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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.

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History

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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

  • Advice for Management Accountants in ERP Systems: Implementation, Use and Post-implementation Issues

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 95-101, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Background to the Study and Review of Prior Research

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 5-12, 8 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Introduction

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts

  • Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Summary and Conclusions

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts

  • Research Methodology

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 13-88, 76 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Impact of ERP Systems on Management Accountants and Their Work

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 103-115, 13 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Motivations for ERP Deployment

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 89-91, 3 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Role of Management Accountants in the ERP System Implementation Process

    Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.
    Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 93-94, 2 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Pacioli and humanism: Pitching the text in Summa Arithmetica

    McCarthy, P., Sangster, A., Stoner, G.
    Accounting History, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 183-206
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The market for Luca Pacioli’s Summa Arithmetica

    Sangster, A., Stoner, G. N., McCarthy, P.
    Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 111-134
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The printing of pacioli’s summa in 1494: How many copies were printed?

    Sangster, A.
    Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 125-145
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Translating theory into practice: Facilitating work-based learning through IT

    Sangster, A., Maclaran, P., Marshall, S.
    Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 50-58
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Perrow framework and the selection of management accounting tasks for expert system development

    Brown, C. E., Sangster, A.
    New Review of Applied Expert Systems and Emerging Technologies, vol. 5, pp. 129-139
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The relationship between information technology and corporate financial reporting

    Xiao, Z., Sangster, A., Dodgson, J. H.
    Information Technology & People, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 11-30
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using the world wide web in accounting research: A huge step forward or a new constraint?

    Lymer, A. M., Sangster, A., Baldwin, A. A.
    British Accounting Review, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 395-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Strategy and impacts of expert systems for bank lending

    BaldwinMorgan, A., Sangster, A.
    Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 455-461
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Editorial Comment: The integration of expert systems within the accounting curriculum

    Sangster, A.
    Accounting Education, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 211-216
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • The bank of Scotland's COMPASS-The future of bank lending?

    Sangster, A.
    Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 457-468
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The bank of Scotland's lending adviser expert system, COMPASS

    Sangster, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • AI Supply and Demand Agents on the WWW

    Brown, C., Gasser, L., O'Leary, D., Sangster, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • The adoption of IT in management accounting: The expert systems experience

    Sangster, A.
    Journal of Information Technology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 159-169
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • How well do accountancy students understand a set of accounts?

    Sangster, A., McCombie, I.
    Accounting Education, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 53-70
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • CAPITAL INVESTMENT APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES: A SURVEY OF CURRENT USAGE

    Sangster, A.
    Journal of business finance & accounting, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 307-332
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Computer-based instruction in accounting education

    Sangster, A.
    Accounting Education, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 13-32
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Computer‐based learning in UK accounting education: to support or to supplant?

    Sangster, A.
    British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 136-138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The automation of accounting practice

    Wilson, R. A., Sangster, A.
    Journal of Information Technology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 65-75
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Knowledge-based learning within the accounting curriculum

    Sangster, A., Wilson, R. A.
    The British Accounting Review, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 243-261
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
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