Vicki C. Baard is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University, Australia. Previously, she has held senior managerial roles as a practicing management accountant in Banking, Entertainment, and other related global service organisations. Vicki's doctoral thesis centered on interdisciplinary interventionist research, considered as pioneering doctoral work, which ultimately led to her joining academe. Dr Baard is a qualitative and quantitative interdisciplinary researcher in interventionist research, management control systems, and teams.

Johannes Dumay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University, Australia" Formerly a business consultant, he joined academia after completing his PhD in 2008. His thesis won the European Fund for Management Development and Emerald Journals Outstanding Doctoral Research Award for Knowledge Management. John researches, intellectual capital, knowledge management, accounting, corporate reporting and disclosure, research methodologies, and academic writing. John is a highly cited scholar who has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books. He is the Associate Editor of the highly regarded Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and Meditari Accountancy Research, and Deputy Editor Accounting & Finance.