FACULTY BIO

Areas of Expertise

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Management Accounting

Education

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Ph D

Biography

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Dr. Abdalla Mohamed Elmezughi is an assistant professor in the department of accounting at UOB College of Business Administration and is the Managerial accounting subject Master level coordinator and governmental accounting Undergraduate level coordinator.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in cost accounting from Aljabl Algharbi University, Masters in the economic sciences majoring in accounting from The Libyan Academy and a doctorate (Ph.D.) in management accounting from USQ Australia. Dr. Abdalla’s current research interests include management accounting and control systems, performance management, organizational change, strategic management accounting in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, and corporate social responsibility.

Dr. Abdalla was the Director of the Internal Audit Office at UOB. Dr. Abdalla has experience in teaching a number of financial and managerial accounting courses as well as accounting Information Systems and has taught at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at a number of universities including Abu-Dhabi University, Alhosn University, Tahaddi University, National Institute for Administration and Southern Queensland University.

Prior to teaching Dr. Abdalla was involved in a number of management positions both in industry and the public sector. Dr. Abdalla is a member of the Libyan Syndicate of Accountants and Auditors and a licensed chartered accountant since 1998. Dr. Abdalla has a number of published articles in a Scopus journal and most recently published a research book about performance management systems and costing systems.

Achievements

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Acknowledgement letter, on occasion of my efforts in developing UOB's internal audit office. UOB’s president, 21st Sept 2022.

Affiliations

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• Libyan Union of Accountants & Auditors (Member - Certified Public Accountant Dec 1998)
• Society of Excellence & Academic Research (SEAR) (Member Jan 2024)
• Institute of Management Accountants, Inc (IMA) (Academic membership March 2025)

Grants & Contracts Awarded

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Publications & Presentations

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Journal Articles:

1. “The combined effect of costing and performance management systems on performance, moderated by strategy: Australian context”. Accounting, Accountability and Performance Journal, Vol 16, N 1&2, 2010, p 51-84
2. “Feasibility of Transformation to Accrual Basis of Accounting in the Public Sector: Kingdom of Bahrain Contest”, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, Vol 22, Issue 6, 2018
3. “Environment, Social and Governance Reporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from GCC Countries”, International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies, Vol 5, Issue 4, 2022

Conference Papers:

1. “Decision Tree and Random Forest Models for Internal Audit Effectiveness Factors Evaluation”2023 International Conference on Cyber Management and Engineering, CyMaEn 2023
2. “Impact of Financing Strategies, Financial Management, and Managerial Skills on Firm Growth: A Multiagent Simulation Approach” to 2024 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA)
3. “Blockchain and DeFi Adoption in India: Transforming Corporate Financial Ecosystems Amid Challenges” The International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT Edinburgh’ 2025)

Books/Book Chapters:

1. Costing Systems and Performance Management Systems, Lambert Academic Publishing, June 2023