Angie Abdel Zaher

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Position: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Accounting
Email: angie.zaher@aucegypt.edu

Brief Biography

Angie Abdel Zaher has been an associate professor in the Department of Accounting at The American University in Cairo (AUC) since 2009. She earned her BA and PhD in accounting from Florida International University in 1997 and 2009, respectively and her MBA from AUC in June 2000. Before receiving her PhD, Abdel Zaher pursued a successful career in corporate accounting locally and globally in some of the top multinational companies. She had various functions ranging from auditing, general accounting, cost accounting, planning, and controlling supervisory roles in some of the world’s top multinational corporations. She started her career with KPMG as a staff auditor for the USAID division in Cairo, Egypt. Later, she joined 3M Corporation as their cost accountant in Dallas, Texas. She started out at DaimlerChrysler as a business development analyst and was later promoted to planning and reporting supervisor for the Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge brands in Cairo, Egypt. She was the accounting manager for Vehicle Division at Toyota Tsusho Corporation in Miami, Florida, and the Parts and Accessory center for Fort Lauderdale in the United States. Abdel Zaher was the senior financial analyst for Johnson and Johnson's research and development section in Skillman, New Jersey. Her fifteen years of corporate professional expertise crosses different industries and geographic markets, giving Abdel Zaher a unique competitive edge that is leveraged in her teaching techniques and research. Her passion for the profession is what drives her teaching style, as she has implemented innovative teaching techniques like the DSRP framework and the drawing for understanding to enhance students' critical thinking skills in accounting. Zaher has been an active member of the American and European Accounting Association, where her research has been presented and discussed. Abdel Zaher's research can be found in the International Journal of Corporate Governance, International Journal of Business, Corporate Ownership and Control, Journal of Accounting and Finance, International Journal of Finance and The Journal of Economic Asymmetries.

Research Interest

Auditing
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibilities
Firm Performance

40th EBES Conference – Istanbul, July 6-8, 2022. Managerial Influence on Auditor's Efficiency.
Annual Event Of Finance Research Letters 2022 CEMLA Conference: New Advances In International Finance 21–22 April 2022, New Mexico, Mexico. Savvy CEOs' impact on auditor's efficiency.
38th EBES Conference - Warsaw Managerial Ability and Audit Report Lag January 12th, 13th, and 14th, 2022
Angie Abdel Zaher. Managerial Abilitiy and Fraudlent Financial Reporting. Forensic Accounting Section. American Accounting Association (AAA) 2022 on March 4-5.
Abdelzaher, Dina, Alex Martynov and Angie Abdel Zaher. Vulnerability to Climate Change: Are Innovative Countries in a Better Position?. The Academy of International Business (AIB) Proceeding 2019. San Antonio, Texas. Oct 17-19, 2019.
Abdel Rahim, Heba, Melanie Lorenz and Angie Abdel Zaher. Do Cross-Cultural Differences Affect Interpretations of Social Norms in Contract Choices? Evidence from a Dyadic Experiment Across Two Countries. AIB 2019 Copenhagen. The Academy of International Business (AIB) annual meetings. The sixteenth Annual Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS).
Abdel Rahim, Heba, Melanie Lorenz and Angie Abdel Zaher. Effects of Cultural Differences on Cooperation in Labor Markets: Evidence from a Dyadic Real- Time Experiment Across Two Countries. American Accounting Association (AAA) - 2018 Annual meeting at the Global Emerging Scholars Research Workshop in Washington, D.C. August 5, 2018.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. and Dina M. Abdelzaher. Seeking an Accurate Audit Assessment: Can Corporate Social Performance Provide Clues? 2018 American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Research Interaction Forum. August 6-8.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. and Dina M. Abdelzaher. Auditor’s Risk? Have Auditor’s Failed To Consider The Corporate Social Performance? European Accounting Association (EAA) 2017. Valencia, Spain May 10-13th, 2017.
Abdelzaher, Dina, Angie Abdelzaher, and Jean Walker. How Spirituality Impacts Consistent Employee Performance in Family Business during Turbulence? In Academy of Management (AOM) Proceedings (Vol. 2017, No. 1, p. 15575). Academy of Management.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. and Dina M. Abdelzaher. Does corporate social performance matters? American Accounting Association (AAA). 2017 Auditing Midyear Section Meeting. Orlando, Florida Jan 12-14th, 2017.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. and Dina M. Abdelzaher. Women on Boards and Firm Performance in Egypt: The Market Does Not Discriminate. American Accounting Association (AAA) 2017. Auditing Midyear Section Meeting. Orlando, Florida Jan 12-14th, 2017.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. and Dina M. Abdelzaher. Corporate Social Performance and Audit Pricing. 2016 American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting Global Emerging Scholars Research Workshop. New York, August 6-10, 2016.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. and Dina M. Abdelzaher. How Board Diversity Affects Firm Performance in Emerging Markets. CIK (Cyrus Institute of Knowledge). American University in Cairo Conference. 14-17 March 2016.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M.Executive Profiling and Firm Resolutions 2014 American Accounting Association (AAA) Southeast Regional Meeting St. Petersburg FL on April 3–5, 2014.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. The Association between Audit Opinion and Executive Turnover. 2011 American Accounting Association (AAA) Southeast Regional Meeting Destin, Florida April 7-9.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. Institutional Ownership and Restructuring Charges Shielding Effect on Executive Cash Compensation. American Accounting Association (AAA). March 2011 Annual Meeting Program. Houston, Texas. March 6-9..
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. The Effect of Restructuring Charges and Corporate Governance Mechanisms on CEO Pay for Performance Sensitivity. 2010 American Accounting Association (AAA) International Accounting Conference. Palm Springs, California. January 28-30, 2010.
Abdel Zaher, Angie M. The Effect of Restructuring Charges and Corporate Governance Mechanisms on CEO Cash Compensation”. 2nd Balkans and Middle East Countries Conference on Auditing and Accounting History Istanbul, Turkey. September 15-18, 2010. The conference proceedings (2BMAC) are published in 3 volumes.

ACCT 2001 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACCT 2002 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACCT 3001 - Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 3004 - Cost Accounting
ACCT 3005 - Auditing
ACCT 4003 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting

Angie Abdel Zaher

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