Yves Gendron

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.

Doctorate Honoris Causa 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. He became a CA in 1987.

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.

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.

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 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. 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015-2017 Socrate Distinction for teaching, Laval University 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. 2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 2011 Hermès award for excellence in research, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University 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.