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Associate Professor Sergeja Slapnicar
Associate Professor

Sergeja Slapnicar

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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

  • Governance and performance measurement of cyber security

  • Experimental research in accounting

Works

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75 works between 2000 and 2024

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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

Key drivers of cybersecurity audit effectiveness: A neo-institutional perspective

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).

The three lines model in cybersecurity governance and risk management

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

A pathway model to five lines of accountability in cybersecurity governance

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.

Measuring cyber risk: integrating methodological, behavioral, and organizational perspectives

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.

Measuring and managing cyber risk

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.

Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy

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

Designing a financial quantification model for cyber risk: a case study in a bank

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

Governing cybersecurity from the boardroom: challenges, drivers, and ways ahead

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.

How Effective Is Your Cybersecurity Audit?

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

An exploratory study of organizational cyber resilience, its precursors and outcomes

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

Effectiveness of cybersecurity audit

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

Can process accountability mitigate myopic biases? An experimental analysis

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

The Moderating Effect of Achievement Motive on Performance Feedback in Choices of Challenging Tasks

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).

Funds transfer pricing and segment profitability—the case of Adriatic Bank

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

Management accountants’ empathy and their violation of fiduciary duties: a replication and extension study using fMRI

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

The effect of internal auditors’ engagement in risk management consulting on external auditors’ reliance decision

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

Dataset of data breaches and ransomware attacks over 15 years from 2004

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.

Can accountability mitigate managerial myopia?

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.

The effect of accountability on managerial myopia

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.

What matters more to engage in challenging tasks: achievement motive, monetary reward or feedback?

Supervision

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    How cybersecurity breaches influence cost of capital and operating cash flows?

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

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