Emeritus Prof Robert Chenhall - Researcher Profile

Robert Chenhall

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Department of Accounting and Finance
Building 11E, Clayton

Biography

Robert Chenhall is a professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance. 

Rob Chenhall teaches and researches in the area of management accounting. His teaching responsibilities are mainly with advanced management accounting and postgraduate programs. He is also involved in a wide variety of senior management training programs, including many within Australia's leading companies.

He is co-author of Reinventing Competitiveness: Best Practice in Australia, publishes regularly in international academic journals, and is on the editorial board of many leading international accounting journals. His current research activities involve investigating how strategic management accounting systems may be designed to assist Australian commercial organisations to develop internationally competitive strategies.

Publications

Book Chapters

Chenhall, R.H., 2009, Developing integrative performance management systems, in Practices, Profession and Pedagogy in Accounting: Essays in Honour of Bill Birkett, eds Jane Baxter and Chris Poullaos, Sydney University Press, University of Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 176-206.

Chenhall, R.H., 2007, Theorising contingencies in management control systems research, in Handbook of Management Accounting Research: Volume 1, eds Christopher S. Chapman, Anthony G. Hopwood and Michael D. Shields, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Oxford, UK, pp. 163-205.

Chenhall, R.H., 2006, The contingent design of performance measures, in Contemporary Issues in Management Accounting, eds Alnoor Bhimani, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 92-116.

Chenhall, R.H., Chapman, C.S., 2006, Theorising and testing fit in contingency research on management control systems, in Methodological Issues in Accounting Research: Theories, Methods and Issues, eds Zahirul Hoque, Spiramus, London UK, pp. 35-54.

Chenhall, R.H., 2005, Content and process approaches to studying strategy and management control systems, in Controlling strategy: management, accounting and performance measurement, eds Christopher S Chapman, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 10-36.

Journal Articles

Chenhall, R., Smith, D., 2011, A review of Australian management accounting research: 1980-2009, Accounting and Finance [P], vol 51, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 173-206.

Wilkin, C., Chenhall, R., 2010, A review of IT governance: A taxonomy to inform accounting information systems, The Journal of Information Systems [P], vol 24, issue 2, American Accounting Association, USA, pp. 107-146.

Chenhall, R., Hall, M., Smith, D., 2010, Social capital and management control systems: A study of a non-government organization, Accounting, Organizations and Society [P], vol 35, issue 8, Pergamon, UK, pp. 737-756.

Chenhall, R.H., 2008, Accounting for the horizontal organization: A review essay, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol 33, issue 4-5, Pergamon, UK, pp. 517-550.

Bisbe, J., Batista-Foguet, J., Chenhall, R.H., 2007, Defining management accounting constructs: A methodological note on the risks of conceptual misspecification, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol 32, issue 7-8, Pergamon, UK, pp. 789-820.

Chenhall, R.H., Moers, F., 2007, Endogeneity: A reply to two different perspectives, European Accounting Review, vol 16, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 217-221.

Beekman, M., Chenhall, R.H., Euske, K.J., 2007, Management control systems as a tool for planned organizational change, Journal of Cost Management, vol 21, issue 5, W G & L Financial Reporting & Management Research, USA, pp. 15-25.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K., 2007, Multiple perspectives of performance measures, European Management Journal, vol 25, issue 4, Pergamon, UK, pp. 266-282.

Chenhall, R.H., Moers, F., 2007, The issue of endogeneity within theory-based, quantitative management accounting research, European Accounting Review, vol 16, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 173-196.

Chenhall, R.H., Euske, K.J., 2007, The role of management control systems in planned organizational change: An analysis of two organizations, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol 32, issue 7-8, Pergamon, UK, pp. 601-637.

Chenhall, R.H., 2005, Integrative strategic performance measurement systems, strategic alignment of manufacturing, learning and strategic outcomes: an exploratory study, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol 30, issue 5, Pergamon, UK, pp. 395-422.

Chenhall, R.H., 2004, The role of cognitive and affective conflict in early implementation of activity-based cost management, Behavioral Research in Accounting, vol 16, American Accounting Association, USA, pp. 19-44.

Chenhall, R.H., 2003, Management control systems design within its organizational context: findings from contingency-based research and directions for the future, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol 28, issue 2-Mar, Pergamon, UK, pp. 127-168.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K.M., 2003, Performance measurement and reward systems, trust, and strategic changes, Journal of Management Accounting Research, vol 15, American Accounting Association, USA, pp. 115-141.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K., 1999, Innovations in Management Accounting, Australian CPA, vol 69, 8, Michael Gill, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 76-78.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K., 1999, Reasons for Innovation, Australian CPA, vol 69, 9, Michael Gill, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 75-77.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K.M., 1998, Adoption and Benefits of Management Accounting Practices: An Australian Study, Management Accounting Research, vol 9, Academic Press Ltd., London UK, pp. 1-19.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K.M., 1998, Factors Influencing the Role of Management Accounting in the Development of Performance Measures within Organizational Change Programs, Management Accounting Research, vol 9, Academic Press, London UK, pp. 361-386.

Chenhall, R.H., Langfield-Smith, K.M., 1998, The Relationship between Strategic Priorities, Management Techniques and Management Accounting: An Empirical Investigation Using a System Approach, Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol 23, no 3, Elsevier Science Ltd., Exeter UK, pp. 243-264.

Chenhall, R.H., 1997, Reliance on Manufacturing Performance Measures, Total Quality Management and Organizational Performance, Management Accounting Research, vol 8, Academic Press Limited, London England, pp. 187-206.

Conference Proceedings

Langfield-Smith, K.M., Chenhall, R.H., 1997, The Role of Gainsharing in Sustaining Change: Developing Trust and Commitment, Program and Collected Abstracts of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference 1997, Hobart Australia, 6-9 July 1997, AAANZ, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 86.

Other

Chenhall, R.H., 1999, Contemporary Developments in Australian Management Accounting, Article in "Going Places", Australian Society of CPAs, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:
Buckmaster, N.
Program of Study:
Realising performance gains via the fit, implementation and use of performance measurement systems. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Chenhall, R (Main), Peirson, C (Associate).
Student:
Hall, M.
Program of Study:
STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND INDIVIDUAL WORK BEHAVIOUR. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Chenhall, R (Main).
Student:
Ho, Y.
Program of Study:
AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT IN FAST-GROWTH FAMILY BUSINESSES. (PHD) 2003.
Supervisors:
Tanewski, G (Main), Chenhall, R (Associate).
Student:
Mignot, H.
Program of Study:
IMPACT OF OUTPUT MANAGEMENT WITHIN MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS ON PERFORMANCE IN VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:
Chenhall, R (Main), Peirson, C (Associate).
Student:
Moulang, C.
Program of Study:
An empirical analysis of the relationships between the interactive use of performance measurement systems and individual performance. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Chenhall, R (Main).