Dr Michael Turner
Senior Lecturer
School of Business
+61 7 334 68071
Room 444, Colin Clark Building, St. Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
Dr Michael James Turner completed his Ph.D. from Griffith University. He also holds a BBus (Hons 1) and Graduate Certificate in Research Management. Currently he is working as a tenured Lecturer in Accounting at The University of Queensland. His research interests are capital budgeting, ethics and fraud, earnings management, corporate governance and executive compensation. His teaching specialism is in both management accounting and financial accounting.
Book Chapters
James W. Hesford, Michael J. Turner and Craig M. Milner (2019). Finance and accounting in food and beverage: Theory. In Rob van Ginneken (Ed.), Hospitality Finance and Accounting: Essential Theory and Practice (pp. 71-92) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
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. In Laurie L. Burney and Mary A. Malina (Ed.), Advances in Management Accounting (pp. 1-22) Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing. doi:10.1108/s1474-787120190000031002
Hesford, James W. and Turner, Michael J. (2019). Capital budgeting: Planning for long-term asset expenditure: Theory. In Rob van Ginneken (Ed.), Hospitality Finance and Accounting: Essential Theory and Practice (pp. 110-128) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Blal, Ines, Hodari, Demian and Turner, Michael J. (2016). Selecting a partner hotel by the chain. In Stanislav Ivanov, Maya Ivanova and Vincent Magnini (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of hotel chain management (pp. 205-216) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Turner, Michael J., Hodari, Demian and Blal, Ines (2016). Entry modes: management contract. In Stanislav Invanov, Maya Invanova and Vincent Magnini (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of hotel chain management (pp. 157-170) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315752532
Blal, Inès, Hodari, Demian and Turner, Michael J. (2016). Selecting a partner hotel by the chain. In The Routledge handbook of hotel chain management (pp. 205-215) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315752532
Journal Articles
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
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, . doi:10.1007/s10551-018-4023-y
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
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, 1-22. doi:10.1080/15256480.2018.1429342
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
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
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
Lee, Gladys and Turner, Michael (2017) Do government administered financial rewards undermine firms’ internal whistle-blowing systems? A Pitch. Accounting Research Journal, 30 1: 6-11. doi:10.1108/ARJ-07-2016-0087
Turner, Michael J. and Coote, Leonard V. (2017) Discrete choice experiments: A research agenda for experimental accounting. Meditari Accountancy Research, 25 1: 158-182. doi:10.1108/MEDAR-07-2016-0068
Hodari, Demian, Turner, Michael J. and Sturman, Michael C. (2017) How hotel owner-operator goal congruence and GM autonomy influence hotel performance. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 61 119-128. doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2016.11.008
Phat, Thai Huu, Birt, Jacqueline, Turner, Michael J. and Fenech, Jean-Pierre (2015) Sporting clubs and scandals – Lessons in governance. Sport Management Review, 19 1: 69-80. doi:10.1016/j.smr.2015.08.003
Turner, Michael J. and Guilding, Chris (2014) An investigation of Australian and New Zealand hotel ownership. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 21 76-89. doi:10.1016/j.jhtm.2014.08.003
Turner, Michael J. (2014) An investigation of big five personality and propensity to commit white-collar crime. Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, 17 57-94. doi:10.1108/S1475-1488_2014_0000017002
Turner, Michael James and Guilding, Chris (2013) Capital budgeting implications arising from locus of hotel owner/operator power. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 35 261-273. doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.06.011
Turner, Michael J. (2013) Hotel management contracts: a particularly rich research context. Journal of Hotel & Business Management, 2 1: 1000e107.1-1000e107.1. doi:10.4172/2169-0286.1000e107
Turner, Michael J. and Guilding, Chris (2012) Factors affecting biasing of capital budgeting cash flow forecasts: evidence from the hotel industry. Accounting and Business Research, 42 5: 519-545. doi:10.1080/00014788.2012.670405
Turner, Michael J. and Guilding, Chris (2011) An investigation of the motivation of hotel owners and operators to engage in earnings management. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 8 4: 358-381. doi:10.1108/11766091111189882
Turner, Michael J. and Guilding, Chris (2010) Accounting for the furniture, fittings and equipment reserve in hotels. Accounting and Finance, 50 4: 967-992. doi:10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00347.x
Turner, Michael J. and Guilding, Chris (2010) Hotel management contracts and deficiencies in owner-operator capital expenditure goal congruency. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 34 4: 478-511. doi:10.1177/1096348010370855