Faculty Profile

Joseph Mensah

Onumah

Title: 

Dr

Role/Position: 

Senior Lecturer

Office Location: 

G12

Email: 

jmonumah@ug.edu.gh

Biography: 

Dr Onumah holds a BSc Administration and MBA degrees from UGBS, and PhD (Accounting & Finance) from Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. He started as a graduate/teaching assistant at UGBS and was examiner for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG). He was an adjunct lecturer and later external examiner for GIMPA at Greenhill and Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), University of Sierra Leone, Freetown. He currently examines for the University of Cape Coast, University of Education, Winneba, Methodist University College and Islamic University College

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Research

Research : 

His research and consulting interests are in accounting education, corporate governance and accounting issues in both the public and private sectors.

Teaching

Teaching: 

His academic interests are in accounting education, corporate governance and accounting issues in both the public and private sectors

Journal Publications

Journal Publications: 

Asare, N., Arku, J. S., & Onumah, J. M. (2014), Intellectual Capital Disclosures in Ghana: The views of Stakeholders, Research Journal of Finance & Accounting, Vol. 5, No. 18, 51-63

Asare, N., Onumah, J. M., & Simpson, S. N. Y. (2013). Exploring the disclosure of intellectual capital in Ghana: Evidence from listed companies, Journal of Accounting & Marketing, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 1-

Awayiga, J. W., Onumah, J. M. & Tsamenyi, M. (2010). Knowledge and skills development of accounting graduates: The perceptions of graduates and employers in Ghana, Accounting Education, 19, 1,139-158

Simpson, S. N. Y., & Onumah, J. M. (2010). Performance contracts and state enterprises: The Ghanaian perspective, African Journal of Administrative Studies, 75, 19-35

Bokpin, A. G., & Onumah, J. M. (2009). An empirical analysis of the determinants of corporate investment decisions: Evidence from emerging firms, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 33, 134-141.

Issahaq, Z., Bokpin, G. A., & Onumah, J. M. (2009). Corporate governance, ownership,structure, cash holdings and firm value on Ghana Stock Exchange, The Journal of Risk Finance, Vol. 10, No.5, 488-499.

Onumah, J. M., & Simpson, S. N. Y. (2008). The accounting discipline and the government budgeting concept, International Journal on Government Financial Management, 8(2), 1-18.

Tsamenyi, M., Onumah, J. M., & Tetteh-Kumah, E. (2008). Post-privatization performance and organizational changes: Case studies from Ghana, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Vol. 21, Issue 5,428-442.

Tsamenyi, M., Enninful-Adu, E., & Onumah, J. M. (2007). Disclosure and corporate governance in developing countries: Evidence from Ghana, Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, 319-334

Book Chapter

Book Chapter - Edited Books: 

Onumah, J. M. (2013). The research journey: The other aspect of the academic life as seen through a doctoral study, Enhancing the Development Agenda through Research in Accounting Practices and Education, Business Series 1, 15-32

Bedi, I., & Onumah, J. M. (2013). Examination of the threats to the auditor’s independence in Ghana, Enhancing the Development Agenda through Research in Accounting Practices and Education, Business Series 1, 145-156

Onumah, J. M. & Owusu, G. M. Y. (2013). Challenges of implementing the medium term expenditure framework in developing countries: Evidence from Ghana, Enhancing the Development Agenda through Research in Accounting Practices and Education, Business Series 1, 173-189

Onumah, J. M., Amidu, M. and Asare, N., (2013) Determinants of intellectual capital disclosures: evidence from Ghana, Enhancing the Development Agenda through Research in Accounting Practices and Education, Business Series 1, 73-90

Onumah, J. M., Kuipo, R., & Obeng, V. A. (2012). Effectiveness of internal control systems of listed firms in Ghana, Accounting in Africa (Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 12A), 31-49

Onumah, J. M., Gariba, F., Packeys, A., & Agyapong, R. A. (2012). The banking industry requirements of accounting graduates in Ghana, Accounting in Africa (Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, Volume 12A), 75-105

Onumah, J. M., Antwi-Gyamfi, N. Y., Djin, M., & Adomako, D. (2012). Ethics and accounting education in a developing country: Exploratory evidence from the premier University in Ghana, Accounting in Africa (Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 12A), 127-154.

Onumah, J. M., & Krah, R. Y. (2012). Barriers and catalysts to effective internal audit in the Ghanaian public sector, Accounting in Africa (Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 12A), 177-207

Onumah, J. M., Simpson, S. N. Y., & Babonyire, A. (2009). The audit expectation gap concept: Examining views on auditors’ reports from Ghana, Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 9, 327-350

Adom-Aduamoah, Tsamenyi, M., & Onumah, J. M. (2008). The influence of social and political relations on corporate governance systems: The case of rural banks in Ghana, Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, 8, 311-333.

Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings: 

Onumah, J. M., Antwi-Gyamfi, N. Y., & Djin, M. (2014), Devil in the detail: How best to integrate professional ethics into tertiary-level accounting curricula?, 4th African Accounting & Finance Association Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 3-5, 2014

Simpson S. N. Y., Onumah J. M., & Oppong-Nkrumah A. (2014). Ethics education and accounting programmes in Ghana: Does University ownership and affiliation status matter? 4th African Accounting & Finance Association Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 3-5

Bedi, I., Onumah, J. M., Ande, J. O., & Tsamenyi, M. (2014). The influence of change processes on accountancy education change in Ghana: Institutional theory perspective, 4th African Accounting & Finance Association Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 3-5

Onumah, J. M., Agyenim-Boateng, C, & Appiagyei, K. (2014). Risk disclosures in the Annual Reports of firms in Ghana, 2nd UGBS Conference on Business & Development, UGBS, Legon, July, 28 – 31

Onumah, J. M., Amidu, M., & Donkor, A. (2014). The effect of internal audit quality on earnings management, 2nd UGBS Conference on Business & Development, UGBS, Legon, July, 28 – 31

Onumah, J. M., Simpson, S. N. Y, & Tettey, H. K. (2014). The nature and effectiveness of computerized accounting information systems among trading small and medium scale enterprises in Ghana, 2nd UGBS Conference on Business & Development, UGBS, Legon, July, 28 – 31

Bedi, I., Onumah, J. M., Ande, J. O., & Tsamenyi, M. (2014). Drivers of accountancy education change in Ghana: Institutional theory perspective, International Accounting Section Midyear Conference (of the American Accounting Association), San Antonio, Texas, February 20-22

education change in Ghana: Institutional theory perspective, International Accounting Section Midyear Conference (of the American Accounting Association), San Antonio, Texas, February 20-22

Asare, N., Onumah, J. M., & Simpson, S. N. Y. (2013). Exploring the disclosure of intellectual capital in Ghana: Evidence from listed companies, 1st UGBS Conference on Business & Development, UGBS, Legon, April, 8 – 9

Bed, I. & Onumah, J. M. (2011). Examination of the threats to the independence of local Ghanaian audit firms, 1st African Accounting and Finance Association Conference, Accra, Ghana, September 7-9

Onumah, J. M. (2010), Content of accounting curriculum in undergraduate programmes, Conference organised by Department of Business Studies, Valley View University, Accra, Theme: “Accounting Education in the 21st Century”, Dodowa, 26th – 28th January

History

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