Maria Joao Martins Ferreira Major

Maria Joao Martins Ferreira Major ISCTE Business School University Institute of Lisbon Portugal

Biography

Maria Major, Ph.D. (University of Manchester, UK), is an associate professor of Management Accounting at Lisbon University Institute (IUL-ISCTE), Portugal and a researcher at UNIDE/BRU. Her research interests lie in management accounting change both in private and public organisations. Prof. Major has published in academic journals including ‘Management Accounting Research’, ‘The European Accounting Review’, ‘Accounting, Organizations and Society’ and ‘Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal’.

Research Interest

Analysis of management accounting change in public and private organisations informed by institutional theory; case study research methods in management accounting studies; activity-based costing and balanced scorecard; accounting change in health care.