Background

Claudia is Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Newcastle University Business School. Before joining the Business School in 2014, she was Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Genoa (Italy). Claudia graduated with a first class honours degree in Communication from IULM University (Italy) and gained her PhD in Economics from the same University in 2008.

Her research explores the institutional, social and political facets of financial markets, with a particular emphasis on the role of corporate communication and the professions on these markets. She is also conducting research on corporate wrongdoing and professional misconduct.

Her research has been published in leading journals, including Accounting, Organisation and Society, Human Relations, Work, Employment & Society, the Long Range Planning, the Journal of Management Inquiry, and the Journal of Professions and Organisation. She is currently co-editing two Special Issues, one in Human Relations (on "Inserting professionals and professional organisations in studies of wrongdoing: The nature, antecedents, and consequences of professional misconduct") and one in the Journal of Professions and Organisation (on "Management, professional occupations and knowledge as a contested terrain"). 

Claudia is Senior Editor of Organisation Studies, Associate Editor of Financial Reporting and sits in the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Professions and Organisation, and the Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiations. 

She is currently Chair of the Accounting and Finance Board of Studies. She was Head of the Accounting, Governance and Accountability (AGA) Research Group from 2014 to 2017.

Research

My main research interest can be broadly classified under the complementary areas of financial markets and professions. 

Recent areas of application and projects include:

• The distributional wealth effects of strategy disclosure on financial markets.
• Corporate wrongdoing and corporate scandals.
• The impact of geography on tax avoidance.
• Professional misconduct.
• Professionals' and professional service firms' reputation.
• Professionals' career paths. 
• How members of a nascent occupation negotiate their mandate.

Awards and academic recognition:

• 2017, Shortlisted for Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Professions and Organization.
• 2014, Gabbioneta C., Greenwood R., Mazzola P., Minoja M. 2013. The influence of the institutional context on corporate illegality Accounting, Organization and Society, 38(6/7): 484-504 is selected for inclusion in the "Novak Druce Center Insights", a practitioner-oriented collection published by University of Oxford Business School. 
• 2014, Shortlisted for Best Paper Award, Journal of Professions and Organization.
• 2014, Shortlisted for Best Environmental and Social Issue Paper Award, OMT Division, Academy of Management. 
• 2008, Best Paper Award, AIDEA Giovani. 

Teaching

I am currently involved in teaching Case Studies in Finance, Accounting and Business (ACC3000) and Accounting, Organisations & Society (ACC3016) at undergraduate level, Accounting for analysts (NBS8006) at postgraduate level, and Research Designs in Management and Business Studies (NBS8554) and Core Readings in Management and Business Studies (NBS8556) at postgraduate level. I currently supervise three PhD students.

I am interested in supervising prospective PhD students on research projects that deal with corporate wrongdoing, professional misconduct and professions more in general - please drop me a line to discuss potential topics and funding opportunities. 

Publications

• Biygautane M, Micelotta E, Gabbioneta C, Cappellaro G. In the land of sand and oil: How the macrofoundations of a tribal society shape the implementation of infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Qatar. Research on the Sociology of Organizations 2019. In Press.
• Gabbioneta C, Faulconbridge J, Currie G, Dinovitzer R, Muzio D. Inserting professionals and professional organizations in studies of wrongdoing: The nature, antecedents and consequences of professional misconduct. Human Relations 2019, Epub ahead of print.
• Currie G, Richmond J, Faulconbridge J, Gabbioneta C, Muzio D. Professional Misconduct in Healthcare: Setting out a Research Agenda for Work Sociology. Work, Employment and Society 2019, 33(1), 149-161.
• Gabbioneta C, De Carlo M. The role of news articles, prior destination experience, and news involvement in destination image formation. International Journal of Tourism Research 2019, 21(3), 291-301.
• Roulet T, Paolella L, Gabbioneta C, Muzio D. Up or Aside? Micro-foundations of Institutional Change in the Career Structure of UK Elite Law Firms. Research in the Sociology of Organizations 2019. In Press.
• Heusinkveld S, Gabbioneta C, Werr A, Sturdy A. Professions and (new) management occupations as a contested terrain: Redefining jurisdictional claims. Journal of Professions and Organization 2018, 5(3), 248–261.
• Clemente M, Gabbioneta C. How Does the Media Frame Corporate Scandals? The Case of German Newspapers and the Volkswagen Diesel Scandal. Journal of Management Inquiry 2017, 26(3), 287-302.
• Muzio D, Faulconbridge J, Gabbioneta C, Greenwood R. Bad apples, bad barrels and bad cellars: a ‘boundaries’ perspective on professional misconduct. In: Palmer, D; Smith-Crowe, K; Greenwood, R, ed. Organizational Wrongdoing. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp.141-175.
• Albanese M, Gabbioneta C. La crisi e il sistema fieristico italiano: un modello di business resiliente o in difficoltà?. Controllo di Gestione 2015, 3.
• Avallone F, Gabbioneta C, Ramassa P. L'Impairment test sull'Avviamento in Europa: Modelli di comportamento in una prospettiva pluriennale. Rivista Italiana di Ragioneria e di Economia Aziendale 2015.
• Avallone F, Gabbioneta C, Ramassa P, Sorrentino M. Why do firms write off their goodwill? A comparison of different accounting systems. Financial Reporting 2015, 1, 23-40.
• Gabbioneta C, Prakash R, Greenwood R. Sustained corporate corruption and processes of institutional ascription within professional networks. Journal of Professions and Organization 2014, 1(1), 16-32.
• Gabbioneta C, Greenwood R, Mazzola P, Minoja M. The influence of the institutional context on corporate illegality. Accounting, Organizations and Society 2013, 38(6-7), 484-504.
• Gabbioneta C. Reputazione aziendale e analisti finanziari. Una ricerca multi-metodo per lo sviluppo di alcune proposizioni. McGraw-Hill, 2012.
• Gabbioneta C, Mazzola P, Ravasi D. Corporate reputation and stock market behavior. In: Helm,S; Liehr,K; Storck,C, ed. Reputation Management. Springer, 2011.
• Mazzola P, Gabbioneta C. Disclosing strategy: Stock market's reaction to strategic plan presentation. In: Airoldi,G; Brunetti,G; Corbetta,C; Invernizzi,G, ed. Economia aziendale e management. 2010.
• Cameran M, Gabbioneta C, Moizer P, Pettinicchio A. What do client-firms think of their auditors? Evidence from the Italian Market. Corporate Reputation Review 2010, 12(4), 316-326.
• Gabbioneta C, Ravasi D, Mazzola P. Exploring the drivers of corporate reputation: A study of Italian securities analysts. Corporate Reputation Review 2007, 10(2), 99-123.
• Mazzola P, Ravasi D, Gabbioneta C. How to build reputation in financial markets. Long Range Planning 2006, 39(4), 385-407.
• Ravasi D, Gabbioneta C. Le component della reputazione aziendale: Indicazioni dalla ricerca RQ Italy. Economia & Management 2004, 3, 77-100.