Dr. Breda Sweeney

B.Comm., M.Acc., Ph.D., FCA  Lecturer in Accountancy & Finance
Email:	Breda.Sweeney nuigalway.ie
Phone:	353 (0)91 493815
Fax:	353 (0)91 494565
Office Location:	Room  364 Top Floor, Cairnes Building

Biography

Breda Sweeney joined the Accountancy and Finance group in 2000, having previously lectured in UCD.  She trained as a chartered accountant with PwC and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Breda's publications are in the areas of management control, audit environment, and ethics. More recently, her research has focused on management controls over creativity and product innovation. She is a research associate of the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC), and a member of the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Auditing. Breda is currently Head of Accountancy and Finance discipline and joint research cluster leader of the Performance Management research cluster.

Teaching Areas

• Management Accounting (undergraduate and postgraduate levels)
• Accounting Research Methods (postgraduate level)
• Financial Accounting (undergraduate)
  

Research Interests

• Management Control
• Ethics
• Audit Environment
• Product innovation and creativity

Recent Publications

Refereed publications

Sweeney, B. and Pierce, B. (2011) Audit team defence mechanisms: Auditee influence, Accounting and Business Research (forthcoming)

Sweeney, B, Arnold, D. & Pierce, B. (2010) The impact of perceived ethical culture of the firm and demographic variables on auditors' ethical evaluation and intention to act decisions, Journal of Business Ethics, 93 (4), 531-551 

Pierce, B. and Sweeney, B. (2010) The relationship between demographic variables and ethical decision making of trainee accountants. International Journal of Auditing, 14 (1), 77-99.

Sweeney, B. & Costello, F. (2009) Moral intensity and ethical decision-making: an empirical examination of undergraduate business students. Accounting Education: An international journal, 18 (1), 75-97.

McGarry, C. & Sweeney, B. (2007) Clan type controls in audit firms: Audit seniors' perspective. Irish Accounting Review, 15 (2) 37-59.

Sweeney, B. & Pierce, B. (2006) Good hours and bad hours: A multi-perspective examination of the (dys)functionality of auditor underreporting of time. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 19 (6), 858-892.

Pierce, B. & Sweeney, B. (2006) Perceived adverse consequences of quality threatening behaviour in audit firms. International Journal of Auditing, 10(1), 19-39.

Pierce, B. & Sweeney, B. (2005) Management Control in Audit Firms: Partners' Perspectives. Management Accounting Research, 16, 340-370.

Sweeney, B. & Boyle, B. (2005) Supervisory Actions, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Irish Trainee Accountants. Irish Accounting Review, 12(2), 47-74.

Pierce, B. & Sweeney, B. (2004) Management Control in Audit Firms: A Qualitative Investigation. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 17(5), 779-812. Reprinted (2005) in ICFAI Journal of Audit Practice, 2(4), 61-95.

Pierce, B. & Sweeney, B. (2004) Cost-Quality Conflict in Audit Firms: An Empirical Investigation. The European Accounting Review, 13(3), 415-441.

Pierce, B. & Sweeney, B. (2003) Auditor Responses to Cost Controls. Irish Accounting Review, 10(1), 45-68.

Selected non-refereed publications

The Irish Accounting Directory. 2004. Oak Tree Press: Dublin (with E. Barnes)

"Economic Value Added - Really adding something new?" Accountancy Ireland, June 1998, pp. 14-15. (with Tony Brabazon)

"Theory of Constraints" ACCA Students’ Newsletter, April 1998, pp. 2-3. (with Tony Brabazon)

"Environmental Reporting : The next challenge for the profession?" CPA Journal of Accountancy, June 1997, pp.30-31. (with Tony Brabazon)

"Bridging the expectation gap - on shaky foundations?" Accountancy Ireland, April 1997, pp.18-20.

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