Dr Muhammad Ashraf
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Email
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Location
EBS.2.64B, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
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Profile
Biography
Junaid Ashraf holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Essex. He is a critical management researcher who approaches accounting and control as social and political practices, with a strong interest in exposing their dominative, exploitative, and exclusionary effects. His research examines issues of injustice, precarity, marginalisation, and power in organisational and public sector contexts. His research interests include public sector financial management, management control, corruption, gender, and precarious work. He has published in leading journals such as Human Relations, Work, Employment & Society, Management Accounting Research, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, International Journal of Accounting, and Financial Accountability & Management. Dr Ashraf coordinates the Accounting for Injustice, Precarity and Exclusion research stream within the Accounting Group. He currently serves as Deputy Head of the Accounting Group and is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Accountability and Global Development. He sits on the editorial boards of Organization and the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Prior to academia, he worked as a Manager in Assurance Services at a Big Four accounting firm.
Qualifications
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PhD
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FCCA
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ACA (Pakistan)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Management Accounting
Management Control
Public Sector Financial Management
Organizational Fraud
Gender and Precarious Work
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Advanced Management Accounting (BE131)
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International Management Accounting (BE154)
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Independent Research Project: Management/Marketing (BE939)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Accounting
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 1/6/2020
Publications
Journal articles (15)
Ashraf, MJ. and Pianezzi, D., (2024). Gender, Money, and Sexuality: An Exploration into the Relational Work of Pakistani Khwajasiras. Work, Employment and Society. 38 (4), 1021-1040
Ashraf, MJ., Pianezzi, D. and Awan, A., (2023). Doing Transgender ‘Right’: Bodies, Eroticism and Spirituality in Khwajasira Work. Human Relations. 76 (2), 286-309
Pianezzi, D. and Ashraf, J., (2022). Accounting for ignorance: An investigation into corruption, immigration and the State.. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. Online, 102147-102147
Arun, T., Jayasinghe, K. and Ashraf, M., (2021). Guest editorial Accounting, Accountability and Global Development: Key perspectives. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 11 (1), 1-9
Ashraf, M. and Rauf, A., (2020). Waseela Foundation: Accounting for Zakat. Asian Journal of Management Cases. 17 (1)
Ashraf, M., Muhammad, F. and Hopper, TH., (2019). Accounting signifiers, political discourse, popular resistance and legal identity during Pakistan Steel Mills attempted privatization. Critical Perspectives On Accounting. 60, 18-43
Ayaz, M., Ashraf, MJ. and Hopper, T., (2019). Precariousness, Gender, Resistance and Consent in the Face of Global Production Network’s ‘Reforms’ of Pakistan’s Garment Manufacturing Industry. Work, Employment and Society. 33 (6), 895-912
Ashraf, J. and Uddin, S., (2016). New public management, cost savings and regressive effects: A case from a less developed country. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 41, 18-33
Ashraf, J. and Uddin, S., (2015). Military, ‘managers’ and hegemonies of management accounting controls: A critical realist interpretation. Management Accounting Research. 29, 13-26
Ashraf, J. and Uddin, S., (2015). Management Accounting Research and Structuration Theory: A Critical Realist Critique. Journal of Critical Realism. 14 (5), 485-507
Ashraf, MJ. and Bhatti, A., (2015). Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre. Asian Journal of Management Cases. 11 (2)
Junaid Ashraf, M. and Uddin, S., (2013). A Consulting Giant; a Disgruntled Client: A ‘Failed’ Attempt to Change Management Controls in a Public Sector Organisation. Financial Accountability & Management. 29 (2), 186-205
Stergiou, K., Ashraf, J. and Uddin, S., (2013). The role of structure and agency in management accounting control change of a family owned firm: A Greek case study. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 24 (1), 62-73
Ashraf, J., Ahmad, Z. and Chaudhry, I., (2013). Livestock Valuation in a Dairy Business. Issues in Accounting Education. 28 (4), 873-883
Ashraf, J. and Ghani, WI., (2005). Accounting development in Pakistan. The International Journal of Accounting. 40 (2), 175-201
Books (1)
Mahar, AR., Bhatti, A., Ashraf, MJ. and Malik, AZ., (2024). Financial Reporting for Islamic Financial Institutions. Routledge
Book chapters (3)
Arun, T., Ashraf, M., Jayasinghe, K. and Soobaroyen, T., (2023). Accounting, Accountability and Governance in Emerging Economies: A Development Perspective. In: Handbook of Accounting, Accountability and Governance. Editors: Garry, C. and Christopher, N., . Edward Edgar Publishing. 215- 236. 9781800886537
Ashraf, MJ., Hopper, T., Lassou, P., Olayinka, M., Jayasinghe, K., Soobaroyen, T. and Uddin, S., (2019). Researching and publishing on accounting in emerging economies: an experiential account. In: The Routledge Companion to Accounting in Emerging Economies. Editors: Weetman, P. and Tsalavoutas, I., . Routledge. 1351128485. 9781351128483
(2011). Review of Management Accounting Research. In: Review of Management Accounting Research. Editors: Abdel-Kader, MG., . Palgrave Macmillan UK. 415- 449. 9781349321971
Grants and funding
2020
Developing Material for ACCA Public Financial Management Qualification for Pakistan�s Public Financial Managers
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
Contact
Academic support hours:
You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911