Kai DeMott

Biography

Kai DeMott is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Accountancy. He joined the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in 2022 after receiving his doctoral degree at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden, where he previously completed his MSc in Accounting and Financial Management. He also holds a BSc in Business Administration from the Frankfurt School Finance and Management, Germany.

His research projects focus on interdisciplinary accounting research using qualitative methods and adopting the perspective of accounting as a social and institutional practice. He also has many years of teaching experience on various topics in accounting, and has been involved in courses/programs on the undergraduate- and graduate-level, as well as in Executive Education. Before entering academia, Kai worked in the banking industry.

DeMott, K. et al. (2024), Navigating the PhD journey: a collective consideration of junior academics in qualitative accounting and management research, Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management.

DeMott, K. & Messner, M. (2023), "Whose story is it?": Co-production and psychological ownership of narrative reports", European Accounting Review.

Repenning, N. & DeMott, K. (2023), "Navigating the emotional challenges of ethnographic accounting research: notes from first-time ethnographers", Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management.

Carlsson-Wall, M., DeMott, K., & Ali, H. (2023), "Scaling and controlling talent development in high-intensity organizations: the case of a Swedish football club", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.

Krauss, K. (2021), Coping with Financial Stigma: A Study of Budgetary Identity Work in a Candidature for the Olympic Winter Games, Stockholm School of Economics.

Krauss, K. et al. (2021). Budgeting under public scrutiny: tracing the justification work of stakeholder groups in the controversy of an Olympic candidature, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.