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Terry College of Business

Georgia's flagship business school, founded in 1912

Margaret Christ

J.M. Tull School of Accounting
Terry College of Business
  • Assistant Professor

Education

Degree Field of Study Institution Graduation Year
PhD Accounting
University of Texas
 2008
BS Accounting
Louisiana State University
 1999

Research Interests

  • Internal Audit
  • Strategic Alliances
  • Control Systems
  • Risk Management

Prior Professional Positions

Organization / Department Title Years of Service
Protiviti
Risk Consulting
 Sr. Risk Consultant 2003 to 2004
Andersen
Business Process Risk Consultant
 Sr. Risk Consultant 1999 to 2003

Awards

Award Name Awarded By Year Awarded
Information Systems Section Best Paper Award for "Integrated Information Systems, Risk Sharing and Alliance Risk"
American Accounting Association
 2012
Management Accounting Section - Best Paper Award for "Framing Sticks as Carrots: An Experimental Investigation of Framing on Trust"
American Accounting Association
 2010
Management Accounting Section Best Dissertation Award (Runner-Up) for "An Experimental Investigation of the Interactions Among Control, Trust and Reciprocity"
American Accounting Association
 2009
Michael J. Barrett Doctoral Dissertation Award for "An Experimental Investigation of the Interactions Among Control, Trust and Reciprocity"
Institute of Internal Auditors
 2007

Editorial Appointments

Position Name of Journal Year(s)
Editorial Board Member
American Accounting Association
Journal of Management Accounting Research
 2013 - 2015
Editorial Board Member
Behavioral Research in Accounting
 2013 - 2015

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

  • Margaret Christ. . An Experimental Investigation of the Interactions Among Intentions, Reciprocity and Control. Journal Of Management Accounting Research, forthcoming.
  • Bierstaker, Chen, Christ, Ege and Mintchik. 2013. Obtaining Assurance for Financial Statement Audits and Control Audits when Aspects of the Financial Reporting Process are Outsourced. Auditing: A Journal Of Practice And Theory, forthcoming.
  • Margaret H. Christ, Karen L. Sedatole, and Kristy L. Towry. November 2012. Sticks and Carrots: The Effect of Contract Frame on Effort in Incomplete Contracts. The Accounting Review.
  • M. H. Christ, S. Emett, S. Summers, D. Wood. . The Effects of Preventive and Detective Controls on Employee Performance and Motivation . Contemporary Accounting Research.
  • U. Anderson, M. H. Christ, K. Johnstone, L. Rittenberg. . A Post-SOX Examination of Factors Associated with the Size of Internal Audit Departments . Accounting Horizons.
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