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Karl Schuhmacher serves as Assistant Professor of Accounting at Emory University, specializing in management accounting systems and behavioral organizational controls. Previously a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, his research examines how accounting information influences decision-making and human behavior within organizations.
His educational background includes:
- PhD in Management from University of Lausanne (2014)
- Diplom-Kaufmann in Business Administration from University of Mannheim
Dr. Schuhmacher's research centers on incentive contracting, performance measurement systems, and costing methodologies, with particular focus on how cognitive processes and social dynamics affect accounting information usage. His experimental work investigates employee responses to control systems, peer evaluation mechanisms, and leadership behaviors in organizational contexts.
His 2025 publications reveal consistent exploration of behavioral accounting phenomena across multiple top journals including The Accounting Review and Management Science. Key research threads examine time estimation biases in costing, reciprocity patterns in control systems, compensation transparency effects in mission-driven organizations, and controllability impacts on proactive behavior—demonstrating an integrated approach to understanding how accounting systems shape organizational outcomes through human behavioral channels.
