{{short description|Canadian accounting academic}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Prof. Yves Gendron | image = Yves gendron.jpg | image_size = | alt = Portrait of Yves Gendron | caption = Gendron in 2018 | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Accounting, auditing | workplaces = {{plainlist| * Alberta Business School, University of Alberta (1998-2006) * Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University (2006-present)}} | alma_mater = Laval University (PhD) | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = {{plainlist| * Bertrand Malsch * Marie-Soleil Tremblay * Claire-France Picard}} | known_for = {{plainlist| * Qualitative research * Interpretive accounting research}} | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = criminologist Joane Martel, Laval University }} '''Yves Gendron''' is a Canadian accounting academic at Laval University in Quebec. He is a qualitative researcher, largely known for his studies in corporate governance, social accountability of auditors, and professional legitimacy. He is co-editor-in-chief of ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting''.

==Education== Gendron began his university studies in 1982 at Université du Québec where he obtained, in 1985, his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a specialization in accounting.<ref name="CV">[http://sites.fsa.ulaval.ca/www4/scr/cv/yves-gendron-en.pdf CV of Yves Gendron]</ref> He became a CA in 1987.<ref name="CV" /> Post-certification, he spent most of 1992 completing propaedeutic courses at Laval University in order to meet the requirements of admission to the PhD program. He completed his PhD in Science Administration at Laval University from 1993 to 1997.<ref name="CV" /> His thesis was dedicated to the decision of accepting new clients in audit firms as a result of a compromise between logics of action. Although his thesis was mainly audit-focused, it also addressed professional concerns in relation to the application of accounting standards. Gendron then completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Alberta in 1998.<ref name="CV" />

==Career== Prior to entering academia, Gendron worked as an auditor for Samson Bélair and Deloitte & Touche in Rimouski. Following his PhD, he joined the faculty of the University of Alberta, serving there from 1998 to 2006. Gendron then moved to Laval University, becoming full professor in 2008.<ref name="CV" /><ref name="Faculty profile">{{cite web |last1=Faculté des sciences de l'administration |title=Yves Gendron, Ph.D. |url=https://www4.fsa.ulaval.ca/enseignants/yves-gendron/ |website=Faculty profile |publisher=Université Laval |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref>

Gendron became co-editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed accounting journal ''Critical Perspectives on Accounting'' in January 2014, and is an editor and editorial board member of several other accounting journals.<ref name="CV" /><ref name="CPA Editorial Board">{{cite book |title=Editorial Board |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/critical-perspectives-on-accounting/editorial-board |website=Critical Perspectives on Accounting |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref>

==Research== Gendron does qualitative research that examines the daily lives of auditors, focusing on how they make decisions or how they handle stress. His work also looks at the legitimization processes that surround public accountants’ claims to expertise, particularly in emerging fields of practice such as performance measurement, online auditing, and consulting.<ref name="Board profile">{{cite web |title=Yves Gendron |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/critical-perspectives-on-accounting/editorial-board/yves-gendron |website=Critical Perspectives on Accounting |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref>

Gendron has also studied: * Corporate governance, focusing on the role of audit committees and compensation committees * The relationship between research and practice * The emergence of interpretive accounting research * Performativity pressures in academia<ref name="Board profile" />

==Selected publications== These articles have all been cited over 100 times, according to Google Scholar: * Malsch, B., & Gendron, Y. (2013). [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joms.12006 Re‐theorizing change: Institutional experimentation and the struggle for domination in the field of public accounting.] ''Journal of Management Studies'', 50(5), 870-899. * Bédard, J., & Gendron, Y. (2010). [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1099-1123.2009.00413.x Strengthening the financial reporting system: Can audit committees deliver?] ''International Journal of Auditing'', 14(2), 174-210. * Suddaby, R., Gendron, Y., & Lam, H. (2009). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368209000178 The organizational context of professionalism in accounting.] ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'', 34(3-4), 409-427. * Gendron, Y. (2008). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09638180701705973 Constituting the academic performer: the spectre of superficiality and stagnation in academia.] ''European Accounting Review'', 17(1), 97-127. * Gendron, Y., Cooper, D. J., & Townley, B. (2007). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368206000390 The construction of auditing expertise in measuring government performance.] ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'', 32(1-2), 101-129. * Gendron, Y., & Bédard, J. (2006). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368205000206 On the constitution of audit committee effectiveness.] ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'', 31(3), 211-239. * Gendron, Y., Suddaby, R., & Lam, H. (2006). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-005-3095-7 An examination of the ethical commitment of professional accountants to auditor independence.] ''Journal of Business Ethics'', 64(2), 169-193. * Gendron, Y., Bedard, J., & Gosselin, M. (2004). [http://www.aaajournals.org/doi/abs/10.2308/aud.2004.23.1.153 Getting inside the black box: A field study of practices in “effective” audit committees.] ''Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory'', 23(1), 153-171. * Gendron, Y., Cooper, D. J., & Townley, B. (2001). [https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/EUM0000000005518 In the name of accountability: State auditing, independence and new public management.] ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 14(3), 278-310.

==Awards== * 2019 Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought <ref>{{cite web |title=2019 CAAA Award Recipients |url=https://www.caaa.ca/scholarships-and-awards/2019-caaa-award-winners/}}</ref> * 2017 Mary Parker Follett Award, Winner, for "Gender on board: deconstructing the 'legitimate' female director" (with M.-S. Tremblay and B. Malsch), ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 29(1), 165-190.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards for Excellence - 2017 |url=http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?year=2017 |website=Emerald Literati Network |publisher=Emerald Publishing |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref> * 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015-2017 Socrate Distinction for teaching, Laval University<ref name="CV" /> * 2016 Citations of Excellence Award, Winner, for "Re-theorizing change: Institutional experimentation and the struggle for domination in the field of public accounting" (with B. Malsch), ''Journal of Management Studies'', 50(5), 870-899.<ref name="CV" /> * 2016 Hermès award for excellence in teaching, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University<ref name="CV" /> * 2010-2016 Research Medal, Laval University<ref name="CV" /> * 2015 Mary Parker Follett Award, Winner, for "From meticulous professionals to superheroes of the business world" (with S. Durocher and C.-F. Picard), ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 27(1), 73-118.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards for Excellence - 2015 |url=http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?year=2015 |website=Emerald Literati Network |publisher=Emerald Publishing |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref> * 2012 Mary Parker Follett Award, Highly Commended, for "Investigating interdisciplinary translations: The influence of Pierre Bourdieu on accounting literature" (with B. Malsch and F. Grazzini), ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 24(2), 194-228.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards for Excellence - 2012 |url=http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?year=2012 |website=Emerald Literati Network |publisher=Emerald Publishing |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref> * 2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award, ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal''<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards for Excellence - 2011 |url=http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?year=2011 |website=Emerald Literati Network |publisher=Emerald Publishing |access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref> * 2011 Hermès award for excellence in research, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University<ref name="CV" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.fsa.ulaval.ca/cms/site/fsa/page9539.html|title=Gala des prix Hermès - Faculté des sciences de l'administration - Université Laval|work=ulaval.ca|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> * 2005 Mary Parker Follett Award, Highly Commended, for "Analysis of a failed jurisdictional claim: The rhetoric and politics surrounding the AICPA global credential project" (with W.E. Shafer), ''Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal'', 18(4), 453-491.<ref name="CV" />

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==External links== *[https://www4.fsa.ulaval.ca/enseignants/yves-gendron/ Yves Gendron] faculty webpage at Université Laval

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