Kari Olsen

Faculty Member

Dr. Kari Olsen

Biography

Kari Joseph Olsen, PhD, CPA, CMA received his PhD in accounting from the University of Southern California in 2015. He received his M.S. and B.S. in accounting from BYU in 2009. Dr. Olsen teaches courses in management accounting and financial reporting. His research interests are in management control systems, performance feedback, and personality characteristics.

Email: [email protected]

Education

PhD, University of Southern California, 2015

Major: Accounting

BS, Brigham Young University, 2009

Major: Accountancy

MS, Brigham Young University, 2009

Major: Accountancy

Teaching

ACC 6350

Management Control Systems, Fall 2024

ACC 6350

Management Control Systems, Fall 2024

ACC 6250

Financial Reporting and Analysis, Summer 2024

ACC 6250

Financial Reporting and Analysis, Summer 2024

ACC 6250

Financial Reporting and Analysis, Spring 2024

ACC 6350

Management Control Systems, Spring 2024

ACC 6350

Management Control Systems, Spring 2024

ACC 6350

Management Control Systems, Spring 2024

Presentations

Olsen, Kari , Preparing for the CPA and CMA exams, "Preparing for the CPA and CMA exams", UACPA UVU Student Chapter, UVU. (February 22, 2024)
Olsen, Kari , IMA Introduction to the FMAA, "Introduction to the FMAA", Institute of Management Accountants. (January 18, 2024)
Olsen, Kari , Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, "Relative Performance Information and Employee Performance_ The Role of Need for Cognition", University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. (January, 2023)
Olsen, Kari , Wiley Webinar, "Integrating CMA Exam Content into the Curriculum", Wiley. (April 5, 2022)
Olsen, Kari , UACPA Southern Chapter Meeting, "Feedback with Feeling? How Emotional Language in Feedback Affects Individual Performance", UVU, Orem, UT. (October 25, 2021)
Olsen, Kari , IMA Chapter Meeting, "Feedback with Feeling? How Emotional Language in Feedback Affects Individual Performance", Akron, Ohio IMA Chapter. (September 15, 2021)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Esplin, Adam , Ke, Yun , Olsen, Kari , Seo, Jiwoo , "CEO Political Ideology and Asymmetric Cost Behavior" . Advances in Accounting.
Wood et al., David , Olsen, Kari , (2023) "The ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot_ How well does it answer accounting assessment questions? " . Issues in Accounting Education.
Holderness, D. Kip, Olsen, Kari , Thornock, Todd A, "I’m working hard, but it’s hardly working_ the consequences of motivating employee effort that fails to achieve performance targets" . Behavioral Research in Accounting.
Erickson, Devon , Holderness, D. Kip, Olsen, Kari , Thornock, Todd A. , (2022) "Feedback with Feeling? How Emotional Language in Feedback Affects Individual Performance" . Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Holderness, D. Kip, Olsen, Kari , Thornock, Todd A. , Tomlinson, Ed C. , (2022) "Will Someone Be Checking My Work? The Effect of Psychological Entitlement and the Expectation of Being Monitored on Task Performance and Misreporting" . Accounting Horizons.
Olsen, Kari , Smith, Kevin , Smith, Sheldon , (2022) "Opportunities for Accountants in Academia_ Something for Everyone" . Strategic Finance.

Awards

MBA Outstanding Faculty

UVU - August, 2023

Dean's Award for Excellence in Scholarship

Woodbury School of Business - April, 2021

MBA Outstanding Faculty

UVU - November, 2019

Top 50 Most Influential Aggie

USU Statesman - April, 2018

Impact on Management Accounting Practice

CGMA (AICPA/CIMA) and the Management Accounting Section - January, 2018

Lybrand Award Certificate of Merit

IMA

Top 10% of Articles published in Strategic Finance