Bernard Pierce

1.8k total citations
27 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Bernard Pierce is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Accounting and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Pierce has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Management Information Systems, 17 papers in Accounting and 9 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Bernard Pierce's work include Accounting and Organizational Management (20 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers) and Risk Management in Financial Firms (5 papers). Bernard Pierce is often cited by papers focused on Accounting and Organizational Management (20 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers) and Risk Management in Financial Firms (5 papers). Bernard Pierce collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Canada. Bernard Pierce's co-authors include Breda Sweeney, David Otley, Richard Brown, Donald F. Arnold, Richard A. Brown and Patricia Hughes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting Organizations and Society and Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Pierce

27 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Pierce Ireland 18 829 519 344 331 310 27 1.4k
Breda Sweeney Ireland 15 587 0.7× 362 0.7× 362 1.1× 259 0.8× 354 1.1× 26 1.2k
Marlys Gascho Lipe United States 15 871 1.1× 738 1.4× 435 1.3× 191 0.6× 90 0.3× 26 1.6k
Theresa Libby Canada 17 573 0.7× 632 1.2× 303 0.9× 229 0.7× 160 0.5× 48 1.3k
E. Michael Bamber United States 16 856 1.0× 253 0.5× 227 0.7× 232 0.7× 151 0.5× 28 1.2k
Christopher P. Agoglia United States 17 1.2k 1.4× 413 0.8× 249 0.7× 153 0.5× 178 0.6× 47 1.5k
Victor S. Maas Netherlands 13 514 0.6× 443 0.9× 211 0.6× 233 0.7× 118 0.4× 35 1.0k
Kristy L. Towry United States 19 716 0.9× 494 1.0× 236 0.7× 242 0.7× 211 0.7× 45 1.6k
Christine E. Earley United States 13 812 1.0× 344 0.7× 149 0.4× 108 0.3× 196 0.6× 29 1.2k
Juliana Ng Australia 14 478 0.6× 351 0.7× 224 0.7× 162 0.5× 83 0.3× 30 891
Chris Patel Australia 15 524 0.6× 230 0.4× 159 0.5× 70 0.2× 140 0.5× 58 837

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Pierce

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Pierce

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (2018). Exploring management accountants’ role conflicts and ambiguities and how they cope with them. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 15(4). 410–436. 28 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (2016). Strong structuration theory and accounting information: an empirical study. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29(7). 1152–1176. 32 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Breda & Bernard Pierce. (2015). Audit Quality Threatening Behaviours: Perceptions of Auditees. 22(2). 7 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Breda & Bernard Pierce. (2011). Audit team defence mechanisms: auditee influence. Accounting and Business Research. 41(4). 333–356. 22 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Breda Sweeney. (2009). The Relationship between Demographic Variables and Ethical Decision Making of Trainee Accountants. International Journal of Auditing. 14(1). 79–99. 100 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (2007). Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of the Roles of Management Accountants. European Accounting Review. 16(3). 469–498. 21 indexed citations
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Hughes, Patricia & Bernard Pierce. (2006). The Accountant’s Contribution to New Product Development. 13(1). 3 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Richard A. Brown. (2006). Perceived success of costing systems: Activity‐based and traditional systems compared. Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 8(1). 108–161. 8 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Breda Sweeney. (2006). Perceived Adverse Consequences of Quality Threatening Behaviour in Audit Firms. International Journal of Auditing. 10(1). 19–39. 40 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Breda & Bernard Pierce. (2006). Good hours, bad hours and auditors' defence mechanisms in audit firms. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 19(6). 858–892. 51 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Breda Sweeney. (2005). Management control in audit firms—Partners’ perspectives. Management Accounting Research. 16(3). 340–370. 82 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Breda Sweeney. (2004). Cost-Quality Conflict in Audit Firms: An Empirical Investigation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Breda Sweeney. (2004). Cost–quality conflict in audit firms: an empirical investigation. European Accounting Review. 13(3). 415–441. 155 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard & Richard Brown. (2004). An Empirical Study of Activity-Based Systems in Ireland. 11(1). 30 indexed citations
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Sweeney, Breda & Bernard Pierce. (2004). Management control in audit firms. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 17(5). 779–812. 76 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (2003). Management accounting information and the needs of managers. The British Accounting Review. 35(3). 257–290. 128 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (1998). Management accounting practices in Ireland The preparers' perspective. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (1997). The Impact of Undergraduate Auditing Modules on the Audit Expectations Gap. 4(2). 2 indexed citations
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Pierce, Bernard, et al.. (1996). The audit expectations gap The role of auditing education. Dublin City University Open Access Institutional Repository (Dublin City University). 20 indexed citations
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Otley, David & Bernard Pierce. (1995). The control problem in public accounting firms: An empirical study of the impact of leadership style. Accounting Organizations and Society. 20(5). 405–420. 128 indexed citations

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