Rate My Professor Kwadjo Appiagyei

Kwadjo Appiagyei serves as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance in the Murdoch Business School at Murdoch University, having commenced his appointment in September 2024. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Business (Accounting) from Edith Cowan University, awarded in 2020, with a doctoral thesis entitled "Evaluating integrated reporting quality, its determinants and its effect on sustainability in a mandatory reporting environment," which analyzed integrated reporting practices among Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed firms in South Africa. Earlier, he obtained a Master's Degree and a Bachelor's Degree in Business (Accounting) from the University of Ghana in 2014 and 2011, respectively.

Appiagyei's career includes prior roles as Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Sessional Academic in the School of Business at Edith Cowan University (2019-2021), Casual Academic in Murdoch University's School of Management and Governance (2021), and Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of Ghana (2015-2016). His research focuses on corporate governance, integrated reporting, sustainability accounting and reporting, board dynamics, financial and non-financial reporting. With over 330 citations on Google Scholar, his influential publications encompass "Integrated reporting quality and sustainability performance: Evidence from South Africa" (Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2023, with Augustine Donkor), "Unraveling contemporary trends on United Nations sustainable development goals research: A new global bibliometric and literature review analysis" (Sustainable Development, 2024, with Philip Gyimah et al.), "Corporate Governance and ESG Disclosure in Fintech Firms: Does Culture Matter?" (2025, with Augustine Donkor et al.), "Carbon emissions and firm value: does firms’ commitment to sustainable development goals matter?" (2025, with Augustine Donkor et al.), and "Seven years of United Nations' sustainable development goals research: A bibliometric overview" (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, with Philip Gyimah et al.). At Murdoch, he coordinates units such as BUS303 Taxation.