Rate My Professor Michael Turner

Dr Michael Turner PhD, CA, serves as Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) at The University of Queensland Business School. His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Business (Administration) from Griffith University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methods from Southern Cross University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Griffith University. As a Chartered Accountant, his research examines how accounting information, disclosure, and management controls influence strategic, ethical, and climate-related organizational decisions. Key research areas encompass strategic management accounting and decision analytics, corporate and climate-related disclosure, ethical decision-making, governance, whistleblowing, and accounting education with data analytics and programming using Python and R. Specific foci include human behavior in capital budgeting, professional skepticism among accountants, CSR disclosure valuation, and management accounting in the hospitality sector.

Turner has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious outlets, including FT50 journals and ABDC A* and A ranked publications. Highly cited works include "The impact of financial incentives and perceptions of seriousness on whistleblowing intention" (Journal of Business Ethics, 2018; 268 citations), "Hotel property performance: The role of strategic management accounting" (International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2017; 196 citations), and "Is a uniform approach to whistle-blowing regulation effective? Evidence from the United States and Germany" (Journal of Business Ethics, 2020; 51 citations). Recent contributions feature data analytics teaching cases like "Using Python in management accounting: Monte Carlo simulation for cost-volume-profit analysis" (Issues in Accounting Education, 2025) and shareholder valuation of disclosures (European Accounting Review, 2023). His research has garnered funding from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the German Research Foundation, and the Australian Accounting Standards Board. Turner coordinates management accounting courses, developed innovative teaching cases, and leads program reforms emphasizing industry integration. In 2025, he was awarded the UQ Business School Executive Committee Award for Excellence in External Engagement for bridging academia and industry through events like Careers Connect and CPA Australia panels.