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Professor Alan Sangster

Professor Alan Sangster
Professor Alan Sangster
Professor Alan Sangster

BA (Business Studies), MSc (Op. Res.), PhD (Acc. Ed.), Cert. TESOL, CA

Chair in Accounting History

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
alan.sangster@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

MacRobert 809

School/Department
Business School

External Memberships

Editor-in-Chief, Accounting Education (Routledge)

Deputy Chair, BAFA Accounting History SIG

Trustee of The Academy of Accounting Historians

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Prizes and Awards

The 2022 'Outstanding Accounting Educator Award' of the American Accounting Association.

The 2022 'Outstanding Contribution to Accounting & Finance Education Award' of the British Accounting & Finance Association

The 2021 ‘Barbara D. Merino Award for Excellence in Accounting History Publication’ from the Academy of Accounting Historians section of the American Accounting Association.

The 2015 ‘Hourglass Award’ of the Academy of Accounting Historians.

The 2014 ‘Premio Enrique Fernández Peña de Historia de la Contabilidad' from The Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration (AECA).

The 2013 British Accounting and Finance Association ‘Life-Time Achievement Award’.

The 2009 Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Accounting Education’ from the British Accounting Association Special Interest Group in Accounting Education.

The 1997 Award for ‘Excellence in Teaching Innovation’ from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

The 1995 Award for ‘Outstanding Educator’ from the Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems Section of the American Accounting Association.

Research

Research Overview

Accounting History

Business History

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in History.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Research Specialisms

  • Accounting
  • History

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

History of Accounting, business practice, and business education in the Medieval, early modern, and modern periods (c.1200-2000)

Publications

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  • The implementation of management accounting innovations within the Jordanian industrial sector: The role of supply-side factors

    Nassar, M., Al-Khadash, H., Al-Okdah, S., Sangster, A.
    European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, no. 35, pp. 72-85
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The diffusion of activity-based costing in Jordanian industrial companies

    Nassar, M., Al-Khadash, H. A., Sangster, A.
    Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 180-200
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • In defense of Pacioli

    Sangster, A., Stoner, G. N., McCarthy, P.
    Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 105-124
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Luca Pacioli: The father of accounting education

    Sangster, A., Scataglinibelghitar, G.
    Accounting Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 423-438
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Liberalising the accounting curriculum

    Sangster, A.
    Accounting Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 323-327
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Making our students more 'fit for purpose': A commentary on 'a role for the compulsory study of literature in accounting education'

    Sangster, A.
    Accounting Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 373-376
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Using accounting history and Luca Pacioli to put relevance back into the teaching of double entry

    Sangster, A.
    Accounting, Business and Financial History, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 23-39
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The ERA: A Brave New World of Accountability for Australian University Accounting Schools

    de Lange, P., O'Connell, B., Mathews, M. R., Sangster, A.
    Australian Accounting Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 24-37
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING (ABC) SYSTEMS WITHIN THE JORDANIAN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS AND BARRIERS TO ABC IMPLEMENTATION

    Nassar, M., Morris, D., Thomas, A., Sangster, A.
    ACCOUNTING IN EMERGING ECONOMIES. Tsamenyi, M., Uddin, S. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 229-263, 35 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Exporting the RAE: adoption of similar practices in Australia and New Zealand

    Mathews, M. R., Sangster, A.
    Asian Review of Accounting, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 115-135
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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