Role
Dr Tamanna Dalwai is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Accounting and Finance within the Nottingham Business School.
She is currently teaching the following modules: Accounting and Finance for Managers, Governance, Ethics and Law, and Corporate Governance and Risk Management.
Career overview
Before joining Nottingham Trent University, Dr Tamanna was working in Muscat College, Oman for 15 years as an Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of Quality Assurance. She was delivering accounting and finance courses for diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in affiliation with University of Stirling, Universiti Malaysia Pahang and Scottish Qualification Authority.
She completed her PhD in 2015 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and was also awarded as “Best Student Award” for International Business School UTM. During her PhD, she investigated the relationship between internal corporate governance mechanisms and firm performance of Gulf Cooperation Council Banks under the joint supervision of Dr Siti Zaleha Abdul Rasid and Dr Rohaida Basiruddin. She completed her MBA (finance and accounting) from California State University, East Bay. She is a gold medallist in her Bachelor for Commerce degree from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India. Dr Tamanna is an Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy UK.
Research areas
Dr Tamanna’s research interests are mainly in Corporate Governance, Intellectual Capital, Readability, Capital Structure, Earnings Management and Banking Sector.
She welcomes PhD proposals in the following areas:
- Corporate Governance
- Intellectual Capital
- Earnings Management
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Narrative Reporting
External activity
Dr Tamanna is an adhoc reviewer for a range of academic journals such as, Applied Economic Letters, International Journal of Emerging Economies, Accounting Research Journal, Competitiveness Review, Asian Review of Accounting, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society.
Dr Tamanna is the joint editor for the book, “Handbook of Banking and Finance in MENA Region” published by World Scientific Publishers in 2024.
Dr Tamanna is currently an investigator for the research project grant titled, “Examining the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools for the Financial Sectors Sustainability” awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Oman. She has worked on three other research grants in the capacity of principal investigator and investigator.
Dr Tamanna has conducted several guest lectures and seminars for staff and students.
Sponsors and collaborators
External academic collaborators and co-authors include:
- Khaled Hussainey (University of Portsmouth)
- Vincenzo Scafarto (Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale)
- Murat Ocak (Trakya University, Türkiye)
- Elma Satrovic (Hasan Kalyoncu University, Türkiye)
- Dharmendra Singh (Modern College of Business and Science, Oman)
- Ananda S. (College of Banking and Financial Studies, Oman)
- Araby Madbouly Ahmed Hussein (Muscat College, Oman)
- Syeeda Shafiya Mohammadi (Muscat College, Oman)
- Saikat Gochhait (Symbiosis International, Deemed University, India)
Publications
Book
Hussainey, K. and Dalwai, T. eds., 2024. Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA Region. World scientific.
Chapters in books
Al Mawaali, T., Al Hashar, O.N.K., Al Alawi, N., Dalwai, T., Mohammadi, S.S. and Ben Maaouia, M., 2024. Business Strategy and Earnings Management: Financial Versus Non-Financial Firms. In Digital Technology and Changing Roles in Managerial and Financial Accounting: Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Application (pp. 129-139). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Hundal, S., Dalwai, T., Mohammadi, S.S., Al Balushi, I.A.K. and Al Zawani, H.R.H., 2024. Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency: Evidence from Emerging Market. In New Approaches to CSR, Sustainability and Accountability, Volume V (pp. 239-255). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
Journal articles
Dalwai, T., Mohammadi, S.S. and Satrovic, E. (2024), "Intellectual capital efficiency, institutional ownership and cash holdings: a cross-country study", Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 104-129. https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-01-2023-0015
Nuta, A.C., Habib, A.M., Neslihanoglu, S., Dalwai, T. and Rangu, C.M. (2024), "Analyzing the market performance of Romanian firms: do the COVID-19 crisis and classification type matter?", International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-05-2023-0842
Ananda, S., Kumar, R.P. & Dalwai, T., (2024), “Impact of financial literacy on savings behavior: the moderation role of risk aversion and financial confidence”, J Financ Serv Mark. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41264-023-00265-1
Dalwai, T., Habib, A.M., Mohammadi, S.S. and Hussainey, K. (2023), "Does managerial ability and auditor report readability affect corporate liquidity and cost of debt?", Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 31 No. 3, pp. 437-459. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARA-06-2022-0151
Ocak, M., Dalwai, T., Altuk-Ozturk, V.E., Arioglu, E., Shahab, Y. and Kablan, A., (2023), Do ex-bureaucrats on boards improve efficiency in intellectual capital? Evidence from an emerging country. Borsa Istanbul Review, Vol. 23 No. 5, pp.1111-1131.
Dalwai, T. (2023), "Impact of economic policy uncertainty on financial flexibility before and during the COVID-19 pandemic", Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 283-295.
More papers can be found at https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/view/creators/Dalwai=3AT=3A=3A.html
Press expertise
- Business
- Economics
- Education
- Sustainability