Isabel Wang

Isabel Wang is a Senior Lecturer at the Research School of Accounting within the ANU College of Business and Economics since 2019. Previously, she worked at the University of Western Australia. She holds a PhD from ANU (2014). Her research focuses on auditing, management accounting, and behavioral aspects of fraud, particularly how auditors and accountants assess fraud risks and respond to management pressures. She is also interested in occupational fraud and ethical decision-making.

Education:

• Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
• PhD in Accounting from Australian National University (2014)

Research interests include counterproductive work behaviors influenced by moral justification, audit fee premiums in Chinese mergers, and ethical climates affecting financial misreporting. Her work frequently explores organizational politics, social networks, and the role of stretch goals in unethical behaviors.

She collaborates internationally, with a focus on China’s corporate environment and ethical auditing practices. Supervision of research students is ongoing, though specific advisees are not listed here.