Jahidur Rahman

Educational Background

PhD in Accountancy. City University of Hong Kong.

MBA in Business Management. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.

MBA in Accounting. University of Dhaka.

BBA in Accounting. University of Dhaka.

Professional Qualification

  • Professional Body: CPA Australia
  • Professional Licenses: Certified Practising Accountant (CPA)
  • Membership Number: 10468890
  • Country: Australia

Teaching Courses

  • Principles of Accounting
  • Intermediate Accounting
  • Financial Statements Analysis
  • Cost Accounting
  • Advanced Accounting
  • Auditing Financial Statements
  • Senior Thesis

Biography

Dr. Jahidur Rahman is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting, College of Business and Public Management at Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, China. He has received his PhD from the City University of Hong Kong. His publications appeared in the Accounting & Finance, International Journal of Auditing, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Advances in Accounting, Meditari Accountancy Research, Managerial Auditing Journal, Oxford University Press, Journal of Family Business Management, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Corporate Governance, and Business Ethics. Further to his academic record, Dr Rahman is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA).

Research Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approches
  • Auditing
  • ESG
  • Family firms

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Accounting, Wenzhou-Kean University, China (Since 2016-present)
  • Instructor of Accounting (additional responsibility as PhD student). Department of Accountancy. City University of Hong Kong.
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting. Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh.
  • Lecturer of Accounting. Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh.
  • Assistant Director of Students’ Welfare. University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh

Recent Publications (Selected)

REFERRED JOURNALS

  1. Rahman, M. J., & Zhu, H. (2023). Predicting accounting fraud using imbalanced ensemble learning classifiers–evidence from China. Accounting & Finance[SSCI, ABDC (A) and SJR (Q1)] https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13044
  2. Rahman, M.J., Zhu, H. and Jiang, X. (2023), “Family firms, client importance, and auditor reporting behavior: evidence from China”, Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. [ABDC (A) and SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-08-2022-1787
  3. Hossain, M. M., Rana, T., Nahar, S., Rahman, M. J., & Lema, A. C. (2022). Regulatory influence on sustainability reporting: evidence from Murray–Darling Basin Authority in Australia. Meditari Accountancy Research, (ahead-of-print). [ABDC (A) and SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-07-2020-0943
  4. Cahan, S. F., Lam, B. M., Li, L., & Rahman, J. M. (2021). Information Environment and Stock Price Synchronicity: Evidence from Auditor Characteristics. International Journal of Auditing, 25(2), 332-350. [SSCI, ABDC (A) and SJR (Q1)] https://doi.org/10.1111/ijau.12221
  5. Hossain, M. M., M. Rahman., and Rahman, M.J. (2023). Covid 19 corruption in the public health sector – Emerging evidence from Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning. Oxford University Press. [SSCI, SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad036
  6. Rahman, M.J., Zhu, H. and Chen, S. (2023), “Does CSR reduce financial distress? Moderating effect of firm characteristics, auditor characteristics, and covid-19”, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. [SJR (Q1)] https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-04-2023-0081
  7. Rahman, M.J., Zhu, H. and Hossain, M.M. (2023), “Auditor choice and audit fees through the lens of agency theory: evidence from Chinese family firms”, Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print [SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-02-2023-0027
  8. Rahman, M. J., & Ziru, A. (2022). Clients’ digitalization, audit firms’ digital expertise, and audit quality: evidence from China. International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, (ahead-of-print). [SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-08-2022-0170
  9. Rahman, M. J., & Chen, X. (2022). CEO characteristics and firm performance: evidence from private listed firms in China. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, (ahead-of-print). [SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-01-2022-0004
  10. Rahman, M. J., & Zheng, X. (2022). Whether family ownership affects the relationship between CSR and EM: evidence from Chinese listed firms. Journal of Family Business Management, (ahead-of-print). [SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-03-2022-0030
  11. Rahman, M. J., Ding, J., Hossain, M. M., & Khan, E. A. (2022). COVID-19 and earnings management: a comparison between Chinese family and non-family enterprises. Journal of Family Business Management, (ahead-of-print). [SJR (Q1)https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-01-2022-0011

REFERRED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Rahman, M. J., & Zhu, H. (2023). Detecting Accounting Fraud in Family Firms: Evidence from Machine Learning Approaches. American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference. To be Held on 4 August 2023.
  2. Rahman, M.J., Yushan, Y., Ziqi, Y., and Yuhan, Y. (2021). Expanded Audit Report: What They and Why Are They Important. American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference. Held on 4 August 2021.
  3. S. Agnes Cheng, Lam Mo, Gladie Lui and Rahman, M. J. (10-13 August 2020). “How Does Social Capital Affect Operational Efficiency?” American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia USA.
  4. Lam, Mo, Lina Z. Li and Rahman, M. J. (2019) “Information Environment and Stock Price Synchronicity: Evidence from Auditor Characteristics” Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, (AFAANZ) Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
  5. Rahman, M. J. (5-9 August 2017). “Client Importance and Auditor Independence: Joint effect of Formal and Informal Institution”, American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, San Diego, CA, USA.
  6. Rahman, M. J. (2-4 July 2017) “Client Importance and Auditor Independence: A test of Gray’s Secrecy Theory”, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, (AFAANZ) Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
  7. Rahman, M. J. (6-10 August 2016) “Client Importance and Auditor Independence: A Test of Gray’s Secrecy Theory”.  American Accounting Association (AAA), New York, USA