Martin Messner

Univ. Prof. Dr.
Dean of Studies, Faculty of Business and Management

Room: o.3.37

Phone: +43 512 507 71430

Research interests:

Management accounting and control systems
Performance measurement
Accounting, accountability and managerial work

Recent publications:

Becker, A., Messner, M., & Schäffer, U. (in press). The interplay of core and peripheral actors in the trajectory of an accounting innovation: Insights from Beyond Budgeting. Contemporary Accounting Research. [link]

Jordan, S., & Messner, M. (in press). The use of forecast accuracy indicators to improve planning quality: Insights from a case study. European Accounting Review. [link]

Messner, M. (2019). "Risiken und Nebenwirkungen. Ein Beipackzettel für Controlling-Instrumente".
In: Controlling. Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung, Spezialausgabe Februar 2019/31, pp. 117 - 120. [link]

Müller, M., Huber, C., & Messner, M. (2019). Meaningful work at a distance: A case study in a hospital. European Management Journal, Vol. 37(6), pp. 719-729. [link]

Goretzki, L., & Messner, M. (2019). Backstage and frontstage interactions in management accountants' identity work. Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 74, pp. 1-20. [link]

Goretzki, L.; Lukka, K. & Messner, M. (2018). Controllers' use of informational tactics. Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 700-726. [link]

Goretzki, L.; Mack, S.; Messner, M. & Weber, J. (2018). Exploring the persuasiveness of accounting numbers in the framing of ‘performance’ – A micro-level analysis of performance review meetings. European Accounting Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 495–525. [link]

Hall, M., & Messner, M. (2018). The Field Research Method as applied to Behavioural Accounting Research: Interviews and Observation. In T. Libby & L. Thorne (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Behavioural Accounting Research (pp. 225-237). London and New York: Routledge.

Messner, M., Moll, J., & Strömsten, T. (2017). Credibility and authenticity in qualitative accounting research. In Z. Hoque, L. Parker, M. A. Covaleski, & K. Haynes (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Qualitative Accounting Research Methods (pp. 432-444). London and New York: Routledge.

Interview:

Interview with Martin Messner in the Controlling & Management Review [link]

Selected activities:

Co-organiser of the annual MASOP Workshops (Management Accounting as Social and Organisational Practice), since 2008 (with Claire Dambrin, Matthew Hall and Allan Hansen).
Member of the Management Committee and Treasurer of the European Accounting Association (2012-2015)
Associate Editor, Management Accounting Research (2015-2019)
Editorial board member Accounting and Business Research; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; Accounting, Organizations and Society; Behavioral Research in Accounting; Contemporary Accounting Research; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; European Accounting Review; Issues in Accounting Education; Journal of Management Control; Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management.

Prior affiliations:

2006-2011: Assistant Professor at HEC Paris.