Mohamed Drira
MOHAMED DRIRA, Assistant Professor, joined the Faculty of Business Administration in 2009 and is a member of the Accounting/MIS area. He teaches Auditing and Financial Accounting. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from HEC Montreal, a M.Sc. in accounting from the University of Sherbrooke, and a B. Sc. in accounting from IHEC Carthage.
Dr. Drira’s research interests include auditor’s client acceptance and continuance decisions, auditor liability, corporate governance, and the Too-Big-To-Fail problem.
Selected Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Drira, M. and Sahuguet, N. 2011. A Signaling Game Theoretical Model of the Auditor’s Client Acceptance Decision. Proceedings of the Eighth International Society of Dynamic Games Workshop.
Drira, M. 2009. A Theory of the Auditor’s Client Acceptance Decision. PhD Workshop, CAAA Annual Conference.
Drira, M. 2005. The Auditor Engagement: A Risk-based Mathematical Model. ASAC Conference.
External Service Activities
The Canadian Academic Accounting Association Liaison at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton campus
Ad Hoc Reviewer for papers submitted to the annual conference of: the American Accounting Association, the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, and the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
Member of the Education & Training Committee of the Montreal Chapter’s of the Institute of Internal Auditors (2008-2009)
Research Grants
Differences between the Audit Client Acceptance and Continuance Decisions, University Research Fund Competition Series 2010, University of New Brunswick, $6,700 (2011-2012)
Selected Distinctions, Honours, and Scholarships
Nominated for the “Best Thesis of the Year” Award, HEC Montreal (2011)
HEC Montreal Graduate Students Foundation Scholarship Award (2004, 2009)
HEC Montreal Chair of Governance and Forensic Accounting Scholarship (2003-2006, 2008)
Institute of Internal Auditors Scholarship Award, Montreal Chapter (2008)
The Society and Culture Research Fund of Quebec Doctoral Award (2007-2008)
Contact Information
Mohamed Drira
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Ph.D., HEC Montreal
Office Phone: (506) 447-3262
Office Location: 338 Tilley Hall
