Rate My Professor Michelle Carr

Professor Michelle Carr is a Professor of Accounting at the Cork University Business School, University College Cork, where she also serves as Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance. Her research interests centre on the relationship between the operation of management control practices and their effect on motivation and performance. She investigates management control change, including pathways to the future of work, accounting practices and professional power dynamics during crises, clinician responses to management control in fiscal crises, planning for business cycle fluctuations in budgeting, and professional responses to cost-containment constructs. Professor Carr's work often employs case study evidence from sectors such as healthcare and public administration, highlighting the role of performance measurement systems in organizational contexts.

Professor Carr has an extensive publication record in prestigious accounting journals. Notable articles include 'Navigating Management Control Change: Pathways to the Future of Work' (2023, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, with S. Jooss), which examines adaptations in management controls; 'Accounting Practices and Professional Power Dynamics During a Crisis' (2022, British Accounting Review, with M. Beck); 'Clinician Responses to Management Control: Case Evidence from a University Hospital During the Fiscal Crisis' (2020, Financial Accountability & Management, with M. P. Beck); 'Planning for Business Cycle Fluctuations in Budgeting: The Application of Innovative Data Sources and Techniques' (2025, British Accounting Review, with R. Gibbs, M. Mulcahy, and D. Walshe); and 'Incomplete but Useful? Professional Responses to Cost-Containment Constructs' (2025, Financial Accountability & Management, with T. Malmi and D. Derichs). She co-authored the book 'Healthcare Management Control: A Research Overview' (2022, Routledge, with M. Beck). On 16 April 2024, she delivered her inaugural professorial lecture titled 'Accounting, Management and Accountability in Time of Crisis' at University College Cork. Her contributions advance understanding of management control in dynamic environments, with publications garnering citations in academic literature.