Professor Alan Sangster
BA (Business Studies), MSc (Op. Res.), PhD (Acc. Ed.), Cert. TESOL, CA
Chair in Accounting History
- Email Address
- alan.sangster@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
MacRobert 809
- School/Department
- Business School
External Memberships
Editor-in-Chief, Accounting Education (Routledge)
Deputy Chair, BAFA Accounting History SIG
Trustee of The Academy of Accounting Historians
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
Prizes and Awards
The 2022 'Outstanding Accounting Educator Award' of the American Accounting Association.
The 2022 'Outstanding Contribution to Accounting & Finance Education Award' of the British Accounting & Finance Association
The 2021 ‘Barbara D. Merino Award for Excellence in Accounting History Publication’ from the Academy of Accounting Historians section of the American Accounting Association.
The 2015 ‘Hourglass Award’ of the Academy of Accounting Historians.
The 2014 ‘Premio Enrique Fernández Peña de Historia de la Contabilidad' from The Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration (AECA).
The 2013 British Accounting and Finance Association ‘Life-Time Achievement Award’.
The 2009 Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Accounting Education’ from the British Accounting Association Special Interest Group in Accounting Education.
The 1997 Award for ‘Excellence in Teaching Innovation’ from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
The 1995 Award for ‘Outstanding Educator’ from the Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems Section of the American Accounting Association.
Research Overview
Accounting History
Business History
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in History.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
History
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Accounting
- History
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
History of Accounting, business practice, and business education in the Medieval, early modern, and modern periods (c.1200-2000)
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Locating the source of pacioli's bookkeeping treatise
Sangster, A.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 97-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.39.2.97
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Pacioli’s forgotten book: The Merchant's Ricordanze
Sangster, A., Stoner, G., de Lange, P., O'Connell, B., Scataglini-Belghitar, G.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 27-44Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.39.2.27
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'Public-private partnerships': The Portuguese General Company of Pernambuco and Paraiba (1759)
Rodrigues, L. L., Sangster, A.Business history, vol. 54, no. 7, pp. 1142-1165Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2012.692079
The ABS Journal Quality Guide: A Personal View
Sangster, A.Accounting Education, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 575-580Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2011.621660
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The implementation of management accounting innovations within the Jordanian industrial sector: The role of supply-side factors
Nassar, M., Al-Khadash, H., Al-Okdah, S., Sangster, A.European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, no. 35, pp. 72-85Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The diffusion of activity-based costing in Jordanian industrial companies
Nassar, M., Al-Khadash, H. A., Sangster, A.Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 180-200Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/11766091111137573
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In defense of Pacioli
Sangster, A., Stoner, G. N., McCarthy, P.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 105-124Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.38.2.105
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Luca Pacioli: The father of accounting education
Sangster, A., Scataglinibelghitar, G.Accounting Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 423-438Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2010.501955
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Liberalising the accounting curriculum
Sangster, A.Accounting Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 323-327Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2010.501674
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Making our students more 'fit for purpose': A commentary on 'a role for the compulsory study of literature in accounting education'
Sangster, A.Accounting Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 373-376Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09639280903285847
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Using accounting history and Luca Pacioli to put relevance back into the teaching of double entry
Sangster, A.Accounting, Business and Financial History, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 23-39Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585200903504215
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The ERA: A Brave New World of Accountability for Australian University Accounting Schools
de Lange, P., O'Connell, B., Mathews, M. R., Sangster, A.Australian Accounting Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 24-37Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-2561.2010.00078.x
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING (ABC) SYSTEMS WITHIN THE JORDANIAN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS AND BARRIERS TO ABC IMPLEMENTATION
Nassar, M., Morris, D., Thomas, A., Sangster, A.ACCOUNTING IN EMERGING ECONOMIES. Tsamenyi, M., Uddin, S. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 229-263, 35 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3563(2009)0000009011
Exporting the RAE: adoption of similar practices in Australia and New Zealand
Mathews, M. R., Sangster, A.Asian Review of Accounting, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 115-135Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13217340910975260
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Advice for Management Accountants in ERP Systems: Implementation, Use and Post-implementation Issues
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 95-101, 7 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00007-2
Background to the Study and Review of Prior Research
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 5-12, 8 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00002-3
Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Introduction
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and PostscriptsManagement Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Summary and Conclusions
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00009-6
Research Methodology
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 13-88, 76 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00003-5
The Impact of ERP Systems on Management Accountants and Their Work
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 103-115, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00008-4
The Motivations for ERP Deployment
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 89-91, 3 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00005-9
The Role of Management Accountants in the ERP System Implementation Process
Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A., Grabski, S., Leech, S., Sangster, A.Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. CHARTERED INST MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, pp. 93-94, 2 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-85617-679-8.00006-0
Pacioli and humanism: Pitching the text in Summa Arithmetica
McCarthy, P., Sangster, A., Stoner, G.Accounting History, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 183-206Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373207088178
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The market for Luca Pacioli’s Summa Arithmetica
Sangster, A., Stoner, G. N., McCarthy, P.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 111-134Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.35.1.111
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The printing of pacioli’s summa in 1494: How many copies were printed?
Sangster, A.Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 125-145Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.34.1.125
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