STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Ling Mei Cong
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
College of Business and Law
School / Department:
COBL|Graduate School of Business & Law
Phone:
+61399255756
Email:
lingmei.cong@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Associate Professor Ling Mei Cong is the Deputy Dean, Learning and Teaching, at the Graduate School of Business and Law (GSBL), RMIT University. She is an expert on digital pedagogies and curriculum design. Her research interests include corporate governance, financial reporting quality, sustainability reporting and technology-enhanced learning.
A/Professor Ling Mei Cong is an experienced executive in higher education and an expert on curriculum design in business and law. She is currently the Deputy Dean, Learning and Teaching, at the Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT. Ling Mei has over 20 years of experience at the tertiary level in the Asia Pacific region, and is a fellow of the ACCA. Ling Mei holds a PhD in accounting from Curtin University. Her main research areas include technology-enhanced learning, corporate governance, financial reporting quality, and sustainability reporting. Her publications appear in leading journals including, for example, Technovation, Journal of Strategic Marketing, and Accounting Education. Ling Mei has a passion for digital pedagogies and innovative teaching, and has rich experience in curriculum design. Her recent projects include virtual reality simulations, gamification and a virtual assistant project. During her academic career, she has received a number of teaching awards, including the 2021 RMIT L&T Citation Award for her leadership and innovation in authentic and digital designs. She received a commendation from the Open University of Australia for being an online global performance leader in 2017. The Pearson textbook she co-authored, ‘Accounting: An Introduction’, is widely adopted in Australia. She has been interviewed by media, such as Harvard Business Publishing Education and Australia Financial Review, on business program design insights and women’s leadership in business schools.
Course Coordination and Teaching
- BUSM4126/4129 Accounting for Business Decisions
- BUSM4154/4344 Financial Analytics for Managerial Decision
Research Interests
- Technology-enhanced learning
- Corporate governance
- Financial reporting quality
- Sustainability reporting
- PhD (Curtin), FCCA
- Fellow Member of ACCA
- Zhou, M.,Cong, L.,Leenders, M. (2022). Strategic intent constellations in market expansion of a Chinese firm: the case of Dalian Wanda In: Journal of Strategic Marketing, , 1 - 23
- Cong, L. (2020). Successful Factors for Adoption of Synchronous Tools in Online Teaching at Scale In: Tertiary Education in a Time of Change, Springer Nature, Singapore
- Zhou, M.,Leenders, M.,Cong, L. (2018). Ownership in the virtual world and the implications for long-term user innovation success In: Technovation, 78, 56 - 65
- Gao, J.,Cong, L.,Evans, J. (2015). Earnings management, IPO underpricing and post-issue stock performance of Chinese SMEs In: The Chinese Economy, 48, 351 - 371
- Cong, L.,Matolcsy, Z. (2014). Does CEO pay capping regulation work for Chinese state owned enterprises In: Proceedings of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (AFAANZ 2014), Auckland, New Zealand, 6-8 July 2014
- Cong, L. (2013). Earnings quality and corporate governance bonding In: Corporate Ownership and Control, 10, 183 - 194
- Cong, L. (2013). Foreign primary listings and earnings quality In: International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 104, 86 - 100
- Cong, L.,Wang, Q.,Evans, J. (2012). Determinants of excessive executive compensation In: Corporate Board, Role, Duties and Composition, 8, 32 - 47
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions
Financial accounting, Corporate governance, CSR disclosures, Capital market-based accounting research