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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Accounting

Teaching areas

Financial, Managerial, Cost, Intermediate, and Advanced Financial Accounting

Research areas

Bankruptcy, Pension, Islamic Studies, Accounting Education, Accounting for Construction, and Accounting Conservatism

Education

PhD, University of Nebraska, USA, 1990

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2008-Current

Purdue University, USA, 1990-2008

Accounting Department Head, Purdue University, USA, 1998-2008

Director of Graduate Programs, Purdue University, 1998-2008

Memberships

American Accounting Association, 1987-Current

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2309

Dr. Musa Darayseh

Professor

PhD in Accounting, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

Musa Darayseh has taught in accounting and finance departments for more than 20 years at institutions such as Purdue University and AUS. His research interests are in the areas of bankruptcy, pension, accounting accuracy, Islamic issues, and accounting education issues. His teaching interests are in the areas of cost, managerial, financial, intermediate and advance financial accounting.

Publications

AbuAl-Foul, Bassam, Genc, Ismail, and Darayseh, Musa,. "On the Causal Link between Financial Development and Economic Growth: Case of Jordan." Corporate Ownership and Control Journal 13, no. 2 (February, 2016): 518-521. [Comment: WINTER 2016]

Darayseh, Musa, Chazi, Abdelaziz. "Accounting Specifics and works Environment, Determinants of Accountants’ Job performance." Corporate Ownership and Control journal 12, no. 4 (August, 2015): 58-68.

Khaledi, Naser, Darayseh, Musa. "Information Content of Share Repurchases." Economics, Management, and Financial Markets V 8, no. 3 (November, 2013): pp. 11-19.

Abed Al-Nasser Abdallah, Musa Darayseh, Elaine Waples. "Incomplete Contract, Agency Theory, and Ethical Performance: A Synthesis of the Factors Affecting Owners’ and Contractors’ Performance in the Bidding Construction Process." Journal of General Management V 38, no. 4 (August, 2013): pp 39-56.

Chazi, Abdelaziz, Darayseh, Musa. "A Financial Crisis Buffer: The Case of Islamic Banking." Academy of Taiwan Business management Review V9, no. 1 (April, 2013): 100-108.

Ismail Genc, Musa Darayseh & Bassam Abu Al-Foul. "The Nature of Trends in the Per Capita Real GDP of GCC Countries: Some Evidence and Implications." Journal of Developing Areas 45, no. 1 (October, 2011): 19-33.

Musa Darayseh, Ismail Genc & Bassam Abu Al-Foul. "The Accuracy of the Annual Financial Report Data: An Empirical Analysis of GCC Firms." International Business Economics Research Journal (August, 2010): 15-19.

Musa Darayseh, , Elaine waples. "Measuring Type I and Type II Errors in an Estimation Model: An Empirical Analysis." International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance (January, 2010): 268-275.

Elaine Waples, Musa Darayseh. "Ethics and Tax Education: A Change in Focus is Needed." American Journal of Business Education (September, 2009): 1-6.

Musa Darayseh, Elaine Waples. "The Impact of the Acceleration of Information Technology on the Content of the Accounting Courses: The case of GCC." Review of Business Information Systems (October, 2008): 89-96.

Musa Darayseh, Elaine Waples. "Student Education Specific: Predicting Early Success in Intermediate Accounting Using Logit Analysis." Journal of Education Research (August, 2008): 1-9.

Musa Darayseh, Elaine Waples. "Determinants of Students’ Performance in Intermediate Accounting." Journal of College Teaching and Learning (December, 2005): 87-91.

Conference Presentations

Musa darayseh. "Accounting Specifics and Jobs environment, Determinants of the factors Affecting Accountants’ Job performance." Paper presented at the North American Accounting Society. USA March 2014, March 25-28, 2014.

Musa Darayseh. "Incomplete Contract, Agency Theory, and Ethical Performance: A Synthesis of the Factors Affecting Owners’ and Contractors’ Performance in the Bidding Construction Process." Paper presented at the 14th Workshop in Corporate Governance and Investments, October 10, 2013.

Abed Chazi, Musa Darayseh. "A Financial Crisis Buffer: the Case of Islamic Banking, 5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies." Paper presented at the Athens, Greece, April 4, 2012.

Musa Darayseh, Elaine Waples. "A Synthesis of Factors Affecting Accounting Performance, North American Accounting Society." Paper presented at the Chicago, USA, March 3, 2012.

Musa Darayseh. "The Sustainable Growth Rate in Islamic Financial Institutions in Light of the Recent Financial Crisis, Academy of Finance." Paper presented at the Chicago, USA, March 3, 2011.

Musa Darayseh, Elaine Waples. "The Role of Ethics in the Bidding Process and the Financial Crisis: An Empirical Analysis." Paper presented at the North American Accounting Association, USA, March, 2010.

Musa Darayseh, Ismail Genc and Bassam Abu Al-Foul. "How Much Faith Do You Have in The Annual Financial Report? An Empirical Analysis." Paper presented at the International Applied Business Research Conference, USA, March, 2009.

Naser Khaledi, Musa Darayseh. "Information Content of Share Repurchases." Paper presented at the IABPAD, USA, January, 2009.

Awards and Honors

Research Grants (30,000 Dirham’s), “Cross-listing and mergers and acquisitions in Europe,” American University of Sharjah, Faculty Research Grants, 2010 – 2011

Research Grants (30,000 Dirham’s), “The Ability of Islamic Financial Institutions to Survive the Recent Financial Crisis: An Empirical Analysis,” American University of Sharjah, Faculty Research Grants, 2010 – 2011.

Best Paper, The Impact of the Acceleration of Information Technology on the Content of the Accounting Courses: The Case of GCC. March 2008.

Best Paper, Timing Long Horizon Predictability: Investment Implications. Conference in Las Vegas, 2004

International Travel Grant. Purdue University Research Foundation (PRF), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2006.