Faculty and Staff
College / Department
College of Business Administration
Teaching Areas
Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting
Research Areas & Interests
Public sector governance and accountability, Public sector accounting, Managerial accounting and control, NFP accounting and accountability
Education
PhD, 2004
Accounting
Massey University, New Zealand
Master of Management Studies, 1997
Accounting and Finance
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Bachelor of Education, 1990
Education, Business Studies and Geography
Kenyatta University, Kenya
Certificate of Tertiary Teaching, 1999
Teaching techniques
Massey University, New Zealand
Certificate in Investment and Financial Planning, 1998
Knowledge and techniques in financial planning and investment
IPAC, New Zealand
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, 2015
Techniques for teaching TVET students
CBD College, Melbourne, Australia
Employment History
Professor, United Arab Emirates - University of Fujairah
2024, 2025College of Business Administration
Acting Dean, United Arab Emirates - Uuniversity of Fujairah
August 2024, March 2025Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates - UAE University
August 2018, July 2024Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi University
August 2015, June 2017Associate Professor, Australia - La Trobe University
July 2008, December 2014Assistant Professor, Qatar - Qatar University
February 2007, July 2008Seniour Lecturer, New Zealand - Massey University
October 1998, February 2007Contact
rnyamori@uof.ac.ae
09-2244499
Dr. Robert Ochoki Nyamori
Professor
Publications
- Nyamori, R. O. and Boyce, G. (2023), Performance contracting and moral blindness: A study of autonomy and moral responsibility in Kenyan public enterprises, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Volume 95, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2022.102501
- Kwakye, T.O., Bekoe, R. A., Appiah, K. O., and Nyamori, R. O. (2023). Performance Management in the Oil and Gas Industry, in Endaba, Y. J. and Karimu, A. (eds), Sustainability Management in the Oil and Gas Industry, Routledge.
- Nyamori, R. O. (2023), Theories Informing Public Sector Accounting and Financial Management: Changes in the Era of New Public Management, In K.D. Dzigbede & W.B. Hildreth (Eds.), Research Handbook on Public Financial Management. Edward Elgar Publishing (London, United Kingdom).
- Nyamori, R. (2021), Pursuing Results: Results-Based Management in the Kenyan Public Sector, in Hoque, Z. (ed) (2021), Public Sector Reform and Performance Management in Emerging Economies: Outcomes-Based Approaches in Practice, London and New York: Routledge.
Conference Presentations
- Results Based Management Systems and Governmentalisation of the state in the Context of an Emerging economy, presented at the Joint Conference of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Corporate Finance & Asset Pricing SIG and the Northern Area Group, InterContinental Dubai Festival City, Dubai, UAE, from 13th – 15th December 2023.
- Governing for results: a critical analysis of results-based management in the Kenyan public sector, presented at the UAE University College of Business Workshops, November 5th 2020.
- Contracting Moral Blindness: A Critical Analysis of Results-Based Management Systems in the Kenyan Non-Commercial Public Enterprises Sector, Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference, Toronto, Canada (Held virtually on July 6 -9 2020). [This paper was among only 12 papers selected for presentation because of the change from face to face to virtual format and was presented in plenary format]
Grant Sponsorships
- 2013 Centre for Public Sector Governance, Accountability and Performance Grant ($4449) to research Evolution of the Kenyan Public Accounts Committees.
- Faculty of Business, Law and Economics Grant ($5000) (with Ken McPhail and Petrus Usmanij) to research role of NGOs in accountability in Indonesia.
- Faculty of Business, Law and Economics Grant ($5000) (with Ken McPhail and Savitri Taylor) to research accountability for asylum seekers.
- Centre for Public Sector Governance, Accountability and Performance Grant ($5000) to research performance contracting in the Kenyan public sector.
- Faculty of Law and Management Grant ($20,000) (with Zahirul Hoque and Suzanne Salmon) to research role of accounting in small businesses.
- New Zealand Overseas Development Assistance (NZODA) scholarship.
Awards & Honors
- Winner of Highly Commended Paper at the Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change 2010 Literacy Awards for the paper Nyamori, R. (2009), Making development accountable: a critical analysis of the Constituency Development Fund in Kenya, Journal of Accounting and Organisational Change, 5(2): 197-227.
- Massey University PhD Awards ($6000).
- Waikato Management School first publication paper awards ($500).
- New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) conference attendance and research grant ($1000).