Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine circumstances under which auditors subordinate their judgment. More specifically, the authors investigate factors associated with auditors’ propensity to accept client-preferred accounting methods that conform to accounting standards but do not...

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to determine if self-serving bias affects audit client satisfaction level with their audit firm. Design/methodology/approach –A 2×2 between-subjects design is used, where the authors experimentally manipulate the level of client involvement in the audit...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if self-serving bias affects audit client satisfaction level with their audit firm. Design/methodology/approach – A 2×2 between-subjects design is used, where the authors experimentally manipulate the level of client involvement in the...