Research Interests

Areas of scholarly inquiry and methodological approaches.

Accounting Fraud & Forensic Accounting

Behavioral and cognitive factors in fraud perpetration, detection, and deterrence. Whistleblowing, neutralization theory, and fraud awareness training.

Accounting Information Systems

Information security policy compliance, IT controls, SOX compliance, and the behavioral dimensions of AIS adoption and use.

Deterrence & Inertia Theory

How punishment severity, certainty, and celerity interact with behavioral inertia to shape compliance and deviant intentions in organizational contexts.

Neuro Accounting

Application of neuroscience tools (EEG, fMRI, eye-tracking, fNIRS) to accounting research — auditor judgment, cognitive load, and investor decision-making.

Auditing & Internal Control

Auditor behavioral intentions, SETA programs, internal control compliance, and corporate governance mechanisms.

Protection Motivation Theory

Applying PMT to information security behaviors, data protection decision-making, and cyber-security policy compliance.

Research Methods

Behavioral Experiments Survey-Based Studies EEG / Neuroheadset fMRI Eye-Tracking fNIRS Physiological Measures Structural Equation Modeling Data Analytics