Dr. Leigh Salzsieder is an associate professor of accountancy and Chair of the Department of Accountancy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Henry W. Bloch School of Management. He is the recipient of the UMKC Chancellors Award for Excellence in Leadership, has a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, an MBA from the University of Kansas and a B.A. from Drury University.
His research and consulting interests include judgment and decision making in accounting, preparing and using fair value measurements, valuation, capital investment, and personal finance. His research was awarded the 2015 Greatest Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award from the American Institute of CPAs (CIMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountants, as well as the 2017 Lybrand gold medal from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and can be found in journals ranging from the Journal of Accounting and Economics to The CPA Journal.
Salzsieder teaches various courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has received numerous teaching awards including the UMKC Chancellor’s Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching, Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Robert L. Virgil Excellence in Teaching Award, the Bloch Favorite Faculty Member of the Year Award and the UMKC Alumni Elmer F. Pierson Outstanding Teaching Award.
Salzsieder is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Missouri as well as holding the Accredited in Business Valuation credential.
"Do managers Pursue Their Budget Goals Using Revenues or Expenses?" 2025, The Accounting Review 100 (3), 251-276 with S. Jackson and T. Schaefer
"Preventing Disclosure-Induced Moral Licensing: Evidence form the Board Room" 2023, Journal of Business Ethics 187 (4) with T. Canace and T. Schaefer
“Debt, Equity, and Capital Investment” 2013, Journal of Accounting and Economics 56 (2), 291-310. with S. Jackson and T. Keune
Recipient of the 2015 AAA Management Accounting Section Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award.
“Diversification Bias and the Law of One Price: An Experiment on Index Mutual Funds” 2017, Journal of Behavioral Finance. 18 (1), 45-53. with N. Mauck.
“Fair Value Opinion Shopping” 2016, Behavioral Research in Accounting 28 (1), 57-66.