Associate Professor Dessalegn Mihret
Details
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Department: Accounting, Info Sys & Supply Chain
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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dessalegn.mihret@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0003-1265-6333
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dessalegn is a Deputy Head of the Department of Accounting and an Associate Professor at the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain. Previously, he held full-time academic positions at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), University of New England (Australia) and Deakin University (Australia). Before starting his academic career, Dessalegn served in accounting roles in the business sector in Ethiopia. Currently, Dessalegn teaches auditing, assurance and forensic accounting courses.
Dessalegn successfully supervised four PhD candidate (at RMIT University) and co-supervised three PhD candidates (one at Deakin University and two at the University of New England). He has also served as a PhD thesis examiner for universities in Australia and internationally. Dessalegn's areas of research include auditing, accounting professionalisation, accounting regulation and corporate reporting.
Dessalegn has published scholarly articles in leading international journals including Accounting, Organizations and Society; Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; Accounting History; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; International Journal of Auditing; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Business Ethics; Managerial Auditing Journal; Accounting & Finance; and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.
Research fields
- 3501 Accounting, auditing and accountability
Academic positions
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- Accounting
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jul 2019 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- Deakin University
- Accounting
- Burwood, Australia
- 22 Jul 2013 – 1 Jul 2019
- Lecturer
- University of New England
- Accounting
- Armedale, Australia
- 20 Jul 2009 – 22 Jul 2013
Non-academic positions
- Lead Accountant
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Finance
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 15 Jan 1996 – 31 Aug 1999
Degrees
- Bachelor Degree (Honours) Level, Accountancy
- Addis Ababa University
- Ethiopia
- 1991
- Doctorate Research, Accountancy
- University of Southern Queensland
- Australia
- 2007
- Masters Degree by Coursework, Business and Management
- Addis Ababa University
- Ethiopia
- 2000
- Graduate Certificate Level, Education
- University of New England
- United States of America
- 2012
- Masters Degree by Coursework, Political Science and Policy Studies
- Deakin University
- Australia
- 2021 – 2022
Supervisor projects
- Corporate Responsibility and Accountability for Protecting Labour Rights: The case of Foxconn China
- 19 Jul 2023
- Investigating the role of Director Stock-Holding Proportion in Firm Performance: Evidence from Family Listed Companies on the Stock Exchange of Thailand
- 18 Aug 2022
- Not-for-Profit Financial Vulnerability and Accountability Relationships among Key Stakeholders in an Outsourcing Setting: Evidence from the Australian Aged Care Sector
- 31 Mar 2022
- Strategies of transnational corporations: The Case of the Big Four accounting firms in Nigeria
- 24 Feb 2022
- Accounting Professionalisation in an Islamic Hegemony: The Case of Saudi Arabia
- 31 Aug 2021
- Accounting and Accountability in Resource Risk Management Control Systems: What Can Public Health Care Environments Learn From the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- 25 Feb 2020
- Charting the Development of the Accounting Profession and Institutions in Vietnam: Institutional Logics, Transnational Power and Institutional Identity
- 29 Jan 2020
- The Involvement of Internal Auditors in Audit Activities Related to Risk Culture
- 10 Jan 2020
Teaching interests
Currently, Dessalegn teaches auditing, assurance and forensic accounting courses.
Research interests
Dessalegn's areas of research include auditing, accounting profession, accounting regulation and corporate reporting.
