Joe Johnston
Professor

Office
SFHB State Farm Hall of Business 224
Office Hours
MW 10 am - 12 pm
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Current Courses
ACC 330.001 Accounting For Non-Profit Entities
ACC 410.001 Accounting For Non-Profit Entities
BIS 373.001 Integrated Business Processes In An Enterprise System
BIS 473.001 Integrated Business Processes in an Enterprise System
ACC 231.001 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 231.002 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 299.001 Independent Honor Study
ACC 287.001 Independent Study
ACC 400.001 Independent Study
BIS 373.001 Integrated Business Processes In An Enterprise System
BIS 473.001 Integrated Business Processes in an Enterprise System
ACC 231.002 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 231.004 Intermediate Accounting I
Teaching Interests & Areas
Accounting Information Systems
Research Interests & Areas
Accounting Information Systems, XBRL, Capital Markets
PhD Accounting
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Other Accountancy
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
BS Business Administration - Accounting
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
Journal Article
Auditing the Derivative Usage of Bank-Holding Companies
Hairston, S., Johnston, J., & Zhang, J.
Accounting Horizons, 37 (4), 67-84, (2023), https://doi.org/10.2308/HORIZONS-2020-197
Early Evidence of the Effect of ASU 2017-12 on Derivative Disclosure Compliance
Troyer, J., Joseph, J., & Trimble, M.
Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, 34 (3), 213-231, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22621
Measuring Financial Statement Disaggregation Using XBRL
Johnston, J., Reichelt, K., & Sapkota, P.
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 1-29, (2023)
Who Makes the Call on Goodwill Impairment Charges: CEOs or CFOs?
Lao, B., Guidry, R., & Johnston, J.
Journal of Accounting & Finance, (2023)
Auditor Style and Financial Reporting Similarity
Johnston, J., & Zhang, J.
Journal of Information Systems, 35 (1), 79-99, (2021), 10.2308/isys-18-046
Temporal Changes in the Value Relevance of Analysts' Forecasts
Johnston, J., Guidry, R., & Trimble, M.
Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, 32 (2), 7-21, (2021)
The Role of the Company Secretary in Facilitating Board Effectiveness: Reporting and Compliance
Nowland, J., Chapple, L., & Johnston, J.
Accounting and Finance, 61 (1), 1425-1456, (2021)
Enterprise risk management and accruals estimation error
Johnston, J., & Soileau, J.
Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 16 (3), 100209, (2020), 10.1016/j.jcae.2020.100209
Extended XBRL Tags and Financial Analysts' Forecast Error and Dispersion.
Johnston, J.
Journal of Information Systems, 34 (3), 105-131, (2020)
Information Technology Investment and the Timeliness of Financial Reports
Johnston, J., & Zhang, J.
JOURNAL OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCOUNTING, 15 (1), 77-101, (2018), 10.2308/jeta-52066
A research note: The informational benefits of CEO attendance-by-invitation at audit committee meetings
Johnston, J., & Nowland, J.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS, 13 (2), 108-118, (2017), 10.1016/j.jcae.2017.05.006
Estimates of Optimal Audit Firm Tenure Across Different Legal Regimes
Brooks, L., Cheng, C., Johnston, J., & Reichelt, K.
Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, 32 (1), 3-39, (2017), 10.1177/0148558X16641864
Rate regulation of U.S. electric utilities: Does it deter earnings management?
Hughes, K., Johnston, J., Omonuk, J., & Dugan, M.
Advances In Accounting, 28 (1), 49-63, (2012), 10.1016/j.adiac.2012.02.003
The supplemental role of operating cash flows in explaining share returns: Effect of various measures of earnings quality
Cheng, C., Johnston, J., & Liu, C.
International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 21 (1), 53-71, (2012), 10.1108/18347641311299740
Presentations
Nyiano Enterprises' Expansion Decision Amid Environmental Concerns
Deborah L Seifert, Jomo Sankara, Kristine Young, Joseph Johnston
Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting CTLA 2025, Chicago, Illinois, August 2, 2025
Nyiano Enterprises
Jomo Sankara, Joseph Johnston, Kristine Young
Sustainability, ESG and Accounting, Washington D.C., February, 2024
Early Evidence of the Effect of ASU 2017-12 on Derivative Disclosure Compliance
Joseph Troyer, Joseph Johnston, Madeline Trimble
American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting,, San Diego, CA, August, 2022
The informational benefits of CEO attendance-by-invitation at audit committee meetings
Joseph Johnston, John Nowland
Las Vegas Nevada, October, 2016
XBRL Extended Taxonomies and Analyst Information
Joseph Johnston
Las Vegas Nevada, October, 2016
XBRL Extended Taxonomies and Analysts Information
Joseph Johnston
New York New York, August, 2016