Dr. Michael Yeboah
Designation
Head of Department
Staff Grade
Senior Lecturer
Department
Centre for Technology Transfer & Skills Development
Faculty
Business School
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Dr. Michael Yeboah was born in and grown up in Kumasi, Ghana. After his graduation of senior high school, he has admission to Christian Service University College, an affiliate to University of Ghana- Legon and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting option degree in 2008. Received his MBA in Accounting from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2011. Currently, he holds Ph.D. from the University of Pecs in Hungary. In January, 2012 he started a part- time job as a Facilitator in Project Management and Accounting for Non- Accountants, at African Centre for Capacity Building (AFCAB) in Accra, Ghana. Michael is a results-oriented Finance and Accounting professional with over 12 years of experience in privately held enterprises. He is linked with the Faculty of Business and Management Studies at Kumasi Technical University since 2012 as a full-time lecturer at the Department of Accounting and Accounting Information Systems. His main areas of interest are Financial Reporting and Corporate Finance. He serves as an examination coordinator responsible for Accountancy programs with the IDCE and Current the Head of Centre for Technology Transfer and Skill Development. He has generally linked his publications and service activities to topics consistent with undergraduate education in Accounting. He extends this emphasis to instructional strategies and technologies applicable to the benefit of students. 

Michael has 10 years proven track record with a minimum of 5 years in a top industry management position in development work or poverty alleviation programmes with proven initiative, flexibility, and enthusiasm in managing complex activities in a changing environment.

• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.

• Proficiency in English and fluency of local languages is an advantage to the role.

• Strong leadership and management skills.

• Strong analytical/problem solving, and crisis, conflict, and risk management skills.

• Demonstrated top management expertise, including proven ability to develop the capacities of multi-disciplinary professional teams undertaking comprehensive poverty alleviation strategies.

       

Personally, he enjoys the intensity of the diverse teaching assignments and satisfies an eagerness for continuous opportunities to learn and improve his teaching and professional skills. Teaching diverse topics provides the ideal opportunity to observe the diversity of learning strategies. He has learned to adapt the format of the instruction to accommodate course content, student experience, and learning preference. He has gained the power to develop himself to give the best of industry knowledge, skills, and abilities to those whom he teaches. He looks for instilling in all his students the respect for real professionalism, professionally based knowledge, a high level of ethics, and a sense of responsibility towards their society.

Michael completed a residency training program sponsored by the World Bank through the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana in 2014 and since served as a Trainer on IFRS. He prepares and motivate students toward investment, job creation, and wealth creation. This familiarity with industry (Hospitals, Schools, Unilever, and Nestle Ghana. Key Distributors) has enabled him to sake permanent job employment for both Technical University graduates and others in the community. He is a member of both the Chartered Institute of Financial and Investment Analysts, Ghana, and the British Accounting and Financial Association (UK). An important contribution to his effectiveness as a lecturer has been his public and private sector experience. This experience adds credibility to the information he provides to students especially in the areas of Hygiene and accounting technology. By personality, his service contributions include participation in motivating private companies to prepare their financial statement in accordance with IFRS. He is serving as an Educational Ambassador to Voices of African Mothers Inc. - USA.  At the University level, He serves as a member of the Accountancy Committee on IGF, Welfare, and Quality Assurance.

  • Farazila Rita ABD Jamil, Mazurina Mohd Ali and Michael Yeboah (2022). ‘’The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Dimensions on Firm Performance: A Perspective of Government-Linked Companies in Malaysia. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 9(7), pp.0063-0079.
  •  Benjamin Yeboah, Thomas Adomah Worae and Michael Yeboah, (2022). "Survey of Reserves Reactions to the GDP Per Capita in Ghana" The Journal of Accounting and Management. Vol. 12 (1), 152-167. ISSN: 2284-9459.
  • Appiah, K., Worae, T.A., Yeboah, B. and Yeboah, M., (2022). The causal nexus between trade openness and environmental pollution in selected emerging economies. Ecological Indicators, 138, p.108872.
  •   Yeboah, M. and Takacs, A (2019). ‘’Does Mandatory IFRS adoption Affect Cost of Equity Capital? Empirical Evidence from South African Listed Firms.’’ Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies. 5 (1), 57-70. ISSN: 2519-0318 ISSN (E) 2518-8488
  •   Yeboah, M. and Takacs, A (2019), Does Exchange Rate Matter in Profitability of Listed Companies in South Africa? An Empirical Approach. ISSN: 2146-4553. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 9(6), pp.171-178.
  • Yeboah, M., and Takacs, A. (2019). ‘’International financial reporting standards and macroeconomic indicators: Lessons from South Africa’’. ISSN: 2393-5162. Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume XIV, Summer, 2(64): 585-604. DOI:      
  •   Agyei- Mensah, B. and Yeboah, M. (2019) "Effective audit committee, audit quality and earnings management: Evidence from the Ghana Stock Exchange’’. ISSN: 1753-6723." International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, Vol.11, (2).
  •  Appiah, K., Du, J., Yeboah, M. and Appiah, R. (2019). ‘’Causal correlation between energy use and carbon emissions in selected emerging economies—panel model approach.’’ .ISSN: 09441344-1614749.  Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-17.
  • Appiah, K., Du, J., Yeboah, M. and Appiah, R. (2019). ‘’Causal relationship between Industrialization, Energy Intensity, Economic Growth and Carbon dioxide emissions: recent evidence from Uganda.’’ ISSN: 2146-4553. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 9(2), pp.237-245.
  •   Yeboah, M. and Takacs, A. (2018). ‘’The Effect of IFRS Adoption and Macroeconomic Factors on Corporate Performance: Evidence of South Africa.’’ ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-9526 / 2224-2899, WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, Volume 15.
  •  Yeboah, M. and Takacs, A. (2018), “Information Environment of IFRS Adoption and Cost of Debt Capital: Evidence from South Africa.” ISSN: 1450-2887. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 169 (2).
  • Yeboah, M., Takacs, A. (2018). ‘’Impact of IFRS Adoption on Capital Structure: Empirical Evidence from South Africa.’’ Controller Info Studies II. (ISBN 978-615-5851-

01-8), pp. 102-114.

  •  Yeboah, M., Takács A., Cziglerné Erb E. (2018). ‘’The impact of IFRS adaptation on the       capital structure: empirical experiences from South Africa.’’ ISSN: 2063-9309 Controller Info, under construction.
  •   Takács A., Szücs, T. and Yeboah, M. (2017): Impact of IFRS application on capital strength and to assess profitability. ISSN: 2063-9309.  Info Controller, 5 (4): 58-61.
  •  Yeboah, M., Takacs, A., Szücs, T. (2017), Impact of IFRS application on assessing capital strength and profitability Issue: V. ISSN: 0133-0179. ÉVF. 2017. FIG
  •  Amoako, P., Yeboah. M. and Yeboah, B. (2017) Impact of Microcredit on Poverty Reduction among Economically Active Poor in the Kumasi Metropolis. ISSN-L: 2026-5204, ADRRI Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Ghana: Vol. 14, No. 10(2), Pp. 70-86.
  •  Yeboah M. (2016), “Impact of Product Branding on Sales Revenue of Listed Companies in Ghana.” ISSN: 2222-6990. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 9. Pp. 112-124.
  •  Yeboah M. (2016), “Determinants of Superior- Subordinates Relationship in Listed Distribution Companies in Ghana.” ISSN: 2067-7721. Ideal Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, Vol.2 (3) 84-92. 
  • Yeboah M, Yeboah B., and Amoako P. (2016), “Impact of operational risks on achievement of Internally Generated Funds (IGF) in Custom Divisions of GRA in Ghana”. ISSN 1450-216X / 1450-202X European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 139 No 2, pp.152-162. May
  • Yeboah B., and Yeboah M. (2015), “When is Accounting Quality Improved? Assessing the Earning Management Effect of IFRS for South Africa,” ISSN 2249-7994.  International Journal of Accounting and Financial Management Research, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 1-16. April