Dr Chaminda Wijethilake
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872465
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Location
EBS.3.126A, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Wednesday 10.00-12.00pm Thursday 10.00-11.00am
Profile
Biography
Chaminda Wijethilake serves as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Essex Business School, University of Essex. He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting and Corporate Governance from Macquarie University, Australia, and holds a Master of Business Administration from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. His academic journey began with a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honours from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Chaminda is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). His scholarly work has been featured in publications, including the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, The British Accounting Review, Financial Accountability and Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Environmental Management, Production Planning and Controls, Organization and Environment, and Advances in Management Accounting. Chaminda's contributions to the field have earned him multiple accolades, including the President’s Award for Scientific Research by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Best International Impact Research Award by the University of Essex. He has received several research grants from organizations including the PEFA-World Bank Group, Innovate UK, and the Global Challenges Research Fund. Before joining Essex Business School, Chaminda served as a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Management and Finance at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in Sri Lanka. Currently, he is supervising three Ph.D. students focusing on sustainability management accounting and controls, management accounting, and accounting and accountability in the public sector. Chaminda accepts new Ph.D. students in these specialized areas.
Qualifications
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B Com University of Peradeniya, (2007)
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MBA National Cheng Kung University, (2011)
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PhD Macquarie University, (2016)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Social and environmental accounting and its implications for the question of mundane governance in waste management
The use of social and environmental accounting in lean manufacturing
Performance implications of adopting sustainable logistics and supply chains in emerging markets
Performance measurement and governance in production and operations
Conferences and presentations
Sustainability core values and sustainability risk reduction: The moderating impact of top management commitment and stakeholder pressure
Sydney International Business and Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2017
Sustainability Capabilities and Competitive Advantage: Examining the Use of Sustainability Control Systems
Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2017
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Total Quality Management: Evidence from an Automobile Sensor Manufacturing Organization
3rd International Conference for Accounting Researchers and Educators, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017
The relationship between sustainability strategy and sustainability performance: Examining the role of management control systems
2015 Global Conference of Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network conference on advancing the sustainability management accounting in the Asia Pacific region, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015
The relationship between sustainability strategy and corporate sustainability: Examining the role of management control systems
Monash Forum for Management Accounting Research, Melbourne, Australia, 2015
Sustainability capabilities and sustainable competitive advantages: The role of management control systems
Meditari Accountancy Research European Conference on Current Issues in Social, Environmental and Gender Accounting, Forli, Italy, 2015
What matters between sustainability capabilities and sustainable competitive advantages: The role of management control systems
Emerging Scholars’ Colloquium, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
The role of management control systems in sustainability capabilities: A levers of control perspective
8th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, Nice, France, 2015
Strategic responses to institutional pressures for sustainability: The role of management control system
17th Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN-2014) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2014
Towards the sustainability embedded management control systems
Emerging Scholars’ Forum, Global Management Accounting Research Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 2014
The role of management control systems in sustainability: A case study from a developing economy
Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Boardroom communication and firm performance: The roles of CEO leadership and board monitoring
2nd International Conference on Management and Economics, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2013
Board involvements and firm performance: Evidence from Sri Lanka
6th International Management Accounting Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012
What determines the quality of a country’s financial authenticity: Examining the impact of foreign and domestic market size
International Symposium on Ensuring National Security Through Reconciliation and Sustainable Development, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, 2012
Institutional and legitimate influence on shareholder protection and financial service quality: A cross-country analysis
International Conference on Public Policy and Governance, Bangalore, India, 2012
What matters between the CEO duality and firm performance: Moderating roles of CEO informal power and board involvements
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San-Antonio, United States, 2011
CEO duality and firm performance
The Sixth International Academic Conference on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, Province of China, 2010
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Sustainability Accounting, Accountability and Management (BE168)
Publications
Journal articles (15)
Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P. and Upadhaya, B., (2024). Regulatory capture in transboundary waste dumping: (Lack of) accountability in the Global North – South context. Organization and Environment. 37 (1), 84-116
Wijethilake, C., Upadhaya, B. and Lama, T., (2023). The role of organisational culture in organisational change towards sustainability: Evidence from the garment manufacturing industry. Production Planning and Control. 34 (3), 275-294
Sumiyana, S., Hendrian, H., Jayasinghe, K. and Wijethilake, C., (2023). (2021). Public-sector performance auditing in a political hegemony: A case study of Indonesia. Financial Accountability and Management. 39 (4), 691-714
Adhikari, P., Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C. and Dhakal Adhikari, S., (2023). The Sociomateriality of Digitalisation in Nepalese NGOs. British Accounting Review. 55 (5), 101206-101206
Jayasinghe, K., Wijesinghe, C., Wijethilake, C. and Prasanna, R., (2022). Collaborative Public Service Provision Archetypes in Healthcare Emergencies: A Case of COVID-19 Administration in Sri Lanka. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 34 (3), 391-410
Rupasinghe, D. and Wijethilake, C., (2021). The impact of leanness on supply chain sustainability: Examining the role of sustainability control systems. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. 21 (3), 410-432
Jayasinghe, K., Jayasinghe, T., Wijethilake, UCB. and Adhikari, P., (2021). Bio-Politics and Calculative Technologies in COVID Governance: Reflections From England. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11 (10), 2189-2197
Wijethilake, C. and Upadhaya, B., (2020). Market drivers of sustainability and sustainability learning capabilities: The moderating role of sustainability control systems. Business Strategy and the Environment. 29 (6), 2297-2309
Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K. and Arun, T., (2020). COVID-19 Policy Responses: Reflections on Governmental Financial Resilience in South Asia. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 32 (5), 825-836
Wijethilake, C. and Lama, T., (2019). Sustainability core values and sustainability risk management: Moderating effects of top management commitment and stakeholder pressure. Business Strategy and the Environment. 28 (1), 143-154
Wijethilake, C. and Ekanayake, A., (2019). CEO Duality and Firm Performance: The Moderating Roles of CEO Informal Power and Board Involvements. Social Responsibility Journal. 16 (8), 1453-1474
Wijethilake, C., Munir, R. and Appuhami, R., (2018). Environmental Innovation Strategy and Organizational Performance: Enabling and Controlling Uses of Management Control Systems. Journal of Business Ethics. 151 (4), 1139-1160
Wijethilake, C., (2017). Proactive sustainability strategy and corporate sustainability performance: The mediating effect of sustainability control systems. Journal of Environmental Management. 196, 569-582
Wijethilake, C., Munir, R. and Appuhami, R., (2017). Strategic responses to institutional pressures for sustainability: The role of management control systems. Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal. 30 (8), 1677-1710
Wijethilake, C., Ekanayake, A. and Perera, S., (2015). Board involvement in corporate performance: evidence from a developing country. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. 5 (3), 250-268
Book chapters (2)
Machokoto, M., Kimani, D., WIJETHILAKE, C. and Ngoasong, MZ., Too few females in the cockpit: Does ownership structure matter?. In: Developments in Corporate Governance: Emerging Market Perspective
Wijethilake, C. and Ekanayake, A., (2018). Proactive Strategic Responses to Corporate Sustainability Pressures: A Sustainability Control System Framework. In: Advances in Management Accounting. Editors: Malina, M., . Emerald Publishing Limited. 129- 173. 1787564401. 9781787564404
Reports and Papers (1)
Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K. and Arun, T., (2021). Integrating climate change and livelihood within public investment policies: A cross-country assessment in south Asia (India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka)
Grants and funding
2021
Development of an employability toolkit/checklist to increase employment opportunities for young people in Essex
University of Essex (ESRC IAA)
2020
Integrating Climate Change within Public Finance Policies: Evidence from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
University of Essex (GCRF)
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