John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation

Dr. Heba Abdel-Rahim is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Toledo. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Accounting from J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. She holds a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Florida and obtained her Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from Assiut University, Egypt. She is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

Professor Abdel-Rahim’s experimental research examines the effects of managerial accounting systems and practices (e.g., participative budgeting, cost estimation, performance measurement, and evaluation) on behavior and decision-making within the firm. Her research has been published in Top Accounting Journals listed in the Financial Times 50 List (e.g., Accounting, Organizations, and Society; Contemporary Accounting Research). Her research has received several funding grants from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR).

Professor Abdel-Rahim taught a variety of classes including advanced managerial accounting, cost accounting and introduction to managerial accounting at the Master and undergraduate levels.

Professor Abdel-Rahim currently serves as the Director of the Ohio Region for Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA).

She also serves as coordinator of the research seminar hosted jointly by the accounting and the finance departments at the University of Toledo.

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, Accounting

The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 2009
Master of Science, Accounting

Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt 2005
Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) 

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Selected Journal Publications

Abdel-Rahim, H. Y., & Stevens, D. E. (2018). Information system precision and honesty in managerial reporting: A re-examination of information asymmetry effects. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 64, 31-43. (Financial Times 50 Journal)

Abdel‐Rahim, H. Y., Hales, J., & Stevens, D. E. (2022). How far will managers go to look like a good steward? An examination of preferences for trustworthiness and honesty in managerial reporting. Contemporary Accounting Research, 39(2), 1023-1053. (Financial Times 50 Journal)

Abdel-Rahim, H. Y., Lorenz, M. P., & Zaher, A. A. (2022). How do cultural difference, cultural exposure, and CQ affect interpretations of trust from contract choices? Evidence from dyadic cross-country experiments. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 96, 101282. (Financial Times 50 Journal)

Published Journal Articles

Abdel-Rahim, H. Y., & Stevens, D. E. (2018). Information system precision and honesty in managerial reporting: A re-examination of information asymmetry effects. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 64, 31-43. (Financial Times 50 Journal)

Abdel‐Rahim, H. Y., Hales, J., & Stevens, D. E. (2022). How far will managers go to look like a good steward? An examination of preferences for trustworthiness and honesty in managerial reporting. Contemporary Accounting Research, 39(2), 1023-1053. (Financial Times 50 Journal)

Abdel-Rahim, H. Y., Lorenz, M. P., & Zaher, A. A. (2022). How do cultural difference, cultural exposure, and CQ affect interpretations of trust from contract choices? Evidence from dyadic cross-country experiments. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 96, 101282. (Financial Times 50 Journal)

Abdel-Rahim, Heba. (2021). The effectiveness of online teaching and learning tools: Students’ perceptions of usefulness in an upper-level accounting course. Learning and Teaching. Accepted for Publication. 

Abdel-Rahim, Heba, & Abdel-Rahim, Y. (April 2012). Green Accounting: A proposition for Environmental Accounting/Reporting Conceptual Implementation Methodology. Journal of Sustainability and Green Business, 1(1-18). Publication Link

Abdel-Rahim, Heba, Kuang, Xi Jason, and Jeremy Lill. "Remote work and budgetary reporting." Strategic Finance 103, no. 8 (2022): 50-56.

 

• Accounting for Business Decision (BUAD 2050)
• Cost Accounting (ACCT 3320)
• Advanced Managerial Accounting (ACCT 6310)

• MAS (Management Accounting Section) Director of the Ohio Region, AAA, 2020-present.
• University of Toledo Summer Research Grant (U Toledo-Wide Competitive Grant), 2022.
• URFO (University Research Funding Opportunities) Small Grant Award, U Toledo, 2022.
• College of Business Innovation Award, 2021.
• College of Business and Innovation Best Paper Award, U Toledo, 2018.
• Inducted Faculty for the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter (Voted for by students), U Toledo, 2018.
• Kohler International Travel Grant (competitive grant), U Toledo, 2018.
• URFO (University Research Funding Opportunities) Small Grant Award, U Toledo, 2018.
• University of Toledo Summer Research Grant (U Toledo-Wide Competitive Grant), 2017.
• Center of the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR) Doctoral Fellowship (AYs 2013/14/15/16).
• Dean’s Teaching Fellowship, Georgia State University (AY 2015/16).
• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Competitive Summer Scholarship Award, 2014.
• BI-National Fulbright Commission Master Degree Grant at the U of Florida (AY 2008/09).
• IASCA (International Arab Society of Certified Accountants) Scholarship (Covers IACPA Exams & Certification) upon nomination by Assiut Univ., Egypt. (2005-2006).
• Ranked “the Second with Honors,” in B.S. Accounting, Assiut University, Egypt, 2005.Ranked “the Second with Honors,” in B.S. Accounting, Assiut University, Egypt, 2005.