Susan Wessels
Professor of Business
With Meredith since 1978
D.B.A., Accounting, University of Sarasota
M.B.A., DePaul University; CPA

Office Location: Harris 123
Telephone Number: 919-760-8475
Fax Number: 919-760-8470
Email Address: WesselsS@meredith.edu

Teaching Interests: Advanced Accounting; Auditing Theory and Practice; Cost Accounting; FInancial Accounting; Managerial Asccounting

Research Interests: Accounting ethics, gender issues in accounting, professionalsim and continuing professional education

Department Head

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Publications

“Accountants’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Mandatory Continuing Professional Education,” Accounting Education: An International Journal 16 (4), December 2007.

Bledsoe, M.T. and Wessels, S. B. “Family Owned Business Fraud: The Silent Thief.” Journal of Business & Economics Research4 (1), January, 2006.

Bledsoe, M.T. and Wessels, S.B. “Governance: Role of Boards in Women Owned Businesses.” Journal of Business & Economics Research 4 (6), June 2006.

Wessels, S. B. “The Deterrents to CPE Effectiveness in the Accounting

Profession: A Factor Analytic Study,” Journal of Business & Economics Research 3 (6), June, 2005.

Wessels, S.B., “The NCACPA Continuing Professional Education Survey,” The Interim Report, December, 2004.

Presentations

“Fraud Detection and Prevention at Small and Family Owned Businesses,” presented with Tony Bledsoe at the Central Carolina Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, May 2006.

“The Deterrents to CPE Effectiveness in the Accounting Profession: A Factor Analytic Study” presented at the Applied Business Research Conference, January, 2005.

“The Satisfaction of North Carolina CPAs with Continuing Professional Education” presented to the North Carolina Association of CPAs Continuing Professional Education Programs Committee, September, 2004.

“Corporate Responsibility and Women: An Empirical Study of Gender Differences in Ethical Violations” presented at the Argosy Business Conference, March 2003 and was awarded “Best Paper.”

“Gender Differences in Ethical Behavior: A Study of Violations that Result in Automatic Expulsion from the AICPA” presented at the American Accounting Association Southeast Regional Meeting, April 2002.

“The Effect of Gender on Violations of the AICPA Code of Conduct” presented at the annual conference of the American Society for Business and Behavioral Science, February, 2001. Published in the Proceedings.

Advisor to the Student Business Advisory Board (SBAB)

 

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