R. Lynn Hannan
Associate Professor
School of Accountancy
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Room: 516, RCB Building
Phone: 404-413-7212
E-Mail: rhannan@gsu.edu
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
B.A. University of Pittsburgh
B.S. Duquesne University
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Managerial Accounting
Cost Accounting
Professor Hannan joined Georgia State University in 2000. Her research draws on economic and behavioral theories to investigate managerial reporting decisions and the motivational effects of incentive systems. Several awards have recognized her research, including the 2006 Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award, the 2005 Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award, and the McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics in 1999 and 2003. Professor Hannan has published in The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research and Journal of Labor Economics. She currently serves on the Editorial Boards of The Accounting Review and Behavioral Research in Accounting.

Professor Hannan teaches managerial accounting at the undergraduate, MBA and doctoral levels and was recognized as the Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Professor for 2003. She coordinates the School of Accountancy’s Ph.D. Program.

Professor Hannan has 13 years of professional accounting experience in government and industry. She is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania.

PUBLICATIONS:
  • Hannan, R. L., R. Krishnan, and A. Newman. 2008. “The Effects of Disseminating Relative Performance Feedback in Tournament and Individual Performance Compensation Systems” The Accounting Review.
  • Hannan, R. L., F. W. Rankin and K. L. Towry. 2006 “The Effect of Information Systems on Honesty in Managerial Reporting: A Behavioral Perspective.” Contemporary Accounting Research.
  • Hannan, R. L. 2005 "The Combined Effect of Wages and Firm Profit on Employee Effort" The Accounting Review.
  • Hannan, R. L., V. B. Hoffman, and D. V. Moser. 2005. “Bonus versus Penalty: Does Contract Frame Affect Employee Effort?” Experimental Business Research.
  • Hannan, R. L., J. H. Kagel, and D. V. Moser. 2002. "Partial Gift Exchange in Experimental Labor Markets: Impact of Subject Population Differences, Productivity Differences and Effort Requests on Behavior" Journal of Labor Economics.