Zhihong Wang

Associate Professor, School of Business

Research interests include: investigating the impact of corporate executives and corporate governance on financial accounting, auditing, and managerial practices.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Accounting, Bentley University, 2012
  • M.Phil. in Accounting, Lingnan University, 2008
  • M.B.A. in Business Administration, Xi’an University of Technology, 2005
  • B.A. in Accounting, Beijing Technology and Business University, 2003

Affiliated Department

School of Business

Scholarly and creative works

  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Adopting Modern Technology to Evaluate Investments in Circular Economy

    Published in Amplify
    10
    2023
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh
  • Presentations

    CEO Political Preferences, Social Capital, and Tax Avoidance

    SOM Research Seminar Series
    Clark University
    March
    2022
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Jeong-Bon Kim
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Educate to Innovate: STEM directors and corporate innovation

    Published in Journal of Business Research
    Jan/2022
    2022
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Jeong-Bon Kim, Ray Wang
  • Presentations

    Social Dominance, Economic and Ecological Ideologies, and Support for Corporate Accountability

    38th EBES Conference
    Warsaw (Online)
    January
    2022
    Sponsored by https://ebesweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/38th-EBES-Conference-Program.pdf
    Zhihong Wang, William Shafer, Tien-Shih Hsieh
  • Presentations

    Mr. Goody-goody? Facial Trustworthiness and Analyst Forecast Behaviour

    Invited presentation at the research seminar series at Rutgers Business School
    Rutgers Business School online research seminar
    March
    2021
    Sponsored by Rutgers Business School
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Byron Y Song, Ray R Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Seeing is believing? Executives’ facial trustworthiness, auditor tenure, and audit fees

    Published in Journal of Accounting and Economics
    2020
    Vol. 69
    Issue #1
    Tien-Shih Hsieh, Jeong-Bon Kim, Ray R Wang, Zhihong Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Entrepreneurs’ facial trustworthiness, gender, and crowdfunding success

    Published in Journal of Corporate Finance
    2020
    Vol. 64
    Yang Duan, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Ray R Wang, Zhihong Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Support for Economic Inequality and Tax Evasion

    Published in Sustainability
    2020
    Vol. 12
    Issue #19
    William E Shafer, Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh
  • Presentations

    Facial Trustworthiness, Gender, and Crowdfunding Success

    AAA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting
    Online
    August
    2020
    Sponsored by American Accounting Association
    Zhihong Wang, Yang Duan, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Ray Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Factors Associated with Companies’ Choices of XBRL Implementation Strategies: Evidence from the US Market

    Published in Journal of Information Systems
    2019
    Vol. 33
    Issue #3
    Tien-Shih Hsieh, Zhihong Wang, Mohammad J Abdolmohammadi
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Does XBRL disclosure management solution influence earnings release efficiency and earnings management?

    Published in International Journal of Accounting & Information Management
    2019
    Vol. 27
    Issue #1
    Tien-Shih Hsieh, Zhihong Wang, Mohammad Abdolmohammadi
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Corporate Social Responsibility Exposure and Performance of Mutual Funds

    Published in The Journal of Investing
    2019
    Vol. 28
    Issue #2
    X i Dong, Shu Feng, Sitikantha Parida, Zhihong Wang
  • Presentations

    Support for economic inequality and tax evasion

    Society for Business Ethics 2019 Annual Meeting
    Boston
    August
    2019
    Sponsored by Society for Business Ethics
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, William Shafer
  • Presentations

    XBRL Detailed Tagging, Financial Performance and Corporate Narrative Disclosures

    AAA 2019 Annual Meeting
    San Francisco
    August
    2019
    Sponsored by American Accounting Association
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh
  • Presentations

    Facial Trustworthiness, Gender, and Crowdfunding Success

    2019 FMA Asia/Pacific Conference
    Vietnam
    2019
    Sponsored by Financial Management Association
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Ray Wang, Yang Duan
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Overconfidence and tax avoidance: The role of CEO and CFO interaction

    Published in Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
    2018
    Vol. 37
    Issue #3
    Tien-Shih Hsieh, Zhihong Wang, Sebahattin Demirkan
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    CSR Performance and the Readability of CSR Reports: Too Good to be True?

    Published in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
    2018
    Vol. 25
    Issue #1
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Joseph Sarkis
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Machiavellianism, social norms, and taxpayer compliance

    Published in Business Ethics: A European Review
    2018
    Vol. 27
    Issue #1
    William E Shafer, Zhihong Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Financial Crisis and Corporate Social Responsible Mutual Fund Flows

    Published in International Journal of Financial Studies
    2018
    Vol. 6
    Issue #1
    Sitikantha Parida, Zhihong Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Do STEM-educated boards contribute to innovation activities in large companies?

    Published in IEEE Engineering Management Review
    2018
    Vol. 46
    Issue #4
    Tien-Shih Hsieh, Jeong-Bon Kim, Ray R Wang, Zhihong Wang
  • Presentations

    Seeing Is Believing: Evidence from Facial Trustworthiness and Audit Fees

    2018 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
    Washington D.C.
    August
    2018
    Sponsored by American Accounting Association
    Zhihong Wang, Jeong Bon Kim, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Ray Wang
  • Presentations

    Educate to Innovate: Evidence from STEM Board Directors and Corporate Innovation.

    2018 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
    Washington D.C.
    August
    2018
    Sponsored by American Accounting Association
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Jeong Bon Kim, Ray Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Factors associated with internal audit function involvement with XBRL implementation in public companies: An international study

    Published in International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
    2017
    Vol. 25
    Mohammad J Abdolmohammadi, Steven M DeSimone, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Zhihong Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Corporate social responsibility governance, outcomes, and financial performance

    Published in Journal of Cleaner Production
    2017
    Vol. 162
    Zhihong Wang, Joseph Sarkis
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    A cross-cultural comparative study of internal auditor skills: UK vs Korea

    Published in Journal of Applied Accounting Research
    2017
    Vol. 18
    Issue #3
    Inshik Seol, Joseph Sarkis, Zhihong Wang
  • Presentations

    Factors associated with XBRL Implementation Strategies

    2017 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
    San Diego, CA
    August
    2017
    Sponsored by American Accounting Association
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Mohammad Abdolmohammadi
  • Presentations

    Factors associated with XBRL Implementation Strategies.

    2017 European Accounting Association Annual Congress
    Valencia, Spain
    June
    2017
    Sponsored by European Accounting Association
    Zhihong Wang, Tien-Shih Hsieh, Mohammad Abdolmohammadi
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Investigating the relationship of sustainable supply chain management with corporate financial performance

    Published in International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
    2013
    Vol. 62
    Issue #8
    Zhihong Wang, Joseph Sarkis
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Effects of ethical context and Machiavellianism on attitudes toward earnings management in China

    Published in Managerial Auditing Journal
    2011
    Vol. 26
    Issue #5
    William E Shafer, Zhihong Wang
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Effects of ethical context on conflict and commitment among Chinese accountants

    Published in Managerial Auditing Journal
    2010
    Vol. 25
    Issue #4
    William E Shafer, Zhihong Wang

Awards and grants

  • General Research Fund

    University Grants Committee Hong Kong