Sijing Wei, PhD

Associate Professor

Accounting and Business Intelligence and Analytics

Sijing Wei

Contact

SijingWei@creighton.edu
Heider College of Business
Accounting and Business Intelligence & Analytics - Business
Graduate School
Business Administration MBA (Master's)
Harper Center for Student Life & Learn

Sijing Wei, PhD

Associate Professor

Accounting and Business Intelligence and Analytics

Accepting a teaching position at Creighton’s Heider College of Business was like returning home for the Department of Accounting’s newest hire, Sijing Wei, PhD, assistant professor of accounting. Though a native of Beijing, China, Sijing has lived in the United States for several years. She attended fellow Jesuit institution, St. Louis University, for her undergraduate business degree and Master’s level degree in accounting and recently earned her PhD in accounting from the University of Maryland.
 
Sijing looks forward to continuing her education, though more informally, by learning from the accounting department’s seasoned professors. But she is also excited to be in front of students in her own classroom and guide them in their academic formation. She admits that learning accounting can be “a painful experience,” and she pushes her students to excel academically, knowing the intrinsic reward of success. Yet, she is also their biggest supporter, taking concerted effort to get to know them as individuals. Sijing requests feedback after classes to check for student comprehension, and she encourages students to visit during office hours or after class.
 
In addition to helping her students grow “as whole persons,” Sijing is dedicated to adding to the body of accounting research. She has presented her dissertation and several working papers at many accounting annual and regional conferences. Her particular areas of interest are information as it pertains to voluntary disclosures, information transparency, textual analysis (MD&A of annual reports and earnings conference call), corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate reputation.
 
Beginning her career at Creighton is the “best choice I ever made in my life,” says Sijing, who finds the people here to be “abnormally nice” compared to either coast. “Being in the hallways, surrounded by teachers and students, balancing research and student interaction – I’ve found that perfect home.”

Research Focus

Voluntary Disclosure, Information Transparency, Product Market, Earnings Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Stakeholders, Corporate Reputation, Female Leadership, Textual Analysis (MD&A of Annual Report and Earnings Conference Calls), Accounting Comparability 

Department

Accounting and Business Intelligence & Analytics

Position

Associate Professor

Articles

  • European Accounting Review
    Kimbrough, M.D., Wang, X, Wei, S., Zhang J. Does voluntary disclosure resolve disagreement outside of the capital market setting? Evidence from corporate social responsibility reporting. 2022
  • Journal of Business Ethics
    Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y, Wei, S & Ge, V. My Company Cares About My Success…I Think: Clarifying Why and When a Firm’s Ethical Reputation Impacts Employees’ Career Success. 2022
  • Journal of Systems and Information Technology
    Lam, M., Lo, J., & Wei, S. Comparing IT and Non-IT Firms in Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Context for Attracting and Retaining Employees 2022
  • The Accounting Review
    Kimbrough, M.D., Wang, X., & Wei, S. The Brand Value of Earnings: An Event Study of Consumer Responses to Earnings Announcements 2022
  • Pacific Accounting Review
    Park, J. E., Wang Y., & Wei, S. Employees' Perceptions and Earnings Benchmarks. 2022
  • Journal of Forensic Accounting Research
    Dunham, L, Garcia, J, Grandstaff, J, and Wei, S. Do Employees Wave Red Flags Through the Glassdoor? 2022
  • International Trade Journal
    Briggs, K., Shirah, M., & Wei, S. Investigating the Role of International Financial Reporting Standards as a Barrier to Trade in Accounting Services 2022
  • European Accounting Review
    Park, J. E., , Wang, Y., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. Accounting Comparability and Managers' Discretionary Disclosures over Conference Calls 2022
  • Journal of Economics & Finance
    Dunham, L., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. Managerial Hedging Ability and Payout Policy 2022
  • Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
    Obonyo, T., Wei, S., Wingender, J. Maternity Leave Benefits and Firm Value 2022
  • Journal of Accounting and Economics
    Jung, B., Wang, Y., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. Employees' voluntary disclosure about business outlook and labor investment efficiency 2022
  • Business and Politics
    Liu, H, Wei, S, Zhang, J. CSR and Lobbying Expenses 2022
  • Taylor, R., Maldonado, T., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. The Role of Humble Leadership in Building Organizational Resilience 2022
  • Feng, R., Kimbrough, M.D., Liang, C., & Wei, S. Employee Forecast Dispersion and Firm Efficiency 2022
  • Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. Amplifying the Female Advantage: The Impact of Female Representation in Top Management on Employees Work Experiences 2022
  • Managerial Finance
    Lee, M.D., Obonyo, T., & Wei, S. Do CEOs Get Rewarded for CSR Activities in the Director Labor Market? 2021
  • Review of Accounting Studies
    Feng, R., Kimbrough, M.D..& Wei, S. The Role of Information Transparency in the Product Market: An Examination of the Sustainability of Profitability Differences. , p. 59 2020

Presentations

  • Kimbrough, M.D., Wang, X, Wei, S., Zhang, J. Does voluntary disclosure resolve disagreement outside of the capital market setting? Evidence from corporate social responsibility reporting. 2022
  • Ge, Y., Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2022). My Company Cares About My SuccessI Think: Clarifying Why and When a Firms Ethical Reputation Impacts Employees Career Success. 2022
  • Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2022). Amplifying the Female Advantage: The Impact of Female Representation in Top Management Teams on Employees Work Experiences. 2022
  • Ge, Y., Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2022). My Company Cares About My SuccessI Think: Clarifying Why and When a Firms Ethical Reputation Impacts Employees Career Success. 2022
  • Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2022). Amplifying the Female Advantage: The Impact of Female Representation in Top Management Teams on Employees Work Experiences. 2022
  • Park, J. E., Wang, Y., Wei, S., & Zhang. J. (2022). Accounting comparability and managers discretionary disclosures over conference calls. 2022
  • Ge, Y., Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2022). My Company Cares About My SuccessI Think: Clarifying Why and When a Firms Ethical Reputation Impacts Employees Career SuccessTop management team diversity and employee perceptions. 2022
  • Wei, S, Zhang, J., & Zhou, J. (2022). How does Employee Outlooks Relate to International Control Weakness and Remediation of International Control Weakness? 2022
  • Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y, Wei, S & Ge, Y. (2022). My Company Cares About My SuccessI Think: Clarifying Why and When a Firms Ethical Reputation Impacts Employees Career Success. 2022
  • Taylor, R., Maldonado, T., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. (2022). The Role of Humble Leadership in Building Organizational Resilience. 2022
  • Kimbrough, M.D., Yan, L, Wang, X, & Wei, S. (2022). Is Volatility in Brand Values (Different from Dispersion) a Priced Risk Factor? 2022
  • Feng, R., Kimbrough, M.D., Liang, C., & Wei, S. (2022). Employee Forecast Dispersion and Firm Efficiency. 2022
  • Jung, B., Wang, Y., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. (2022). Employees' voluntary disclosure about business outlook and labor investment efficiency. 2022
  • Obonyo, T., Wei, S., Wingender J. (2021). Maternity Leave Benefits and Firm Value. 2021
  • Rice, D., Taylor, R., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2021). Amplifying the Female Advantage: The Impact of Female Representation in Top Management Teams on Employees Work Experiences. 2021
  • Jung, B, Wang Y., Wei, S, & Zhang, J. (2021). Employees' voluntary disclosure about business outlook and labor investment efficiency. 2021
  • Price, R., Sun, Y., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2021). The Impact of Geographic Industry Clusters on MD&A Disclosure: MD&A Similarity with Local Industry Peers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association, Virtual Program 2021
  • Taylor, R., Wei, S., & Wang, Y. (2021). Top management team diversity and employee perceptions. 2021
  • Kimbrough, M.D., Wang, X, & Wei, S. (2021). The Brand Value of Earnings: An Event Study of Consumer Responses to Earnings Announcements. Paper presented at the invited workshops at the University of Maryland, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon University, and the City University of Hong Kong 2021
  • Price, R., Sun, Y., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2021). The Impact of Geographic Industry Clusters on MD&A Disclosure: MD&A Similarity with Local Industry Peers. Paper presented at the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting, Virtual Program 2021
  • Kimbrough, M.D., Yan, L, Wang, X, & Wei, S. (2021). Is Volatility in Brand Values (Different from Dispersion) a Priced Risk Factor? 2021
  • Feng, R., Kimbrough, M.D., Liang, C., & Wei, S. (2021). Dissension in the Ranks? Implications of Conflicting Employee Outlooks on Firm Efficiency. 2021
  • Kimbrough, M.D., Wang, X, Wei, S., (2019). Do Non-Investor Stakeholders Benefit from Voluntary Disclosure? Evidence from Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. Paper Presented at the the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association, San Francisco, CA 2019
  • Lee D., Obonyo, T, & Wei, S. (2019). Corporate Social Responsibility Activities and CEO Directorship Opportunities. Paper presented at the Global Jesuit Business Ethics Conference, Jerusalem, Israel 2019
  • Lee D., Obonyo, T, & Wei, S. (2019). Corporate Social Responsibility Activities and CEO Directorship Opportunities. Paper presented at the Multinational Finance Society Conference, Santa Clara, CA 2019
  • Kimbrough, M.D & Wei, S. (2019). An Examination of Individual Customers Use of Earnings Benchmarks. Presented at the invited workshops at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska-Omaha 2019
  • Kimbrough, M.D. & Wei, S. (2019). Information Transparency and Profitability Convergence. Paper presented at the National Business and Economics Society Conference, San Juan, PR 2019
  • Kimbrough, M.D. & Wei, S. (2019). Information Transparency and Profitability Convergence. Paper presented at the Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, Honolulu, HI 2019
  • Kimbrough, M.D. & Wei, S. (2019). An Examination of Individual Customers Use of Earnings Benchmarks. Paper presented at the Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, Honolulu, HI 2019
  • Kimbrough, M.D. & Wei, S. (2017). The Value Relevance of CSR: Evidence from the Association between Disagreement about CSR Performance and Disagreement About Firm Fundamentals. Paper presented at the American Accounting Association Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, IL 2017
  • American Accounting Association Mid-West Regional Conference, Chicago, 2017 2017
  • American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2017 2017
  • Wei, S. (2017). An Examination of Non-Investor Stakeholders Use of Earnings Heuristics (Dissertation). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association, San Diego, CA 2017
  • Wei, S. (2017). An Examination of Non-Investor Stakeholders Use of Earnings Heuristics (Dissertation). Paper presented at the American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Region Conference, Arlington, VA 2017
  • American Accounting Association Mid-West Regional Conference, Chicago, 2016 2016
  • Wei, S. (2016). An Examination of Non-Investor Stakeholders Use of Earnings Heuristics (Dissertation). Paper presented at the American Accounting Association Midwest Region Conference, Chicago, IL 2016
  • American Accounting Association NorthEast Regional Conference, Boston, 2016 2016

Awards

  • Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship
    Heider College of Business
  • Creighton Summer Research Grant
    Heider College of Business
  • Featured by “Creighton News” for Heider College of Business Graduate Program Award
    Direct Link: https://www.creighton.edu/news/congratulations-hcb-graduate-program-award-winners
    Creighton University
  • Creighton Outstanding Graduate Business Faculty Award
    Heider College of Business
  • Best Paper Award
    Academy of Management (AOM) Social Issues in Management (SIM) Track
  • Best Paper Award
    American Accounting Association (AAA) Gender Issues and Work life Balance Section
  • CMA Opportunity Scholarship for Faculty members
  • Nominated for the Creighton University Dr. & Mrs. Randolph Ferlic Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
    Creighton University
  • Featured by “Creighton News” for Academic Student Mentors (Research Focus) Jan 25, 2022 Direct Link: Wei and Ge: Shared Experience, Academic Focus (creighton.edu)
    Direct Link: Wei and Ge: Shared Experience, Academic Focus (creighton.edu)
    Creighton University
  • Featured on Creighton Today for Summer Research Series
    https://www.creighton.edu/publicrelations/newscenter/news/2021/august2021/august42021/sijingweisummerresearch/
    Creighton University
  • Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship
    Heider College of Business
  • Dr. George F. Haddix President’s Faculty Research Fund Award
    Creighton University
  • Union Pacific Research Fellowship
    Heider College of Business
  • CURAS Faculty Research Fund Award
    Creighton University
  • Creighton University IGGY Award
    Creighton University
  • Featured as a “Faculty Face of Creighton” in the Publication of Faces of Creighton
    Creighton University
  • Nominated for the Heider College of Business Faculty Member of the Year Award
    Heider College of Business
  • CURAS Faculty Research Fund Award
    Creighton University
  • Robert H. Smith School of Business Top 10% Distinguished Teaching Award
    Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
  • Robert H. Smith School of Business Top 10% Distinguished Teaching Award
    Smith School of Business, University of Maryland