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Kaouthar Lajili

Kaouthar Lajili
Full Professor
Maîtrise (University of Tunis), M.Sc. (University of Illinois), Ph.D. (University of Illinois), CGA (CGA Canada/CGA Ontario), CPA, CGA (CPA Ontario, CPA Canada)
Location
DMS 7162
Telephone
613-562-5800 x 4736
Email
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Biography

Dr. Kaouthar Lajili is a Full Professor in Finance and Accounting. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (USA) and a CPA, CGA professional designation. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and include risk management, behaviour and governance, financial and business reporting, and valuation of human capital; corporate governance and enterprise risk management with a focus on information value and disclosure. She has been published in the Journal of Management and Governance, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of International Accounting Research, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting, and the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, among others. She teaches at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.

Research areas
Enterprise Risk Management (financial risk, business/operational risk, strategic risk) corporate finance and corporate governance, and corporate law Finance/Accounting Human capital value and financial reporting International financial investments (Strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, contracting)
Teaching interests
Accounting Management
Pillars

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

  • Lajili, K., Mohsni, S., Polizzi, S., Scannella, E. Value relevance of bank credit risk disclosure: “interventionist” and “non-interventionist” supervisory regimes. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 65: 1005-1038.
  • Lajili, K., Li, T., Chourou, L., Dobler, M., Zéghal, D. Corporate risk disclosures in turbulent times: An international analysis in the global financial crisis. Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 35(1): 261-289.
  • Lajili, K., Mohsni, S., Polizzi, S., Scannella, E. A Qualitative Analysis of Bank Credit Risk Disclosure: Evidence from the Canadian and Italian Banking Systems. Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 33(4): 207-230.
  • Lajili, K. Human Capital Disclosure and the Contingency View. Personnel Review, 52(4): 1110-1125.
  • Lajili, K., Dobler, M., Zéghal, D., Bryan, M.J. Risk reporting in financial crises: A tale of two countries. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 29(2): 181-216.
  • Lajili, K., Lin, Y.H., Rostamkalaei, A. **. Strategic human capital, corporate governance, and performance: Exploring the missing links. Journal of General Management, 45(4): 192-205.

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To Source Title Purpose Type Role Amount
2024-2025 Telfer School of Management Research Grants (SMRG) Risk and the Advancement of Women in Top Management Teams R I PI $14,308
2020-2022 Telfer School of Management Research Grants (SMRG) Recent Developments in Credit Risk Management Disclosure: A Comparative Analysis between Canadian and Italian Banks R I PI $12,000

LEGEND:

Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown

Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown

Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator

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