R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting
Office: Hilton 203
Phone: 310.338.2758
Email: lkalbers@lmu.edu
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Areas of Expertise
• Accounting Ethics and the Public Interest
• Auditing
• Financial Statement Analysis
Biography
Lawrence Kalbers is the R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting and the Director of the Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest at Loyola Marymount University. Before joining the faculty in 2005, he was a professor of accounting, the Director of the School of Professional Accountancy, and the Associate Dean of the College of Management at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Kalbers also taught at Wittenberg University, Penn State University, and John Carroll University. Kalbers gained auditing and accounting experience working for J.K. Lasser & Co., Ernst & Ernst, Kalbers and Sturges, Inc., Ernst & Young, and as a sole practitioner. He also served as treasurer for several not-for-profit organizations. He holds a current CPA permit from New York and Ohio. Kalbers is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the American Accounting Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the California Society of CPAs.
Education
| • PhD: |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1981) |
| • MS: |
University of New Orleans (1974) |
| • BS: |
University of New Orleans (1964) |
Publications
• Kalbers, L. P., and Cenker, W. J. (2007). “Organizational Commitment and Auditors in Public Accounting,” Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 22(4), 354-375.
• Fogarty, T. J. and Kalbers, L. P. (2006). “The Consequences of Internal Auditor Burnout,” Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Vol. 9, 51-86.
• Kalbers, L. P., and Fogarty, T. J. (2005). “Antecedents to Internal Auditor Burnout,” Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 17(1), 101-118.
• Kalbers, L. P., and Rosner, R. L. (2003). “An Investigation of the Emerging Trend Towards a Laptop Requirement for all Accounting Majors,” Accounting Education: An International Journal, Vol. 12(4), 341-372.