Curriculum Vitae


Selected Publications



Selected Media Coverage


Thomson Reuters, “Office attendance policies & employee satisfaction: How law firms differ from other businesses”  April 22, 2024 https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/legal/office-attendance-policies-employee-satisfaction/

The Hill, “Don’t believe the naysayers: Hybrid remote work is improving employees’ mental health” April 22, 2024 https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4600390-dont-believe-the-naysayers-hybrid-remote-work-is-improving-employees-mental-health/

AOL, Feeling lonely and depressed. Is working from home really to blame?” April 19, 2024 https://www.aol.com/feeling-lonely-depressed-working-home-093816068.html

The Columbus Dispatch, Feeling lonely and depressed. Is working from home really to blame?” April 19, 2024 https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2024/04/19/working-from-home-mental-health-lonely-remore-work/73354349007/

Forbes, “Is The Return To Work Working?” April 10, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/04/10/is-the-return-to-work-working/?sh=71a2ebc5ae28

Federal News Network, “Return to office in 4 parts: Feds facing the pressure to reduce telework” April 1, 2024 https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2024/04/return-to-office-in-4-parts-fed-facing-the-may-5-deadline/     

Psychology Today, “Unraveling the Corporate Control Agenda Behind RTO Mandates” March 25, 2024 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intentional-insights/202403/unraveling-the-corporate-control-agenda-behind-rto-mandates

Toronto Star, “Return to office mandates do little for profit or productivity. So why are many firms insisting?” March 16, 2024,  https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/return-to-office-mandates-do-little-for-profit-or-productivity-so-why-are-many-firms/article_4447212c-da43-11ee-af7a-07de07ef920a.html

City Journal, “Remote Work Is Here to Stay” March 15, 2024,  https://www.city-journal.org/article/remote-work-is-here-to-stay

Euronews. “56% of managers say it’s a 'major red flag' when employees don’t want to come into the office” March 13, 2024, https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/13/56-of-managers-say-its-a-major-red-flag-when-employees-dont-want-to-come-into-the-office

Toronto Star, “What's the secret agenda behind return to office mandates? Corporate control” March 9, 2024,  https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/whats-the-secret-agenda-behind-return-to-office-mandates-corporate-control/article_9afe236e-da4b-11ee-9040-6b4a770e2328.html

CEO WORLD Magazine, “Return To Office: Is It All About CEO Wants Instead Of Employee Needs?” March 5, 2024, https://ceoworld.biz/2024/03/05/return-to-office-is-it-all-about-ceo-wants-instead-of-employee-needs/  

Canberra Times, “Mandated return-to-office decisions benefit no one” February 29 2024 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8539525/mandated-return-to-office-decisions-benefit-neither-party/#comments

Inc. Magazine, “3 Leadership Strategies for Boosting Your Employees' Mental Health and Wellbeing” February 27, 2024, https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/3-leadership-strategies-for-boosting-your-employees-mental-health-wellbeing.html

The London Economic, “Working from home can help reduce your carbon footprint” February 26, 2024, https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/jobs/working-from-home-can-help-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-369362/

Future of Work Institute, “Evidences of Return-to-Office Mandates on Firm Performance and Employee Satisfaction” February 22, 2024, https://www.futureforwork.com/en/evidences-of-return-to-office-mandates-on-firm-performance-and-employee-satisfaction/

BBC, “The executive hubris driving five-day in-office mandates ” February 19, 2024, https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240216-the-executive-hubris-driving-five-day-in-office-mandates 

WorkersCompensation.com “New Study Reports that Forcing Remote Workers Back to the Office Hurts Productivity and Morale” https://www.workerscompensation.com/daily-headlines/new-study-reports-that-forcing-remote-workers-back-to-the-office-hurts-productivity-and-morale/ 

Australian Financial Review, “Work from home if you want, but don’t expect a pay rise” February 19, 2024, https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/work-from-home-if-you-want-but-don-t-expect-a-pay-rise-20240219-p5f5xe

Financial Times, “Work from home if you want but don’t expect a pay rise” February 18, 2024, https://www.ft.com/content/b8ac6288-6b63-4d1b-bc9b-d8e81c45a098

The New Zealand Herald, “Work from home if you want but don’t expect a pay rise” February 18, 2024, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/work-from-home-if-you-want-but-dont-expect-a-pay-rise-pilita-clark/N2I2M55SAZCADE2YM3CPWA4B3E/

The Straits Times, “Work from home if you want, but don’t expect a pay rise” February 18, 2024, https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/work-from-home-if-you-want-but-don-t-expect-a-pay-rise

The National News, “Do tech improvements and staff demands mean working from home is here to stay?” February 17, 2024,   https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2024/02/17/do-tech-improvements-and-staff-demands-mean-working-from-home-is-here-to-stay/

The Economic Times, “Return to office mandates don’t improve employee or company performance: Study” February 16, 2024,  https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/workplace-4-0/return-to-office-mandates-dont-improve-employee-or-company-performance-study/107760694

The Register, “Dell staff not alone in being squeezed to reduce remote work” February 16, 2024, https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/return_to_office/

Business Insider, “Companies forcing workers to come back to the office are creating a 'massive disruption' in their lives, workplace expert says” February 13, 2024, https://www.businessinsider.com/rto-mandates-creating-huge-disruption-in-workers-lives-experts-2024-2

Financial Post, “Ordering workers back to the office a 'power grab' by bosses, research suggests” February 13, 2024, https://financialpost.com/fp-work/return-to-office-mandates-power-grab-by-bosses-research

Inc. Magazine, “Elon Musk Says Employees Are 'More Productive' in the Office. A New Study Says He's Wrong” February 12, 2024, https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/elon-musk-employees-more-productive-office-new-study-wrong.html 

U.S. News “Who Will Save Corporate Real Estate?” February 09, 2024, https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-09/return-to-office-mandates-wont-save-corporate-real-estate  

Inc. Magazine, “Do In-Office Fridays Actually Help?” February 6, 2024   https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/do-in-office-fridays-actually-help-loreal.html

Business Insider, “Dell tells 'hybrid' workers to come into the office 3 days a week” February 5, 2024  https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-hybrid-workers-return-office-three-days-week-progression-innovation-2024-2

Australian Financial Review, “Office mandates offer no financial benefit and staff hate them: study”, February 4, 2024 https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/office-mandates-offer-no-financial-benefit-and-staff-hate-them-study-20240202-p5f1xt 

Washington Post, “Companies’ hard-line stance on returning to the office is backfiring” February 2, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/02/return-to-office-punishments-remote-hybrid-work/

The Register, “Return to Office mandates boost company profits? Nope” February 2, 2024 https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/return_to_office_mandates_do_not_boost_profits/

Channel Asia, “Women, high-performers and millennials flee return-to-office policies” January 31, 2024 https://sg.channelasia.tech/article/709991/women-high-performers-millennials-flee-return-to-office-policies/

CBS News, “Pitt professor's study finds return to office mandates hurt worker morale and company performance” February 1, 2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pitt-professors-study-finds-return-to-office-mandates-hurt-worker-morale-and-company-performance/

WTAE ABC News, “Pitt study suggests return-to-office policies aren't good for employees, employers” Jan 31, 2024 https://www.wtae.com/article/work-from-home-return-to-office-pitt-study/46601061#

NPR, “Has remote work really been tragic for big companies' bottom lines?” January 30, 2024 https://www.npr.org/2024/01/30/1227828564/has-remote-work-really-been-tragic-for-big-companies-bottom-lines \

POTUS Sirus XM, “The Michael Smerconish Podcast: Return-To-Office Mandates: Are they working?” January 30, 2024 https://the-smerconish-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/return-to-office-mandates-are-they-working-kMp23qnM 

Business Insider, “Return-to-office mandates aren't making companies more valuable and productive, study finds” January 30, 2024  https://www.businessinsider.com/return-to-office-mandates-remote-work-stock-returns-productivity-2024-1

Yahoo Finance, “Less CEOs prioritizing return-to-office in 2024: Survey” January 30, 2024 https://finance.yahoo.com/video/less-ceos-prioritizing-return-office-172519263.html

Forbes, “More Research Questions RTO Mandates, Reducing Friction On The Job And More” January 29, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2024/01/29/more-research-questions-rto-mandates-reducing-friction-on-the-job-and-more/?sh=4361cdef4a5e

Forbes, “CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Management” January 26, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/qhamirani/2024/01/26/ceos-are-using-return-to-office-mandates-to-mask-poor-management/?sh=630005786c2b

Fortune, “How unpopular are return-to-office mandates? 99% of companies who had one saw a drop in employee satisfaction, study finds”  January 26, 2024 https://fortune.com/2024/01/26/return-to-office-job-satisfaction-financial-performance-study/

Business Insider, “Remote employees are more likely to be laid off than in-office peers — but they quit more, too” January 26, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmylucas/2024/01/26/as-ceos-mandate-office-returns-mounting-evidence-suggests-fewer-upsides/?sh=3aa8d26c14f3

Forbes, "As CEOs Mandate Office Returns, Mounting Evidence Suggests Fewer Upsides" January 26, 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmylucas/2024/01/26/as-ceos-mandate-office-returns-mounting-evidence-suggests-fewer-upsides/?sh=3aa8d26c14f3 

LinkedIn, "RTO mandates don't work: study" January 25, 2024 https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/rto-mandates-dont-work-study-6571002/

Washington Post, “No, office mandates don’t help companies make more money, study finds” January 24, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/24/return-to-office-mandates-company-performance/

News Nation “Study: Return-to-office mandates often about control, not profits” January 24, 2024 https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/return-to-office-control-profits-leadership

The Business Journal “Remote-work battle rages on as big companies keep calling for a return to the office “January 24, 2024 https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2024/01/10/remote-work-return-to-ofice-hybrid.html

Inc. Magazine “Do RTO Mandates Boost Company Performance? New Research Suggests No” January 24, 2024 https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/do-rto-mandates-boost-company-performance-new-research-suggests-no.html

Irish Times, “Working from home isn’t hurting companies” January 14, 2024  https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2024/01/16/working-from-home-isnt-hurting-companies

Fortune, “Bosses are using RTO mandates as a way to ‘blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance,’ new research finds” January 12, 2024 https://fortune.com/2024/01/13/managers-scapegoating-workers-return-to-office/

WCBS Live Radio, “Are employees more productive working from home? ” January 12, 2024 https://omny.fm/shows/wcbsam-on-demand/newsline-are-employees-more-productive-working-fro

HRM Asia “Do RTO mandates actually raise productivity? Nope.” January 10, 2024 https://hrmasia.com/do-rto-mandates-actually-raise-productivity-nope/ 

Business Insider, “The data is in: RTO policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care” January 8, 2024 https://www.businessinsider.com/rto-policies-dont-improve-employee-performance-company-value-controlling-bosses-2024-1

The Wire China, “Why is it so hard to know what multinational companies make in China?” June 5,2022. https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/06/05/puzzling-profits/

BBC News, “Is there a best time of year to buy stocks?” December 15, 2018 http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20181214-is-there-a-best-time-of-year-to-buy-stocks

American University, “Spotify's 'Non-IPO'” March 15, 2018 http://www.american.edu/kogod/news/mark-ma-spotify-kogod.cfm

NBC Nightly News, “Why did the Dow Jones industrial average take such a dive on Monday?” February 5, 2018 https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Why-Did-Wall-Street-Plunge-Happen_Washington-DC-472858443.html

Newswise.com,  “Jail is the Answer to Corporate Tax Avoidance, says American University Professor” November 15, 2017 https://www.newswise.com/articles/jail-is-the-answer-to-corporate-tax-avoidance-says-american-university-professor

American University, “Real World Research at Kogod”, October 13, 2015 https://www.american.edu/kogod/news/ 20151013_ksbnews_profma.cfm

Washington Post, “Big business wants to keep these four things secret” December 11, 2013 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/12/11/big-business-wants-to-keep-these-four-things-secret/

Wall Street Journal/CFO Journal, “Companies Offer Little Regional Financial Information” September 5, 2012


Invited Presentations (*indicates scheduled)

2024: AAA Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting (Orlando, FL), The Sustainability, ESG, and Accounting Conference (Washington DC), Syracuse University, University of West Virginia*, Chinese University of Hong Kong*, Hong Kong Polytechnic University*.


2023: University of Waterloo, University of Oklahoma, Ball State University, Nanyang Business School ESG conference.


2022: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Beijing Normal University, AAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, University of Maryland.

2021: AAA Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, AAA Financial Reporting Section Midyear Meeting,  University of Memphis, The first Stanford University Labor Economics and Accounting Conference, MIT Asia Accounting Conference . 

2020:  AAA Financial Reporting Section Midyear Meeting (Tennessee TN),  Kent State University, Southern Methodist University, University of Florida

2019: Carnegie Mellon University, Virginia Area Research Conference, University of California-Los Angeles; AAA Auditing Midyear Conference (Nashville); National University of Singapore;  Nanyang Technological University; Singapore Management University; ATA Midyear Meeting (Washington  DC)

2018: University of Central Florida; University of Pittsburgh; National Tax Association Annual Conference (New Orleans); University of Illinois Auditing Symposium, Tsinghua University; Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research annual conference (Singapore); Washington Area Research Symposium; Beijing University

2017: American University, Financial Economics and Accounting Conference (Philadelphia), China Central University of Finance and Economics; AAA Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA), MIT Asia Conference in Accounting (Hangzhou), China International Conference of Finance  (Hangzhou), EAA Annual Meeting (Valencia), AAA Financial Reporting Section Midyear Meeting (Charlotte NC), ATA Midyear Meeting (Phoenix, AZ)

2016: China Central University of Finance and Economics; Washington Area Research Symposium; AAA Annual Conference (NYC); AAA International Accounting Section (IAS) Midyear Meeting (New Orleans), ATA Midyear Meeting (Orlando), University of North Carolina Tax Symposium, AAA Mid Atlantic Regional Conference (Morgantown)

2015: Beijing Normal University, Washington Area Research Symposium, AAA International Accounting Section (IAS) Midyear Meeting (Palm Springs), ATA Midyear Meeting (Washington  DC)

2014: China Central University of Finance and Economics; George Mason University; Washington Area Research Symposium

2013: American University; Oklahoma State University ;University of Toronto; University of Miami; Queen’s University ; CUNY-Baruch College; Beijing University; Renmin University (China); China Central University of Finance and Economics; AAA Annual Conference.         

2012: Auditing Section Midyear Meeting (Savannah); Beijing Normal University; Renmin University (China); China Central University of Finance and Economics; AAA Annual Conference.     

2011: University of Oklahoma; Auditing Section Midyear Meeting (Albuquerque).

Editorial Board

International Journal of Accounting                                                                             2017-Current

Journal of International Accounting Research                                                     2018-Current

Journal Reviewer

The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics,  Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Operations Management,  Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, Review of Finance, The International Journal of Accounting, Journal of International Accounting Research, Accounting Horizon, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, International Review of Finance, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Advances in Accounting, incorporating Advances in International Accounting                

Research Grant Reviewer

Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong                                              2017-2024

Honors

Katz Graduate School of Business Excellence in Research Award (2 Times)                                   

Journal of  Accounting Research Excellence in Reviewing Award 

Journal of International Accounting Research Best Reviewer Award 

FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award 

ConocoPhillips Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 

AAA/Deloitte/Michael J. Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow 

AAA International Accounting Section Ph.D. Student Travel Grant 

Michael Price College of Business Summer Research Award 

Graduate Assistantship, the University of Oklahoma 

National Scholarship, China

Olympics Volunteer, Beijing, China