dr. mara ridhuan – UKM Graduate School of Business

CONTACT

Phone : + 603-8921 5782
Email : mara@ukm.my

DR. MARA RIDHUAN CHE ABDUL RAHMAN

Senior Lecturer

Biography

Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman earned a PhD from Newcastle University in 2013, following a Bachelor of Accounting degree in 1998 and a Master of Accounting in 2001, both from the National University of Malaysia. Over the years, he has held several key academic leadership roles at the UKM Graduate School of Business. Since 2024, he has been serving as the Deputy Dean (Partnership and Income Generation), after completing his term as Deputy Dean (Academic) from 2022 to 2024. Prior to that, he led the Accounting Programme from August 2020 to 2022 and served as the Programme Coordinator for the Bachelor of Accounting (Executive Programme) from March 2013 to August 2020 for Faculty of Economic and Management. In addition to his administrative and teaching responsibilities, he serves as an expert panel member for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), where he has been involved in evaluating nearly 100 accounting programmes across the country. He is also an active member of the Malaysia ESG Association, reflecting his strong research interest in sustainability and corporate reporting. To date, he has published 37 journal articles and authored five books. His teaching portfolio includes courses such as Corporate Financial Reporting, Managerial Accounting for Decision Making, Financial Statement Analysis, and Accounting Theory. He is currently supervising 13 doctoral students, with most of their research focusing on corporate reporting, particularly within the context of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues.

PUBLICATION

https://ukmsarjana.ukm.my/mara

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATION

Runyu Liu, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman & Ainul Huda (2025), Leveraging Enviromental Regulation: How Green Innovation Moderates the Relationship between Carbon Information Disclosure and Firm Value. Sustainability. 17, 2597, 1-34.

Musatfa Rassim.A;.T, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Azlina Ahmad, Ruzita Rahim (2025), Effect of IFRS Adoption and Institutional Quality in FDI Attraction in MENA countries. Journal of Management World.2, 268-279.

Dina Madinah, Mara Ridhuan Bin Che Abdul Rahman, Mohd Rizal Palil, Shifa Mohd Noor (2024), Corporate Social Responsibilities to Employees in Indonesia: Economic Return or Merely Impression Construction? Indonesian Journal of Sustainability Accounting and Management, 8, 20-29

Nur Shahirah Adilah Mohd Sairazi, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Dzulkifli Mukhtar, Norzawani Ibrahim, Razli Che Razak (2024), Kesan interaksi belanjawan partisipatif, penekanan belanjawan, asimetri maklumat dan kawalan diri terhadap kelonggaran belanjawan: bukti daripada pihak berkuasa tempatan di Malaysia, Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 22, 1-20.

Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Ummu Ajirah Abdul Rauf, Suguna Sinniah (2024), Oil Palm Smallholders Entrepreneurs And Financial Literacy: Technology Adoption Journal of Applied Engineering and Technological Science 1 (6), 656-667.

Musatfa Rasim AL-Tuwaijari. Mara Ridhuan Bin Che Abdul Rahman, Azlina Ahmad, Ruzita Abdul Rahim (2024), Systematic Review of IFRS, FDI,Institutional Quality, and Economic Growth, Journal of Ecohumanism 8 (3), 4631-4639.

Mohd Fairuz Md Salleh, Zafir Khan Mohamed Makhbul, Mohd Helmi Ali, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Azlina Ahmad, Ahmad Raflis Che Omar, ‘Ainul Huda Jamil, Muhammad Syahir Abd Wahab. (2024). Garis Panduan Pelaburan Dan Pembiayaan Oleh Universiti Awam Tahun 2024. – . 54.

Aziatul Waznah Binti Ghazali; Mara Ridhuan Bin Che Abdul Rahman; Soliha Binti Sanusi. (2024). Digitizing The Accounting Education: Integrating The Remote Learning Concept And The Work-Integrated Learning Application In Hei . – . .

Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Nur Laili Abdul Ghani. (2024). Esg Risk And Environmental Reporting Quality Of Top 100 Oil And Gas Companies: An Institutionalist Approach. – . 1-22.

Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Suguna Sinniah. (2024). The Relationship Between Directors And Officers’ Liability Insurance And Esg Risk Of Ftse4 Good Bursa Malaysia Companies. – . 1-15.

Asma Qamaliah Abdul Hamid, Lokhman Hakim Osman, Ahmad Raflis Che Omar, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Mohd Helmi Ali. (2023). What Have We Learned? A Bibliometric Review Of A Three-Decade Investigation Into The Supply Chain Uncertainty And A Revised Framework To Cope With The Challenges. – Sustainability. 1-19.

Salwa Muda, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman*, Noradiva Hamzah and Norman Mohd Saleh (2020), Intellectual Capital and SMEs Business Performance from Organisational Life Cycle Perspective. South East Asian Journal of Management 14 (1), 78-105.

Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Maizatulakma Abdullah and Mazni Yahya (2019), Information Gap of Coprorate of Occupational Safety and Health Disclosure. International Journal of Business and Management Sciences, 9 (3), 391-406.

Mohamat Sabri Hassan, Marsita Mustafa, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman (2019), Human Capital Disclosure and Share Price. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance 11 (forthcoming).

Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman, Mazni Yahya& Maizatulakma Abdullah (2018), Occupational Health and Safety Reports: A Comparative Study between malaysia and the United Kingdom. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 10, pg. 11-22.

Ida Suriya Ismail, Mohd Rizal Palil, Rosiati Ramli, Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman (2018), Effect of Dividend Tax Reform on Dividend Behavior: A Clientele Theory Approach. Jurnal Pengurusan 54 (forthcoming). Salwa Muda and Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman* (2019), Sectoral effects of Intellectual Capital on Malaysia SMEs Business Performance. Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal Vol 4(3) (fortcoming).

RESEARCH AREA

Corporate Voluntary Reporting

Field of Specialization

Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
Financial Statement Analysis
Corporate Financial Reporting
Accounting Theory and Practices