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Dr William Jackson

Dr William Jackson
Dr William Jackson
Dr William Jackson

Bcom PhD Edin, PGCAP, FHEA

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
william.jackson@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273147
Office Address

Room 709 MacRobert Building 

School/Department
Business School

Biography

Dr. Bill Jackson is currently Deputy Dean of the University of Aberdeen Business School and Head of the Department of Accountancy, Finance and Real Estate.

Previously Bill had a position at Heriot-Watt University where he held positions as Head of Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, Director of Learning and Teaching, Director of Internationalisation and Deputy Head of the School of Social Science. Before that he held a teaching and research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, from which institution he also was awarded a PhD. 

Bill specialises in the teaching of management accounting and accounting history which he has delivered both in the UK and internationally.  

Bill's research is mainly in the history and practice of accounting in public services, particularly health care. His research has been published in a range of international and world leading journals and has attracted prizes from leading journals. Major projects include Histories of Accounting and Health Care and Accounting for Social Impact, with the World Health Organisation as a current focus of interest.

Internal Memberships

Deputy Dean of Business School

Head of Department of Accountancy, Finance and Real Estate

Member of the Business School Executive Committee

Member of the School Internationalisation Committee

Publications

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  • Co-Creating Inclusion in Scottish Charity Governance: Towards a Dialogic Approach

    Lambert, V., Farooqi, S., Jackson, W., Scarparo, S.
    Financial Accountability & Management
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Can scotland Deliver on Circular Economy, Social Upgrading, and Internationalisation?: Insights from a Knowledge Exchange Initiative

    Marques-McEwan, M., Bitici, U., MacBryde, J., Paterson, A., Arshed, N., Jackson, W., Oyelakin, J.
    Heriot-Watt University. 24 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Impact of hospital accreditation on quality improvement in healthcare: A systematic review

    Alhawajreh, M. J., Paterson, A., Jackson, W.
    PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 12, e0294180
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Critical reflections of accounting and social impact (Part II)

    Paterson, A., Jackson, W., Haslam, J.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 80, 102342
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Beautiful SWAN, or ugly duckling?: The attempt to reduce gender inequality by the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria

    Ogharanduku, B., Jackson, W., Paterson, A.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 79, 102245
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Critical reflections of accounting and social impact (Part I)

    Paterson, A., Jackson, W., Haslam, J.
    Critical Perspectives On Accounting, vol. 79, 102341
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Working together to increase student satisfaction: exploring the effects of mode of study and fee status

    Maxwell-Stuart, R., Taheri, B., Paterson, A. S., O’Gorman, K., Jackson, W.
    Studies in Higher Education, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1392-1404
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Accounting numbers and temporary organising: evidence from artist-funded record production projects

    Jubb, D., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Accountability, Ethics, and the Business World

    Paterson, A., Barghathi, Y., Mathur, S., Jackson, W. J.
    Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting. Paterson, A., Yonekura, A., Jackson, W., Jubb, D. (eds.). Goodfellow, pp. 11-31, 21 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting

    Paterson, A., Yonekura, A., Jackson, W. J., Jubb, D.
    Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting. Paterson, A., Yonekura, A., Jackson, W., Jubb, D. (eds.). Goodfellow, pp. 1-10, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting

    Paterson, A. (ed.), Yonekura, A., Jackson, W. J. (ed.), Jubb, D.
    Goodfellow, Oxford
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Tomorrow’s Accounting and Society’s Future

    Paterson, A., Chatzivgeri, E., Eliwa, Y., Jackson, W. J.
    Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting. Paterson, A., Yonekura, A., Jackson, W., Jubb, D. (eds.). Goodfellow, pp. 204-217, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Spirited accountants: The rise of the Distillers Company

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S., Jubb, D.
    Accounting for Alcohol: An Accounting History of Brewing, Distilling and Viniculture. Quinn, M., Oliveira, J. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 174-186, 13 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Spirited accountants: accounting and the rise of the Distiller’s Company Limited

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A., Jubb, D.
    Accounting for Alcohol: An Accounting History of Brewing, Distilling and Viniculture. Quinn, M., Oliveira, J. (eds.). Routledge
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Evolving Financial Management Reforms in Greek Public Hospitals under Conditions of Economic Austerity

    Kotsias, S., Paterson, A., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Evolving financial accountability reforms in Greek public hospitals under conditions of economic distress

    Kotsias, S., Paterson, A., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Management Attention in Performance Measurement: a Systematic Literature Review of Theories for Phenomenon-based Research

    Pfefferkorn, T., Bititci, U. S., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Populism and irrational spending in the Greek national health system

    Milios, V., Paterson, A., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Extended family networks and the career progression of Nigerian women accountants

    Ogharaduku, B. E., Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • A marriage of convenience: Understanding the declining influence of the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria

    Ogharaduku, B. E., Paterson, A., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Measuring technology readiness for investment: accelerating technology development and improving innovation performance

    Adam, G., Andrews, K. P., Armstrong, M., Bititci, U. S., Flinn, P., Jackson, W. J., Mayfield, A., Peters, T., Pfefferkorn, T., Ritchie, J. M.
    40 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Ethics, Moral Philosophy and Accounting and Finance Research

    Paterson, A., Leung, D., Jackson, W.
    Research Methods for Accounting and Finance. Paterson, A., Leung, D., Jackson, W., MacIntosh, R., O'Gorman, D. D. (eds.). Goodfellow Publishers, pp. 211-238, 28 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Research Methods for Accounting and Finance

    Paterson, A. (ed.), Leung, D., Jackson, W. (ed.), MacIntosh, R. (ed.), O'Gorman, K. D. (ed.)
    Goodfellow Publishers, Oxford. 256 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The Nature of Accounting and Finance Research

    Paterson, A., Jackson, W., Sherif, M., MacIntosh, R., Caldwell, N.
    Research Methods for Accounting and Finance. Paterson, A., Leung, D., Jackson, W., MacIntosh, R., O'Gorman, K. D. (eds.). Goodfellow Publishers, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Control, temporary organisations and the accounting complex: evidence from record production projects during the 1960s

    Jubb, D., Jackson, W. J., Paisey, N. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Fertile ground: The history of accounting in hospitals

    Gebreiter, F., Jackson, W. J.
    Accounting History Review, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 177-182
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • A Power and Subjectification Perspective on Managing Control of Capital Expenditures: A Case Study of Indonesian Local Governments

    Alexander, A., Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Cash Limits, Hospital Prescribing and Shrinking Medical Jurisdiction

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S., Pong, C. K. M., Scarparo, S.
    Financial Accountability and Management, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 403-429
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Accounting for war risk costs: management accounting change at Guinness during the First World War

    Quinn, M., Jackson, W. J.
    Accounting History Review, vol. 24, no. 2-3, pp. 191-209
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The social consequences of using formularies as a prescribing control

    Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J., Jacobs, K.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • An Institutional Theory Perspective On The Impacts Of Central Government’s Policies on Local Government: A Case Study Of Indonesian Local Governments

    Alexander, A., Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Strategizing The Hellenic Railway Organization

    Kotsias, S., Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • War Risk Costs: Management Accounting Change At Guinness During World War 1

    Quinn, M., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • The Ledgers of Death: William Farr, Florence Nightingale & the system of uniform hospital accounts

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Social and environmental reporting as an educational tool for knowledge creation and creative assessment practice

    Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J., de Aguiar, T. R., Yonekura, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Doctors under the microscope: The birth of medical audit

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S., Pong, C. K. M., Scarparo, S.
    Accounting History Review, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 23-47
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A dialogical practice using social and environmental reporting as an educational tool for knowledge creation

    Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J., de Aguiar, T. R., Yonekura, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • A history of management thought

    Jackson, W. J.
    Accounting History Review, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 325-328
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

  • Failing NPM Reforms: Is it about resistance or lack of creative tensions? The case of the state-owned Hellenic Railway Organization

    Kotsias, S., Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • The Role of Consultants in the OSE Greek National Railway

    Paterson, A. S., Jackson, W. J., Kotsias, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Philanthropy and the control of London's hospitals: A re-examination of the Uniform Hospital Accounting System 1870-1915

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • "How easy can the barley brie": Drinking culture and accounting failure at the end of the nineteenth century in Britain

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S., Pong, C. K., Scarparo, S.
    Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 635-658
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 'The collector will call': Controlling philanthropy through the annual reports of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 1837-1856

    Jackson, W. J.
    Accounting History Review, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 47-72
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Influence of Female Audit Partners in Audit Work: A Study of the Big 4 in the UK

    Jackson, W. J., Paterson, A. S., Pong, C., Scarparo, S.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Accounting as a mechanism of governmentality in the creation of a British hospital system

    Jackson, W. J.
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Accountability and the Annual Reports of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 1818-1852

    Jackson, W. J.
    Working Papers: Working Papers

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