Mahmoud Ezzamel is a Professorial Fellow at

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. He is particularly notable for his research contributions to behavioural accounting, accounting in the public sector and accounting history.

History

Mahmoud Ezzamel's academic background began at the

University of Alexandria Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...

, in Egypt, where he completed his

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as well as

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. He then completed a Ph.D. at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, where his thesis was entitled ‘A Study of the Theory and Practice of Divisional Accounting’. Ezzamel has written several published articles and books relating to his research interests that range from accounting and accountability in the public sector to accounting history. His studies on accounting theory revolve mainly around accounting in ancient civilizations, especially in Egypt. His interest in

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has led to his many papers on the accounting evidence found in

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, ancient Mexico, India and Egypt. He is also member on the editorial boards of several known journals in accounting theory.

Selected publications

*"The role of accounting in organizational transformation" (2008) *"Accounting for teamwork: a critical study of group-based systems of organizational control" - Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on Organizational Control (1998) *"The roles of accounting information systems in an organization experiencing financial crisis" (1990) *"Regulating accounting in foreign invested firms in China from

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to Deng" (2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ezzamel, Mahmoud Academics of Cardiff University Academics of Cardiff Business School Living people Alexandria University alumni Alumni of the University of Southampton Year of birth missing (living people)