Dr Ali Meftah Gerged

BSc, MSc, PgDp, PGCert, PhD, FHEA, CMBE

Management School

Senior Lecturer in Accounting/Financial Accounting

Ali Meftah Gerged.
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a.m.gerged@sheffield.ac.uk
E014, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Ali Meftah Gerged
Management School
E014
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
Profile

Ali obtained his PhD in environmental accounting from the University of Huddersfield, UK, in 2018. Throughout his career, Ali has amassed extensive research and innovation expertise on both national and international fronts within the realm of academic programs in higher education institutions. Prior to his appointment at Sheffield University Management School in October 2023, he served as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at De Montfort University.

Ali's research contributions have been published in prestigious journals, including the Journal of Travel Research, Management Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Environmental Management, among others. He also holds significant editorial roles, acting as the Associate Editor of Business Strategy and the Environment and the Editor-in-Chief of Business Ethics and Leadership.

Research interests

Ali's research interests primarily focus on exploring a variety of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues. For instance, Ali is a leading figure in the realm of research exploring the causes and outcomes of corporate environmental disclosure in both developed and emerging markets. Additionally, Ali leads research initiatives that examine the influence of various gender diversity-related criteria on improving the sustainability performance of companies. Furthermore, his research interests extend to encompass Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), ethical accounting, global sustainability initiatives, Corporate Governance, and other relevant subjects.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Balan P, Antunes J, Wanke P, Tan Y & Gerged AM (2025) . International Journal of Finance & Economics.
  • Gerged AM & Masli AM (2025) . Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society.
  • Elmanaseer MI & Gerged AM (2025) . Business Strategy and the Environment.
  • Gerged AM, Uyar A, Jiraporn P & Karaman AS (2025) . Business Strategy and the Environment.
  • Kuzey C, Uyar A, Gerged AM & Karaman AS (2025) . Management Decision.
  • Yeboah R, Ferdous LT, Gerged AM & Liu Z (2025) . Journal of Accounting Literature.
  • Joura E, Gerged AM, Xiao Q & Ullah S (2025) . International Journal of Finance and Economics.
  • Salem R, Ezean E, Gerged AM & Bilal B (2025) . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 15(3), 571-622.
  • Barakat M & Gerged AM (2025) . International Journal of Social Economics.
  • Gerged AM, Salem R & Ghazwani M (2025) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(2), 2589-2606.
  • Chandrasena S, Matthews L & Gerged AM (2025) . Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 65(3), 1039-1065.
  • Albitar K, Elmarzouky M, Karim ATME & Gerged AM (2025) . International Journal of Finance & Economics, 30(3), 3187-3200.
  • Karaman AS, Gerged AM & Uyar A (2025) . International Journal of Finance & Economics, 30(2), 1583-1609.
  • Gerged AM, Kehbuma KM & Beddewela ES (2025) . Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 34(3), 852-870.
  • Sharma N, Gerged AM, Elheddad M, Haloub R & Al-Najjar B (2024) . Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society.
  • Uyar A, Gerged AM, Kuzey C, Hamrouni A & Karaman AS (2024) . International Review of Economics & Finance, 96(C).
  • Matthews L, Gerged AM & Elheddad M (2024) . Accounting Forum.
  • Marie M, Qi B, Gerged AM & Nobanee H (2024) . Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(6), 6131-6149.
  • Kuzey C, Gerged AM, Uyar A & Karaman AS (2024) . Journal of International Management.
  • Masli AM, Gerged AM & Mangena M (2024) . Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 24(7), 1724-1745.
  • Bilal , Ezeani F, Usman M, Komal B & Gerged AM (2024) . Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility.
  • Uyar A, Gerged AM, Kuzey C & Karaman AS (2024) . Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 205.
  • Gerged AM, Kuzey C, Uyar A & Karaman AS (2024) . Journal of Accounting Literature.
  • Uyar A, Gerged AM, Kuzey C & Karaman AS (2024) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(5), 4935-4957.
  • Almontaser TS & Gerged AM (2024) . Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(3), 1818-1837.
  • Uyar A, Gerged AM, Kuzey C & Karaman AS (2024) . Review of Accounting and Finance, 23(2), 157-185.
  • Gerged AM, Zahoor N & Cowton CJ (2024) . Management Accounting Research, 62.
  • Al-Haddad LM, Saidat Z, Seaman C & Gerged AM (2024) . Journal of Family Business Management, 14(1).
  • Moskovics P, Wanke P, Tan Y & Gerged AM (2024) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2), 241-262.
  • Bilal , Gerged AM, Arslan HM, Abbas A, Chen S & Manzoor S (2024) . Journal of Accounting Literature, 46(2), 214-237.
  • Salem RIA, Ghazwani M, Gerged AM & Whittington M (2023) . International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 31(3), 528-563.
  • Sarhan AA & Gerged AM (2023) . Journal of Environmental Management, 341.
  • Gerged AM, Salem R & Beddewela E (2023) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(7), 4519-4547.
  • Meftah Gerged A, Kuzey C, Uyar A & Karaman AS (2023) . Journal of Business Research, 159.
  • Abualigah A, Koburtay T, Bourini I, Badar K & Gerged AM (2023) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(6), 3217-3232.
  • Gerged AM, Yao S & Albitar K (2023) . Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 23(3), 628-649.
  • Gerged AM, ChijokeMgbame AM, Konadu R & Cowton CJ (2023) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(4), 2434-2450.
  • Gerged AM, Tran M & Beddewela ES (2023) . Journal of Travel Research, 62(5), 1047-1076.
  • Uyar A, Kuzey C, Gerged AM & Karaman AS (2023) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(4), 1582-1602.
  • Gerged AM, Albitar K & AlHaddad L (2023) . International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(3), 2789-2810.
  • Gerged AM, Beddewela ES & Cowton CJ (2023) . International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(2), 1179-1200.
  • Gerged AM, Marie M & Elbendary I (2022) . Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(12).
  • Alhaddad L, Gerged AM, Saidat Z, Ali Al-Qudah A & Aziz T (2022) . International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 30(4), 546-562.
  • Saeudy M, Gerged AM & Albitar K (2022) . Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, 21(2), 174-199.
  • Khan H, Zahoor N, Gerged AM, Tarba S & Makrides A (2022) . Journal of Business Research, 141, 673-684.
  • Masli AM, Mangena M, Gerged AM & Harradine D (2022) . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 12(2), 345-379.
  • Alhaddad LM, Whittington M & Gerged AM (2022) . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 12(2), 213-237.
  • Gerged AM & Almontaser T (2021) . Resources Policy, 74.
  • Gerged AM (2021) . Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review, 5(2), 4-6.
  • Zahoor N & Gerged AM (2021) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(8), 3789-3803.
  • Nuskiya MNF, Ekanayake A, Beddewela E & Meftah Gerged A (2021) . Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 11(3), 367-394.
  • Gerged AM, Matthews L & Elheddad M (2021) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(2), 908-930.
  • Gerged AM (2021) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(1), 609-629.
  • Albitar K, Gerged AM, Kikhia H & Hussainey K (2021) . International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 29(1), 169-178.
  • Salem RIA, Ezeani E, Gerged AM, Usman M & Alqatamin RM (2021) . International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 29(1), 91-126.
  • Gerged AM, Beddewela E & Cowton CJ (2021) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(1), 185-203.
  • Elmghaamez IK, Gerged AM & Ntim CG (2020) . Managerial Auditing Journal, 35(6), 819-858.
  • Gerged AM, Mahamat BB & Elmghaamez IK (2020) . International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 17(2-3), 51-60.
  • Albitar K, Hussainey K, Kolade N & Gerged AM (2020) . International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 28(3), 429-444.
  • Gerged AM & Agwili A (2020) . International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 14(2), 144-165.
  • Gerged A & Elheddad M (2020) . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21(3), 413-426.
  • Gerged AM, Al-Haddad LM & Al-Hajri MO (2020) . Accounting Research Journal, 33(1), 167-185.
  • Agwili A & Gerged A (2020) . International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 14(2), 144-165.
  • Al-Haddad L, Gerged A & Saidat Z (2019) Managing earnings using classification shifting: novel evidence from Jordan. Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, 23(2).
  • Gerged AM, Cowton CJ & Beddewela ES (2018) . Business Strategy and the Environment, 27(4), 572-587.
  • Al-Haddad L, Gerged AM, Saidat Z & Al Qudah A () . Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.
Research group
  • Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context (CRAFiC)
Grants

In April of 2021, Ali secured an external research grant totalling 瞿7000 in his capacity as the principal investigator. This grant was bestowed upon them by the Research Pump-priming Programme of Huddersfield Business School at the University of Huddersfield. Collaboratively, the research project was undertaken alongside Dr. Eshani Beddewela and Dr. Mi Tran, both affiliated with the University of Huddersfield. The subsequent accomplishments of this research funding are detailed below:

Gerged, A. M., Tran, M., & Beddewela, E. S. (2023). Engendering pro-sustainable performance through a multi-layered gender diversity criterion: Evidence from the hospitality and tourism sector. Journal of Travel Research, 62(5), 1047-1076.

In March 2023, Ali and his team secured a research grant totalling 瞿5,986.00 through the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants program, with Dr. Khaldoon Albitar of the University of Portsmouth serving as the Principal Investigator and Dr. Ali Meftah Gerged as the Co-Investigator. This research endeavour forms an integral part of a broader series of grants and has a twofold objective. Firstly, it aims to develop a specialised index tailored to the assessment of climate change risk disclosure among energy companies operating worldwide. Secondly, the project endeavours to shed light on the institutional factors driving the global climate change risk disclosure practices within the energy sector.

Teaching interests

Ali takes pleasure in teaching students at both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) levels, as well as catering to executive learners. His instructional portfolio encompasses a diverse array of modules, including Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Governance, Research Design and Analysis, and Ethics for Professionals.

Ali has developed and re-designed a research-led subject material based on innovative publications of the top scholars in the accounting area. These innovatively designed teaching materials have been delivered to students through an authentic range of audiovisual media coupled with printed ones.

In addition to a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in teaching, Ali is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (awarded by Advance HE) and a Certified Business and Management Educator (awarded by the Chartered Association of Business Schools).

Teaching activities
  • Ali takes pleasure in teaching students at both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) levels, as well as catering to executive learners. His instructional portfolio encompasses a diverse array of modules, including Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Governance, Research Design and Analysis, and Ethics for Professionals, etc.
PhD Supervision

Ali is available to supervise PhD students in the following areas:

  • Corporate Environmental, Social and Ethical Disclosure and Performance
  • Climate Change Risk Management disclosure
  • Corporate Sustainability and Governance
  • R&D and Eco-innovation
  • Corporate Energy Efficiency Policy and Renewable Energy Consumption

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