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Overview
Background
Sergeja Slapničar is Associate Professor of Accounting within the UQ Business School. In her recent research, she focuses on financial quantification of cyber risk, cyber risk management, governance and assurance. She has published in many top accounting journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society, Management Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Journal of Management Accounting Research, European Financial Management, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems and others. She is the Associate Editor of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Management Control, and Behavioral Research in Accounting. Sergeja is a passionate educator and a recipient of 2022 Teaching Excellence Award of the UQ Faculty BEL on "Enhancing Employability" and 2023 UQ Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
She has extensive Board experience by serving as a non-executive Director in a systemic bank in Eurozone; in a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, on the Board of the Slovenian Agency for Public Oversight of Auditing, as a Chairwoman of the settlement committee in owners' disputes (Slovenia) and as an independent member in audit and remuneration committees of various public interest entities (the Slovenian Bad Bank among others). She has trained over 1,000 executive and non-executive directors in accounting, finance and cyber security risk management at the Slovenian Directors Association. She has advised organisations on risk management and frequently presents at industry events. Prior to her employment at the UQ Business School (in 2018), Sergeja was a Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is a member of CPA Australia, and ISACA; and serves on the Education Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors Australia.
Availability
- Associate Professor Sergeja Slapnicar is:
- Available for supervision
Research interests
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Governance and performance measurement of cyber security
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Experimental research in accounting
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Key drivers of cybersecurity audit effectiveness: A neo-institutional perspective
Vuko Tina, Slapničar Sergeja, Čular Marko and Matej Drašček (2024). Key drivers of cybersecurity audit effectiveness: A neo-institutional perspective. International Journal of Auditing. doi: 10.1111/ijau.12365
2024
Journal Article
The three lines model in cybersecurity governance and risk management
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Slapničar, Sergeja, Axelsen, Micheal and Stockdale, David (2024). The three lines model in cybersecurity governance and risk management. ISACA Journal, 1 (2024).
2023
Journal Article
A pathway model to five lines of accountability in cybersecurity governance
Slapničar, Sergeja, Axelsen, Micheal, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Stockdale, David (2023). A pathway model to five lines of accountability in cybersecurity governance. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 51 100642, 100642. doi: 10.1016/j.accinf.2023.100642
2023
Conference Publication
Measuring cyber risk: integrating methodological, behavioral, and organizational perspectives
Slapnicar, Sergeja, Axelsen, Micheal and Eulerich, Marc (2023). Measuring cyber risk: integrating methodological, behavioral, and organizational perspectives. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 2-4 July 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Measuring and managing cyber risk
Slapnicar, Sergeja, Axelsen, Micheal and Eulerich, Marc (2023). Measuring and managing cyber risk. European Accounting Association Congress, Helsinki, Finland, 24-26 May 2023.
2023
Other Outputs
Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy
Abeysooriya, Sasenka, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Dowsett, Dallas, Grotowski, Joseph, Holm, Mike, Kim, Dan, Ko, Ryan, Phillips, Andelka M., Slapnicar, Sergeja, Stockdale, David, Swinson, John, Thonon, Geoffroy, Utting, Mark, Walker-Munro, Brendan and Willoughby, Shannon (2023). Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. UQ CYBER and AUSCERT.
2023
Journal Article
Designing a financial quantification model for cyber risk: a case study in a bank
Pollmeier, Santiago, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Slapničar, Sergeja (2023). Designing a financial quantification model for cyber risk: a case study in a bank. Safety Science, 159 106022, 106022. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2022.106022
2022
Journal Article
Governing cybersecurity from the boardroom: challenges, drivers, and ways ahead
Gale, Megan, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Slapnicar, Sergeja (2022). Governing cybersecurity from the boardroom: challenges, drivers, and ways ahead. Computers and Security, 121 102840, 102840. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2022.102840
2022
Journal Article
How Effective Is Your Cybersecurity Audit?
Drašček, Matej, Slapničar, Sergeja, Vuko, Tina and Čular, Marko (2022). How Effective Is Your Cybersecurity Audit?. ISACA Journal, 3.
2022
Journal Article
An exploratory study of organizational cyber resilience, its precursors and outcomes
Tsen, Elinor, Ko, Ryan K. L. and Slapnicar, Sergeja (2022). An exploratory study of organizational cyber resilience, its precursors and outcomes. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 32 (2), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/10919392.2022.2068906
2022
Journal Article
Effectiveness of cybersecurity audit
Slapničar, Sergeja, Vuko, Tina, Čular, Marko and Drašček, Matej (2022). Effectiveness of cybersecurity audit. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 44 (Internal Auditor 67 2 2010) 100548, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.accinf.2021.100548
2022
Journal Article
Can process accountability mitigate myopic biases? An experimental analysis
Ličen, Mina and Slapničar, Sergeja (2022). Can process accountability mitigate myopic biases? An experimental analysis. Journal of Management Control, 33 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1007/s00187-021-00330-7
2021
Journal Article
The Moderating Effect of Achievement Motive on Performance Feedback in Choices of Challenging Tasks
Slapničar, Sergeja, Oblak, Karla and Ličen, Mina (2021). The Moderating Effect of Achievement Motive on Performance Feedback in Choices of Challenging Tasks. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 34 (2), 201-220. doi: 10.2308/jmar-2020-084
2021
Journal Article
Funds transfer pricing and segment profitability—the case of Adriatic Bank
Slapničar, Sergeja and King, Robyn (2021). Funds transfer pricing and segment profitability—the case of Adriatic Bank. IMA Educational Case Journal, 14 (2).
2021
Journal Article
Management accountants’ empathy and their violation of fiduciary duties: a replication and extension study using fMRI
Slapničar, Sergeja, Ličen, Mina, Hartmann, Frank G. H., Ozimič, Anka Slana and Repovš, Grega (2021). Management accountants’ empathy and their violation of fiduciary duties: a replication and extension study using fMRI. Behavioral Research in Accounting, 33 (1), 21-42. doi: 10.2308/bria-2020-021
2020
Journal Article
The effect of internal auditors’ engagement in risk management consulting on external auditors’ reliance decision
Čular, Marko, Slapničar, Sergeja and Vuko, Tina (2020). The effect of internal auditors’ engagement in risk management consulting on external auditors’ reliance decision. European Accounting Review, 29 (5), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/09638180.2020.1723667
2020
Other Outputs
Dataset of data breaches and ransomware attacks over 15 years from 2004
Tsen, Elinor, Ko, Ryan and Slapnicar, Sergeja (2020). Dataset of data breaches and ransomware attacks over 15 years from 2004. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/dfe5027
2019
Conference Publication
Can accountability mitigate managerial myopia?
Ličen, Mina and Slapničar, Sergeja (2019). Can accountability mitigate managerial myopia?. 10th EIASM Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, Nice, France, 18 - 20 September 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
The effect of accountability on managerial myopia
Ličen, Mina and Slapničar, Sergeja (2019). The effect of accountability on managerial myopia. European Accounting Association Annual Congress, Paphos, Greece, 29-31 May 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
What matters more to engage in challenging tasks: achievement motive, monetary reward or feedback?
Slapničar, Sergeja, Oblak, Karla and Ličen, Mina (2019). What matters more to engage in challenging tasks: achievement motive, monetary reward or feedback?. EIASM 7th Reward Management Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 13-14 December 2019.
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
How cybersecurity breaches influence cost of capital and operating cash flows?
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the components of a contextual cyber resilience for organisations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ryan Ko
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