On February 2018, Hany joined the Arab Open University – Kuwait Branch as an Assistant Professor at Business Studies Program. In April 2014, Hany received the Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting, from University of Stirling, UK. He also hold an MSc in International Accounting and Finance (with distinction) from the University of Stirling (November 2010). Past academic positions held include serving as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Auditing (Damietta University, Egypt – Arab Open University, Kuwait branch), and a Tutor of accounting (Mansoura University, Egypt).
Hany has extensive experience in teaching accounting in higher education institutions in Egypt and Kuwait not only at the undergraduate but also at the postgraduate level. These include Fundamental of Financial Accounting, Intermediate Financial Accounting, and Advanced Financial Accounting, Accounting information Systems, Auditing, and Cost & Management Accounting.
Dr Elzahar presented several research ideas at numerous research seminars in the UK, France, Kuwait and Egypt. He has papers that are published in highly ranked accounting journals such as International Review of Financial Analysis, The Leadership Quarterly, Cogent Business & Management and Journal of Risk Finance.
In general, Hany is interested in financial reporting and its quality in particular. He is interested in various applications of financial accounting with an emphasis on the value relevance of financial and non-financial information, earnings management and corporate governance.
Dr Elzahar current research areas include the determinants and consequences of Narrative Reporting, Risk Management Disclosures and Governance,
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Corporate Social Responsibility, and accounting, auditing, governance, ethics and Sharia'a standards for Islamic financial institutions and the industry. He is particularly, interested in market based accounting research by investigating the relationship between the adoption of specific corporate practices and the reactions of different stakeholders’ categories.
His recent research papers examine how managers' incentives and the firm's infrastructure shape the quality of financial reporting. Hany current research focuses on the role of accounting in promoting gender equality within corporate boardrooms. Currently, Dr Elzahar is working on research projects that examine different factors affecting Audit and Assurance Services Quality in general, and audit planning in particular.
I have a long experience with teaching many Undergraduate accounting courses from 1996- up to now such as:
Accounting Principles - 1, Management Accounting, Accounting Principles - 2, Banking &Insurance Accounting, Cost Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Advanced Accounting/ Intermediate Accounting, Auditing., and Tax accounting.
- I have also experience with teaching many Postgraduate accounting courses in Damietta University, such as: Advanced studies in Financial Reporting, Accounting Theory, Advanced studies in Managerial Accounting, and Accounting Information Systems.
I have served as a referee for: Journal of Applied Accounting Research Journal.
I have been appointed as Academic Co-ordinator for Open University Program at faculty of Commerce- Damietta University from July 2015 to July 2017
I have been appointed as English Section Co-ordinator at faculty of Commerce- Damietta University (from August 2014 to July 2015).
- I have been selected to be a Co-ordinator for Communication with Students at faculty of Commerce- Damietta University since March 2015.
- Appointed as a General Course Coordinator for Accounting information systems (ACC300) course from August 2019 up to now.
- Appointed as a General Course Coordinator for Introduction to accounting (BE210/4) course from August 2019
I have provided a specialized accounting training course for fresh students in Damietta University, Egypt.
I have provided many accounting and financial consultations to different entities working in the private sector in Egypt.
In addition to my research that is published in Egyptian journals, I have:
§ Elzahar, H. and Hussainey, K. (2012), “Determinants of narrative risk disclosures in UK interim reports”. Journal of Risk Finance, 13(2): 133-147.
§ Elzahar, H., Hussainey, K., Mazzi, F. and Tsalavoutas, I., 'Economic Consequences of Key Performance Indicators' Disclosure Quality', (April 22, 2015). International Review of Financial Analysis, 39 (2015), pp. 96-112.
§ Elzahar, H., et al. (2019), ‘Does Audit Quality Really Affect Firms Credit Ratings? Evidence from the UK, Cogent Business & Management, in press.
§ Zalata, A., et al. (2019), ‘Does the participation of female directors within boardrooms really constrain managerial opportunism? Monitoring vs. advisory female directors’, The Leadership Quarterly, in press.