About
Dr Pingli Li is an Associate Professor of Accounting and the Director of PhD Programmes at Southampton Business School. She serves as Associate Editor of Management Accounting Studies (CMAS, China) and Editorial Board Member of the Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management (ISSN: 1176-6093, Emerald).
Research
Research interests
- Management accounting practices in private and public sector organizations
- Performance measurement and management in public hospitals
- The evolving roles of accountants
- Characteristics of board members and corporate governance
- Sustainability reporting
Current research
Pingli’s primary research interests focus on management control systems and organizational change, including the institutionalization of management accounting practices and the roles of management accountants in private and public sector organizations.
Her research also extends to the characteristics of board members and corporate governance, such as the roles of female and academic directors.
In addition to the publications in a number of Chinese accounting journals, her recent publications appear in British Journal of Management, Management Accounting Research (UK) and ABACUS. She has successfully completed a number of externally funded research projects.
Currently, Pingli has been working on the projects on performance measurement and management of public hospitals, management control package and IT technology and the evolving roles of management accountants.
Pingli welcomes PhD applications in her research areas.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Teaching
Pingli undertakes the roles of Programme and Module leader, and has taught on the modules of Management Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Statement Analysis, and International Accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Biography
Pingli has previously held the roles of Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at Middlesex University (UK) and Beijing Technology & Business University (China). She has also served as the external examiner of degree programmes at a number of Universities, such as the MBA Programme at Cranfield University and MSc in Management, and at Imperial College Business School for its undergraduate programmes.
Pingli has also acted as a reviewer for several journals, including British Journal of Management, Accounting Education (an international journal), International Journal of Performability Engineering, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, and a variety of international conferences, such as Annual Meeting of America Accounting Association and Academy of Management.