Beyond Automation: AI, Accounting, Finance, and the Future of Labor
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the foundations of accounting, finance, and work by reshaping how organizations generate information, make decisions, allocate resources, and manage human capital. Advances in generative AI, machine learning, and automation create unprecedented opportunities for innovation and productivity, while also introducing critical challenges related to governance, accountability, ethics, and workforce transformation.
The impact of AI extends beyond task automation. It is redefining financial reporting, auditing, investment decisions, risk management, organizational design, and the relationship between firms and employees. As AI adoption accelerates, important questions emerge regarding job redesign, skill development, labor inequality, responsible technology use, and the role of organizations in ensuring a fair and sustainable transition.
This Special Issue, “Beyond Automation: Artificial Intelligence, Accounting, Finance, and the Future of Work,” seeks to advance interdisciplinary research on how AI is reshaping organizations, financial systems, and labor markets. It welcomes studies examining AI-driven innovation, financial decision-making, corporate governance, human capital, responsible AI, sustainability, and contemporary labor challenges.
By bringing together insights from accounting, finance, and related disciplines, this Special Issue aims to deepen understanding of how AI can be leveraged to create value while addressing the economic and societal implications of the future of work.
List of Topic Areas
Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Artificial intelligence in accounting and corporate finance
- AI-enabled financial reporting and disclosures
- AI and corporate investment decisions
- AI, corporate governance, and organizational accountability
- AI, labor markets, employment, and job redesign
- Wage inequality, labor exploitation, and worker well-being in the AI era
- AI, diversity, equity, inclusion, and workplace fairness
- Public policy, AI regulation, and labor related governance issues
- The societal implications of AI for accounting, finance, and the future of work
Guest Editor
Dr. Mohammed Aminu Sualihu, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, mohammed.sualihu@zu.ac.ae
Submissions Information
Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Author guidelines must be strictly followed.
Authors should select (from the drop-down menu) the special issue title at the appropriate step in the submission process, i.e. in response to “Please select the issue you are submitting to”. Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.
Journal Information: Scopus Journal Q2, H-Index 47
Key Deadlines
Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 30th November 2026
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31st March 2027
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