Dr. Lilian Chan

Biography

Professor Chan is the Founding Director of the Graduate Diploma in Professional Accountancy program which prepares graduates of McMaster University's Commerce/MBA programs for the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) certification program. Her research examines the interrelationship between goal-setting as an impression management tactic, management control practices and performance improvement. She also studies the impact of the matching form of contingency fit between executive incentive compensation and strategy on firm performance. Her teaching focuses on the use of management accounting information in strategic development and decision making.