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Dr Rachael Lewis

Dr Rachael Lewis

Senior Lecturer
Business School
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Rachael Lewis is a lecturer in the UNSW Business School and completed her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney in 2016.

Rachael’s research interests relate to the role of management accounting and control systems in shaping managerial cognition, with a particular interest in the development of mental models and local expertise. She specialises in the application of qualitative methodologies to better understand how managers think and make decisions.

Rachael currently teaches strategic management accounting and has previous experience teaching in the areas of management control, cost management, and introductory management accounting at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Prior to undertaking her PhD Rachael worked in the Tax and Advisory departments of KPMG and as a consultant to Macquarie’s Banking and Financial Services Group.
Phone
+61 2 9065 2970
E-mail
r.lewis@unsw.edu.au
Location
3071 Quadrangle Building - Ref E15 Kensington Campus
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Brown D; McEwen C; Lewis R; Sutton N, 2024, 'Developing performance measurement research that matters: strategies for practice and policy impact', in Lillis AM; Grafton J (ed.), Handbook on Performance Measurement for Management Control, pp. 299 - 316,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Lewis RL; Sutton N; Brown DA, 2024, 'How senior managers use interactive control to manage strategic uncertainties: An attention-based view', Management Accounting Research, 62,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Brown DA; Ma N; Yang JS; Sutton N; McAllister G; Parker D; Rawlings-Way O; Lewis RL, 2023, 'The impact of business model workforce configurations on value creation and value appropriation in the Australian aged care sector', Australian Journal of Management, 48, pp. 495 - 523,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ma N; Sutton N; Yang JS; Rawlings-Way O; Brown D; McAllister G; Parker D; Lewis R, 2023, 'The quality effects of agency staffing in residential aged care', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42, pp. 195 - 203,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Mcallister G; Sutton N; Brown D; Parker D; Lewis R; Rawlings-Way O; Lin J; Harrison B, 2023, 'Using public inquiries as a data source for accounting research: A systematic review', The European Accounting Review,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sutton N; Ma N; Yang JS; Rawlings-Way O; Brown D; McAllister G; Parker D; Lewis R, 2022, 'Considering the new minimum staffing standards for Australian residential aged care', Australian Health Review, 46, pp. 391 - 397,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2019, 'Control and empowerment as an organising paradox: implications for management control systems', Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal,
  • Working Papers | 2022
    Mcallister G; Lewis R; Brown D; Rawlings-Way O; Sutton N; Parker D; Ma N, 2022, Set Up To Fail: Systemic Problems in the Business Model of In-Home Aged Care,
    Working Papers | 2019
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2019, Translating strategy using a Balanced Scorecard: a mental models approach,
    Working Papers | 2018
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2018, How senior managers use interactive control systems to manage strategic uncertainties: An attention-based view,
    Working Papers | 2018
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2018, How senior managers use interactive control systems to manage strategic uncertainties: An attention-based view,
    Working Papers | 2018
    Sutton N; Brown D; Lewis R, 2018, Inside the packaging: studying management control design as a problem-solving process,
  • Reports | 2023
    Sutton N; Ma N; Yang JS; Lewis R; Woods M; Ries N; Parker D, 2023, Australia's Aged Care Sector: Mid-Year Report (2022-23),
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2022, 'Translating Strategy Using a Balanced Scorecard: A Mental Models Approach', presented at AFAANZ Conference 2022, Melbourne, Australia, 03 July 2022 - 05 July 2022
    Reports | 2022
    Lewis R; Woods M; Brown D; Parker D; Sutton N; McAllister G, 2022, Support at Home: a Commentary on the design of the proposed unified program,
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Lewis R, 2022, 'Translating Strategy Using A Balanced Scorecard', presented at The EdukCircle 26th International Convention on Business: Accounting and Finance, 19 November 2022
    Reports | 2022
    Sutton N; Ma N; Yang JS; Lewis R; Brown D; Woods M; McEwen C; Parker D, 2022, Australia's Aged Care Sector: Full-Year Report (2021-22),
    Reports | 2022
    Sutton N; Ma N; Yang JS; Lewis R; McAllister G; Brown D; Woods M, 2022, Australia’s Aged Care Sector: Mid-Year Report (2021-22),
    Submissions to Government | 2022
    Woods M; Lewis R; Brown D; Parker D; Sutton N; Rawlings-Way O; Sinclair D, 2022, Support at Home: response to the Department of Health and Aged Care discussion paper (October 2022), ,
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2019, 'Strategic management system engagement and strategic cognition', in Klein G; Militello L (ed.), San Francisco, CA, USA, presented at 14th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making, San Francisco, CA, USA, 18 June 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2019, 'The role of meetings in the control of managerial attention', presented at The 9th Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 01 July 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2018, 'Empowering employees in the aged care sector', presented at Tasmanian Dementia Symposium, 21 September 2018 - 21 September 2018,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2018, 'Management control for decentralised aged care operations', presented at 4th International Conference of Long-Term Care Directors and Administrators, 01 August 2018 - 03 August 2018,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2018, 'Management control systems and managerial attention', presented at 11th Conference on New Directions in Management Accounting, 12 December 2018 - 14 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2018, 'Management control systems and managerial attention', presented at AFAANZ Conference, 01 July 2018 - 03 July 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2018, 'Management control systems and managerial attention', presented at Emerging Management Accounting Scholars Symposium II, 19 April 2018 - 20 April 2018,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Lewis R; Sutton N; Brown D, 2018, 'Management control systems and managerial attention', presented at Monforma 2018, 22 November 2018 - 23 November 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2017, 'Cause and effect: how strategic performance measurement systems shape and reflect managers’ causal mental models', presented at 9th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, 13 September 2017 - 15 September 2017
    Theses / Dissertations | 2017
    Lewis R, 2017, Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Explaining the relation between management control systems and managers' causal mental models,
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2015, 'The paradox of management control and employee empowerment', presented at Monforma 2015, 11 February 2015 - 13 February 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2013, 'An organising paradox – management control and four forms of employee empowerment', presented at 36th European Accounting Association Annual Congress, 06 May 2013 - 08 May 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2012, 'The paradox of management control and employee empowerment', presented at AFAANZ Conference, 01 July 2012 - 03 July 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Lewis R; Brown D; Sutton N, 2012, 'The paradox of management control and employee empowerment', presented at Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, 11 July 2012 - 13 July 2012
    Preprints |
    McAllister G; Sutton N; Brown DA; Rawlings-Way O; Parker D; Lewis R; Yin J; Harrison B, Using Public Inquiries as a Data Source for Accounting Research: A Systematic Review,
  • Media | 2022
    Lewis R; Woods M, 2022, Cash splash for aged care, but who pays for services in a new home care system?, James Martin Institute for Public Policy, ,
    Media | 2022
    Lewis R, 2022, The pros and cons of the new Support at Home Program, Adbourne Publishing,
    Media | 2020
    Brown D; Lewis R; Sutton N, 2020, Workers strike balance between empowerment and control,