Senior Lecturer
BSc(Shangdong), MSc(Stirling), PhD (Waik), CA, Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
Tel +64 3 479 4323
Email yimei.man@otago.ac.nz
Office 4.17
Dr Yimei Man is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Otago and a Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Since joining the Department of Accountancy and Finance in 2020, she has established herself as a dynamic researcher and educator with a passion for impactful, policy-relevant research.
She holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Waikato, an MSc in Finance from the University of Stirling (UK), and a BSc from Shandong University of Finance and Economics (China). Her diverse academic and professional journey informs her interdisciplinary approach to both research and teaching.
Dr Yimei’s research explores the complex dynamics of corporate governance, including topics such as agency conflicts, earnings management, audit quality, board effectiveness, and firm performance. Her work increasingly engages with emerging areas like sustainability reporting and behavioural dimensions of accounting and finance.
She has published in highly regarded international journals and regularly presents her research at leading academic conferences, including the Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (FMCG) Conference and the New Zealand Finance Meeting.
Her research is guided by a commitment to improving transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership in corporate settings.
Research interests
- Corporate governance
- Agency conflicts
- Earnings management
- Auditing
- Board characteristics
- Firm performance
- Asset pricing
- Behavioral accounting
- Sustainability.
Publications
Man, Y. (2025). Psychological drivers of sustainability: Examining happiness and progress toward the SDGs. Cleaner Production Letters, 9, 100103. doi: 10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100103 Journal - Research Article
Benjamin, S. J., Man, Y., & Biswas, P. K. (2025). The impact of negative online word-of-mouth on corporate financial strategy: A focus on the level of cash holding. Applied Economics. Advance online publication. Journal - Research Article
Bhuiyan, M. B. U., & Man, Y. (2025). Environmental violation and cost of equity capital: Evidence from Europe. Business Strategy & the Environment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/bse.4315 Journal - Research Article
Bhuiyan, M. B. U., Man, Y., & Lont, D. H. (2024). Audit report lag and the cost of equity capital. Journal of Capital Market Studies, 8(2), 212-241. doi: 10.1108/JCMS-02-2024-0008 Journal - Research Article
Benjamin, S. J., Biswas, P. K., Wellalage, N. H., & Man, Y. (2023). Environmental disclosure and its relation to waste performance. Meditari Accountancy Research, 31(6), 1545-1577. doi: 10.1108/MEDAR-04-2021-1261 Journal - Research Article