PhD - University of Texas at Austin
(2008) BS - Louisiana State Univ (1999)
Brief Bio
Margaret is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the J. M.
Tull School of Accounting, Terry College of Business at the
University of Georgia. She received her PhD in Accounting
at the University of Texas at Austin (2008). She received
her BS in Accounting with a concentration in Internal Audit at
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. She is a
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and is certified in production
and inventory management (CPIM). Prior to her doctoral
studies, Margaret worked as an internal auditor for a big five
public accounting firm and an independent risk consulting firm.
Margaret's research focuses on control systems, risk
management and inter-organizational collaborations. In her
dissertation, entitled, "Intending to Control: An experimental
investigation of the interactions among intentions, reciprocity
and control", Margaret utilizes experimental economics
techniques to examine how controlled individuals respond to
intentionally imposed behavioral controls that are perceived to
be a signal of distrust from management. Margaret was
awarded the Michael J. Barrett Doctoral Dissertation Award by
the Institute of Internal Auditors and recently presented
her findings to an audience of internal auditors at the IIA's
International Conference in San Francisco, Ca.
Recent Publications
Margaret's research on the risks that arise as organizations
enter into strategic alliances and the control mechanisms used
to mitigate those risks has been published as a whitepaper by
the IIA Research Foundation and as an article in the Internal
Auditor (co-authored with S. Anderson & K. Sedatole). In
addition, her research examining the specific aspects of control
systems that can lead to opportunistic behavior by controlled
individuals was recently published in Strategic Finance
(co-authored with K. Sedatole & K. Towry).
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University of Georgia