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Dr Michael Turner
Dr

Michael Turner

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Overview

Background

Dr Michael Turner

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Program Convenor, Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours)

Dr Michael J. Turner is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) at The University of Queensland Business School. He holds a PhD in Accounting, a Bachelor of Business (First Class Honours) and a Graduate Certificate in Research Management.

Michael’s scholarship explains how decision‑oriented accounting information—and the management controls that create and communicate it—influence strategic, ethical and climate‑related choices across diverse organisations. He has authored 30‑plus peer‑reviewed articles (5 A★, 19 A ABDC; two FT 50), attracting 437 Scopus citations and an h‑index of 12 (as at June 2025). His projects have been funded by Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, the German Research Foundation and the Australian Accounting Standards Board, and practitioner outlets such as Strategic Finance, HospitalityNet and the Council on Business & Society have featured his applied insights.

Research interests

  • Strategic management accounting & analytics – capital budgeting, cost systems, competitor intelligence, AI pricing

  • Corporate & climate‑related disclosure – economic consequences of ESG reporting

  • Ethical decision‑making & governance – whistle‑blowing incentives, fraud deterrence

  • Accounting education & technology – data‑analytics pedagogy with Python and R

A unifying question threads these streams together: How can accounting systems create and communicate information that drives smarter and more responsible business decisions?

Teaching & Program Leadership

Teaching. Michael coordinates management‑accounting courses that consistently receive outstanding teacher ratings in the mid‑ to high‑4s out of 5 . His Python‑ and R‑based cases have won international awards and are adopted worldwide.

Program leadership. As Program Convenor he applies a business‑analyst mindset—interrogating enrolment trends, assessment data and employer feedback—to steer evidence‑based improvements in curriculum design, assessment integrity and student experience.

Engagement & Service – Program Convenor spotlight

  • Academic Program Review Lead (2023 – mid 2025).

    • Directed the first comprehensive review of UQ’s flagship Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) since its 2018 launch, coordinating faculty, students, alumni and external reviewers.

    • Delivered a data‑rich report mapping enrolment patterns, graduate outcomes and financial sustainability, and set a strategic agenda for work‑integrated learning, first‑year cohort building and program distinctiveness.

  • Implementation Plan Leader (mid 2025 – mid 2028).

    • Leading cross‑disciplinary teams to design cohort‑specific advanced courses and new industry‑embedded learning experiences.

    • Monitoring key performance indicators—retention, satisfaction, graduate destinations—so that curricular changes translate into measurable impact.

  • Continuous quality assurance.

    • Conducts targeted course audits to recalibrate marking guides, assessment weightings and learning resources, and mentors coordinators through change processes.

Availability

Dr Michael Turner is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Business (Administration), Griffith University
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methods, Southern Cross University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University

Research interests

  • Capital Budgeting

    Human behaviour, such as escalation of commitment and biasing of capital budgeting cash flow forecasts. Including both the preparer of the capital budgeting proposal, and the reviewer of those proposals.

  • Professional Skepticism

    Experimental research around the role of both state and trait professional skepticism on the decision-making of professional accountants.

  • CSR Disclosure

    Examining the value both firms and shareholders attach to financial, social and environmental disclosures. Also, the impact of regulation on such value.

  • Management accounting applications for the hospitality industry

    Particularly interested in hotels mediated by a management contact. For example, a hotel owner and a hotel operator.

Works

Search Professor Michael Turner’s works on UQ eSpace

34 works between 2010 and 2025

1 - 20 of 34 works

2025

Journal Article

Using Python in management accounting: Monte Carlo simulation for cost-volume-profit analysis

Hesford, James W., Pizzini, Mina, Turner, Michael J. and Vargus, Mark (2025). Using Python in management accounting: Monte Carlo simulation for cost-volume-profit analysis. Issues in Accounting Education, 1-17. doi: 10.2308/issues-2023-065

Using Python in management accounting: Monte Carlo simulation for cost-volume-profit analysis

2023

Journal Article

Kunapipi Gardens: a case study of transfer pricing in a service industry context

Hesford, James W., Thomas Jr., Charles R. and Turner, Michael J. (2023). Kunapipi Gardens: a case study of transfer pricing in a service industry context. IMA Educational Case Journal, 16 (4) 4, 1-6.

Kunapipi Gardens: a case study of transfer pricing in a service industry context

2023

Journal Article

Incorporating data analytics in management accounting: A teaching case on cost estimation

Hesford, James W., Pizzini, Mina and Turner, Michael J. (2023). Incorporating data analytics in management accounting: A teaching case on cost estimation. Issues in Accounting Education, 39 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.2308/ISSUES-2022-064

Incorporating data analytics in management accounting: A teaching case on cost estimation

2023

Journal Article

A framework for integrating “R” programming into the accounting curriculum

Calderon, Thomas G., Hesford, James W. and Turner, Michael J. (2023). A framework for integrating “R” programming into the accounting curriculum. Advances in accounting education: teaching and curriculum innovations, 26, 209-232. doi: 10.1108/s1085-462220220000026012

A framework for integrating “R” programming into the accounting curriculum

2023

Journal Article

Are shareholders willing to pay for financial, social and environmental disclosure? A choice-based experiment

De Villiers, Charl, Cho, Charles H., Turner, Michael J. and Scarpa, Riccardo (2023). Are shareholders willing to pay for financial, social and environmental disclosure? A choice-based experiment. European Accounting Review, 32 (1), 1-28. doi: 10.1080/09638180.2021.1944890

Are shareholders willing to pay for financial, social and environmental disclosure? A choice-based experiment

2022

Journal Article

Kunapipi Gardens: transfer pricing in the service industry

Hesford, James W., Turner, Michael James and Thomas, Charles R. Jr. (2022). Kunapipi Gardens: transfer pricing in the service industry. Strategic Finance, 104 (2), 48-55.

Kunapipi Gardens: transfer pricing in the service industry

2022

Journal Article

Azure Lodging, Inc.: a case study on capital budgeting with capital rationing in a service industry context

Burkert, Michael, Calderon, Thomas, Hesford, James W. and Turner, Michael James (2022). Azure Lodging, Inc.: a case study on capital budgeting with capital rationing in a service industry context. Issues in Accounting Education, 37 (2), 67-89. doi: 10.2308/issues-18-117

Azure Lodging, Inc.: a case study on capital budgeting with capital rationing in a service industry context

2020

Journal Article

The effect of integrated reporting quality on market liquidity and analyst forecast error

Zúñiga, Felipe, Pincheira, Roxana, Walker, Julie and Turner, Michael (2020). The effect of integrated reporting quality on market liquidity and analyst forecast error. Accounting Research Journal, 33 (4/5), 635-650. doi: 10.1108/arj-07-2019-0145

The effect of integrated reporting quality on market liquidity and analyst forecast error

2020

Journal Article

Financial consequences of competitive set choice

Hesford, James, Hoffmann, Kelly, Mangin, Nicolas and Turner, Michael J. (2020). Financial consequences of competitive set choice. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 86 102453, 102453. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102453

Financial consequences of competitive set choice

2019

Journal Article

Lone Star Lodging

Calderon, Thomas, Hesford, James W., Pizzini, Mina and Turner, Michael J. (2019). Lone Star Lodging. IMA Educational Case Journal, 12 (3)

Lone Star Lodging

2019

Journal Article

The impact of renovation capital expenditure on hotel property performance

Turner, Michael J. and Hesford, James W. (2019). The impact of renovation capital expenditure on hotel property performance. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 60 (1), 25-39. doi: 10.1177/1938965518779538

The impact of renovation capital expenditure on hotel property performance

2019

Book Chapter

Capital budgeting: Planning for long-term asset expenditure: Theory

Hesford, James W. and Turner, Michael J. (2019). Capital budgeting: Planning for long-term asset expenditure: Theory. Hospitality Finance and Accounting: Essential Theory and Practice. (pp. 110-128) edited by Rob van Ginneken. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Capital budgeting: Planning for long-term asset expenditure: Theory

2019

Book Chapter

Finance and accounting in food and beverage: Theory

James W. Hesford, Michael J. Turner and Craig M. Milner (2019). Finance and accounting in food and beverage: Theory. Hospitality Finance and Accounting: Essential Theory and Practice. (pp. 71-92) edited by Rob van Ginneken. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Finance and accounting in food and beverage: Theory

2019

Journal Article

Competitor monitoring and revenue performance: Evidence from the hospitality industry

Hesford, James W., Turner, Michael J., Mangin, Nicolas, Thomas, Charles R. and Hoffmann, Kelly (2019). Competitor monitoring and revenue performance: Evidence from the hospitality industry. Advances in Management Accounting, 31, 1-22. doi: 10.1108/s1474-787120190000031002

Competitor monitoring and revenue performance: Evidence from the hospitality industry

2018

Journal Article

Is a uniform approach to whistle-blowing regulation effective? Evidence from the United States and Germany

Lee, Gladys, Pittroff, Esther and Turner, Michael J. (2018). Is a uniform approach to whistle-blowing regulation effective? Evidence from the United States and Germany. Journal of Business Ethics, 163 (3), 553-576. doi: 10.1007/s10551-018-4023-y

Is a uniform approach to whistle-blowing regulation effective? Evidence from the United States and Germany

2018

Journal Article

The impact of financial incentives and perceptions of seriousness on whistleblowing intention

Andon, Paul, Free, Clinton, Jidin, Radzi, Monroe, Gary S. and Michael Turner (2018). The impact of financial incentives and perceptions of seriousness on whistleblowing intention. Journal of Business Ethics, 151 (1), 165-178. doi: 10.1007/s10551-016-3215-6

The impact of financial incentives and perceptions of seriousness on whistleblowing intention

2018

Journal Article

The role of hotel owners across different management and agency structures

Hodari, Demian, Turner, Michael J., Sturman, Michael C. and Nath, Dushyant (2018). The role of hotel owners across different management and agency structures. International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 21 (1), 92-113. doi: 10.1080/15256480.2018.1429342

The role of hotel owners across different management and agency structures

2018

Journal Article

Incentives and monitoring: impact on the financial and non-financial orientation of capital budgeting

Turner, Michael J. and Coote, Leonard V. (2018). Incentives and monitoring: impact on the financial and non-financial orientation of capital budgeting. Meditari Accountancy Research, 26 (1), 122-144. doi: 10.1108/MEDAR-02-2017-0117

Incentives and monitoring: impact on the financial and non-financial orientation of capital budgeting

2017

Journal Article

Precursors to the financial and strategic orientation of hotel property capital budgeting

Turner, Michael J. (2017). Precursors to the financial and strategic orientation of hotel property capital budgeting. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 33, 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2017.09.004

Precursors to the financial and strategic orientation of hotel property capital budgeting

2017

Journal Article

Hotel property performance: the role of strategic management accounting

Turner, Michael J., Way, Sean A., Hodari, Demian and Witteman, Wiarda (2017). Hotel property performance: the role of strategic management accounting. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 63 (May), 33-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.02.001

Hotel property performance: the role of strategic management accounting

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Corporate Behaviour & Climate-related Financial Disclosure
    Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2009 - 2010
    An investigation of performance evaluation and capital budgeting in Australian and New Zealand hotels
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Michael Turner is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integrating Business Intelligence in Exploring Decision Biases in Competitor Analysis within Strategic Management Accounting

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sergeja Slapnicar

Completed supervision

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