting L6
- Management Accounting L7
Courses taught
My research lies mainly in the financial reporting area, and specifically in earnings management. My PhD dissertation examined the effect of executive pay and earnings management on the readability of the remuneration report.
Qualifications
- Earnings management
- Executive compensation
- Firm disclosures
- Corporate governance
Specialisms
- Readability of firm disclosures
- Executive compensation
- Earnings management
I am currently the module lecture and leader for BA5507, BA6803 and BA7003
Publications
Earnings management and fraud
Ibrahim, Salma, Tahir, Muhammad and N'guessan, Kevin (2020). In: Farinha, Luis, (eds.), Cruz, Ana Baltazar, (eds.) and SebastiΓ£o, JoΓ£o Renato, (eds.), Handbook of research on accounting and financial studies. Hershey, U.S.: IGI Global, pp 343-364
Reading between the lines of the compensation report : does excessive CEO pay matter?
N'guessan, Kevin, Ibrahim, Salma, Elmarzouky, Mahmoud and Zhao, Jinsha(2023). In: 45th European Accounting Association Annual Congress, 24 - 26 May 2023 :Helsinki / Espop, Finland
Reading between the lines of the remuneration report : the effect of executive pay and earnings management
N'guessan, Kevin-Axel (2022), PhD thesis, ΞΆΓάΘ¦