John Robert Sparger

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About John Robert Sparger

Consulting website: Fall 2020 classes include ACCT 341 - Intermediate Accounting I - face-to-face/livestream and online, ACCT 342 - Intermediate Accounting II - face-to-face, ACCT 451 - Accounting Information Systems - face-to-face, and ACCT 457(G)- Fraud Examination - face-to-face. RESEARCH Interests: Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Auditing, Accounting Theory and Accounting and Audit Standards and Regulation. In Progress: • General Counsel Characteristics and Financial Reporting Quality (2016-2020). Paper based on dissertation. Co-authors: John L. Abernathy (Committee Chair) and Divesh S. Sharma (Committee Member) as traditional for the initial dissertation paper. Status: Extending data collection to include additional years of data beyond the dissertation test period. Target: Top level accounting journals. • From the Courtroom to the Boardroom: Legal Expertise on Bank Boards and Cease-and-Desist Orders (2015-2020). Paper based on archival research course assignment. Co-author: Divesh S. Sharma. Status: Data collected and analyzed, review of initial draft completed, in revision. Target: Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. • Diversity in Accounting: Are Checks Outstanding Cash or Not?(2016-2020). Paper develop in directed reading course focused on a prevalent technical accounting issue related to cash presentation. Reworked into an instruction case on addressing allowed diversity in accounting and GAAP. Co-author: None. Status: Preparing for classroom presentation. • Additional projects in Projects Section RESEARCH COURSEWORK Methods Courses: • Quantitative Research • Survey Design and Research • Advanced Business Research Analysis • Qualitative Research Methods Content: Survey design, text/content analysis, AMOS, CB-SEM, CATScanner, SmartPLS, SPSS, and STATA. Theory and Practice Courses: • Seminar in Business Research I (individual or group performance/outcomes) • Seminar in Business Research II (organizational performance/outcomes) • Seminar in Behavioral Research (accounting) • Special Topics in Accounting (archival research) • Research Methods and Dissertation Design I and II (dissertation structure and design) • Doctoral Directed Study (accounting research design and analysis)