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Dr Hedy Huang BCom, MBS, PhD, CA

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Accountancy and Finance

Hedy is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accountancy and Finance. As a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), she actively contributes to the accounting profession, serving as the NZ Councillor for Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). Hedy is also an elected staff representative on the College of Business Board for the term from February 2025 to January 2028. Hedy is the winner of the 2024 ۶ƵBusiness School Rich Buchanan Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award.

Hedy supervises both master and doctoral students, with research expertise in auditing, corporate governance, sustainability, and management accounting. She currently holds the position of Editor for the Pacific Accounting Review.

Passionate about student engagement, Hedy has been the mentor for the ۶Ƶ Accountancy Club (Auckland Campus) since 2015.

Hedy is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accountancy and Finance. As a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), she actively contributes to the accounting profession, serving as the NZ Councillor for Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). Hedy is also an elected staff representative on the College of Business Board for the term from February 2025 to January 2028. Hedy is the winner of the 2024 ۶ƵBusiness School Rich Buchanan Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award.

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Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: + 64 (09) 2136285
    Location: QA3.23, Quadrangle Building
    Campus: Albany

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce - University of Auckland (2005)
  • Master of Business (Honours) - Auckland University of Technology (2010)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Auckland University of Technology (2014)

Fellowships and Memberships

  • Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (Full) (2018)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, ۶Ƶ
  • Licence, Supervisor, ۶Ƶ

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Auditing, corporate governance, and capital market research

Corporate social reporting and sustainability issues

Management accounting research

Not-for-profit sector research: corporate governance and accountability of charities and funding organisations

Gender research, and professionalisation of accountancy

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Accounting Theory and Standards (150101): Accounting, Auditing and Accountability (150100): Auditing and Accountability (150102): Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000): International Accounting (150104): Management Accounting (150105): Sustainability Accounting and Reporting (150106)

Keywords

Corporate Governance

Auditing and Risk Management in the not-for-profit sector

Empirical Research using both quantitative (statistical analysis of archival data) and qualitative (survey/interview) methods

Journal Editor

Research Outputs

Journal

Feng, H., Habib, A., & Huang, HJ. (2025). Risk from shortsightedness: the effect of managerial myopia on expected default probability. Journal of Accounting Literature.
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Wang, JJ., & Huang, HJ. (2024). Gender distributions in New Zealand universities: guilt in Brotopia. Journal of Accounting Literature.
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Su, K., & Huang, HJ. (2025). Do auditors value social trust? Evidence from China. Applied Economics. 57(19), 2441-2458
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Kong, KM., & Huang, HJ. (2023). Do auditors respond when listed firms pledge shares? Evidence from China. Pacific Accounting Review. 35(4), 562-593
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, HJ. (2023). A contingency-based accountability and governance framework for the non-profit sector in the post-COVID-19 era. Pacific Accounting Review. 35(1), 50-65
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Alkebsee, RH., Habib, A., Huang, HJ., & Tian, G. (2022). The gender-diverse audit committee and audit report lag: Evidence from China. International Journal of Auditing. 26(2), 314-337
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Sun, L., Habib, A., & Huang, HJ. (2024). Business strategies and tournament incentives: Evidence from China. BRQ Business Research Quarterly. 27(2), 144-163
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Huang, HJ., Habib, A., Sun, SL., Liu, Y., & Guo, H. (2021). Financial reporting and corporate innovation: a review of the international literature. Accounting and Finance. 61(4), 5439-5499
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Bhuiyan, MBU., Huang, HJ., & de Villiers, C. (2021). Determinants of environmental investment: Evidence from Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 292
[Journal article]Authored by: Bhuiyan, M., Huang, J.
Habib, A., Costa, MD., Huang, HJ., & Sun, XS. (2021). Financial constraints and workforce environment: An international investigation. International Review of Finance. 21(3), 1056-1067
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Feng, H., Habib, A., Huang, HJ., & Qi, BL. (2021). Auditor industry specialization and stock price crash risk: individual-level evidence. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics. 28(4), 427-453
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Habib, A., Huang, HJ., & Jia, J. (2020). Related party transactions and cost of debt: Evidence from China. China Accounting and Finance Review. 22(4), 132-167 Retrieved from https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/cafr
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Habib, A., & Huang, HJ. (2019). Cost Stickiness in the New Zealand Charity Sector. International Journal of Accounting. 54(3)
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Habib, A., & Huang, HJ. (2019). Abnormally long audit report lags and future stock price crash risk: evidence from China. International Journal of Managerial Finance. 15(4), 611-635
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Sun, SL., Habib, A., & Huang, HJ. (2019). Tournament incentives and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China. Pacific Basin Finance Journal. 54, 93-117
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Habib, A., Bhuiyan, MBU., Huang, HJ., & Miah, MS. (2019). Determinants of audit report lag: A meta‐analysis. International Journal of Auditing. 23(1), 20-44 Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijau.12136
[Journal article]Authored by: Bhuiyan, M., Huang, J.
Habib, A., Costa, MD., Huang, HJ., Bhuiyan, MBU., & Sun, L. (2020). Determinants and consequences of financial distress: review of the empirical literature. Accounting and Finance. 60(S1), 1023-1075
[Journal article]Authored by: Bhuiyan, M., Habib, A., Huang, J.
Zhang, H., Huang, HJ., & Habib, A. (2018). The Effect of Tournament Incentives on Financial Restatements: Evidence From China. International Journal of Accounting. 53(2), 118-135
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Habib, A., Ranasinghe, D., & Huang, HJ. (2018). A literature survey of financial reporting in private firms. Research in Accounting Regulation. 30(1), 31-37
[Journal article]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Zhang, L., Zhang, H., & Huang, J. (2016). Managerial promotion and annual report restatement – based on the perspectives of incentive strength and probability. Journal of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics. 38(12), 115-124 Retrieved from http://www.cnki.net/
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Zhang, T., Huang, HJ., & Hoope, K. (2014). Empirical study on the relationship among government holding, asset injection and listed companies performance – Evidence from China securities market. Corporate Ownership and Control. 12(1 Continued 1), 169-179
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, HJ., Zhou, N., & Hooper, K. (2013). Verifiability and truth: Corporate social reporting in mining in China. Corporate Ownership and Control. 10(3 A), 14-22
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, HJ., Zhou, N., & Hooper, K. (2013). Verifiability and truth: Corporate social reporting in mining in China. Corporate Ownership and Control Journal. 10(3), 14-24
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J., & Hooper, K. (2011). Guiding the funders: A case for comparability. The Chartered Accountants Journal. 90(5), 38-39
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J., & Hooper, K. (2011). Going west in China. The Chartered Accountants Journal. 90(3), 30-31
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Su, R., Zhao, Y., & Huang, HJ. (2011). Financial anomalies: Examination of Chinese B-share markets from 1993 to 2006. Asian Journal of Business and Accounting. 4(2), 1-25
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, HJ., & Hooper, K. (2011). New Zealand funding organisations: How do they make decisions on allocating funds to not-for-profit organisations?. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management. 8(4), 425-449
[Journal article]Authored by: Huang, J.

Thesis

Huang, HJ. (2013). An investigation into the expansion of western professional accounting bodies - using the case of CPA Australia. (Doctoral Thesis, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) Huang, HJ. (2013). An investigation into the expansion of western professional accounting bodies - using the case of CPA Australia. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Huang, J.

Conference

Huang, J., & Kong, KM.Do auditors respond to listed firms’ share pledging? Evidence from China.. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J., Habib, A., & Liu, Y.Migrant top management team and corporate innovation: Evidence from China.. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Huang, J., & Bhuiyan, MBU.Determinants of CSR Investment: Evidence from Europe. . Queenstown, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Bhuiyan, M., Huang, J.
habib, A., Huang, J., & Jia, J.Related party transactions and the cost of debt: Evidence from China. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Habib, A., & Huang, J.Cost Stickiness in charities in New Zealand. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Habib, A., Huang, J.
Huang, J., Sinclair, R., & Hooper, K. (2015). International accounting influences on China: The rise and fall. The Proceedings of 27th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues. (pp. 55 - 55). Australia: 27th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J. (2015). Assessing the applicability of the IR framework in charities’ external reporting in New Zealand. , 2015 New Zealand Sustainability Accounting Research Symposium (NZ SARS)
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J.Assessing the applicability of the IR framework in charities’ external reporting in New Zealand. . ۶Ƶ, Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J., Sinclair, R., & Hooper, K.International accounting Influences on China: the rise and fall. . Gold Coast
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J., Sinclair, R., & Hooper, K.(2014). China’s participation and resistance in adopting western accounting practices. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Huang, J.
Su, R., Zhao, Y., & Huang, J.(2010). Financial Anomalies: Evidence from Chinese B-share Markets. . Auckland, NZ
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Huang, J.
Huang, J., & Hooper, K.(2010). Funding Organisations: Towards a more consistent criteria to allocating funds in New Zealand.. . Auckland, NZ
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Huang, J.

Other

Su, K., & Huang, J. (2023, September). Decentralization and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from State-Owned Enterprises in China. In School of Accountancy: Auckland Research Seminar Programme 2023. Presented at QB1, ۶Ƶ Auckland Campus.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Huang, J.

Consultancy and Languages

Languages

  • English
    Last used: 2020
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent
  • Mandarin
    Last used: 2020
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

My overall philosophy of teaching is to provide informative and enthusiastic lectures in a supportive and non-threatening atmosphere. I always try to awake the curious mind through an enjoyable discussion at the end of each lecture. I also gain great satisfaction and enjoyment from my role as a teacher to see students grow in confidence in their ability to tackle problems, determine answers and in confidence to put forward alternative ideas. I am currently teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate accounting courses, and I am supervising students in their post-graduate research projects. 

Graduate Supervision Statement

I am passionate about working with Master and Doctoral students and guide them through the research journey. My students come from a diverse background: some are international and others are domestic students. Each student is unique and therefore I adjust my style to fit for the student's needs. My philosophy is that students need to be passionate about their research topic. As they will drive it, it is extremely important that they know why they want to do post-graduate research. The supervisory team always work collectively to bring our strengths together for our students’ best interests.


Dr Hedy Huang is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 2 0
Co-supervisor 2 1

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Jingnan Ding - Doctor of Philosophy
    The essays on the consequences of the disclosure of enterprise data asset - Evidence from China.
  • Mo Kong - Doctor of Philosophy
    An investigation on the firm outcomes of intersectionality in corporate board, senior management team, and employees: Evidence from China

Co-supervisor of:

  • Fuying Wei - Doctor of Philosophy
    The influence and challenge of academic independent directors on accounting conservatism in China
  • Ying Liu - Doctor of Philosophy
    Three essays on the consequences of migrant top management team: evidence from China

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2020 - Li Sun - Doctor of Philosophy
    Essays on the Determinant and Consequence of Tournament Incentives: Evidence from China

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