George Lan Bio

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George Lan, Ph.D.
Professor, Accounting
glan@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3482
Office: OB 421

Education 

  • Ph.D.  Queens, Kingston, ON, Canada, Accounting and Finance (Management Emphasis), 1991.
  • M.S.  Tulane University, New Orleans, Accounting and Finance, 1981.
  • M.A.  Smith College, Northampton, MA, Biological Sciences, 1979.
  • B.A.  Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, Biology and Mathematics, 1977.

Certifications 

  • CPA - Certified Professional Accountant - CPA Canada, 2014
  • Certified General Accountant (CGA), CGA Association of Canada, 1997, Canada.

Research 

  • Business/Accounting ethics and earnings management
  • Business education
  • Board and auditor independence
  • Corporate governance
  • Earnings management and financial reporting
  • Moral reasoning and personal values

Selected Publications  

  • Lan, G. (2024).  Personal values and moral reasoning: An empirical study.   Journal of Management Info, 11 (3), 222-234. http://doi.org/10.31580/jmi.v11i3.3069. [September]

  • Lan, G.; Zhang, H., Cao, J. & Bai, M. (2019). Moral reasoning of Chinease accounting students and practitioners. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 8 (2), 155-171, http://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-019-00092-5.
  • Lan, G. (2019).  Personal values and value priorities of undergraduate Business students.   Business & Professional Ethics Journal, 38 (2), 147-175, http://doi.org/10.5840/bpej201961879.
  • Al-Hayale, T., Lan, G., & Sterling (Gowing), M. (2015).  A Study of the values of Jordanian accounting and finance students.   International Journal of Accounting and Finance, 5 (4), 291-306, http://doi.org/10.1504/IJAF.2015.076164.
  • Sun, J., Lan, G., & Ma, Z. (2015).  Investment opportunity set, board independence, and firm performance: The impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.   Managerial Finance, 40 (5), 454-468, http://doi.org/10.1108/MF-05-2013-0123.
  • Lan, G., Sterling (Gowing), M., & Al-Hayale, T. (2015).  The role of intent on accounting students' ethical attitudes towards earnings management.   Journal of Academic Ethics, 13 (4), 345-362, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-015-9242-6.
  • Sun, Y., Lan, G., & Liu, G. (2014).  Independent audit committee characteristics and real earnings management.   Managerial Auditing Journal, 29 (2), 153-172, http://doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-05-2013-0865.

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