We experimentally examine whether audit seniors' use of simple cognitive processes for a complex task is affected by the strength of habits to use these processes that they developed as staff auditors. A habit is a mental association between a behavior and a specific context. We propose that,...

We examine the structure of communications in accounting research by analyzing patterns of citations among authors who have published in five major journals between 1984 and 2008. Understanding communication structures is important because they shape academic knowledge creation, which prominent...

Auditors’ knowledge is critical for audit and financial reporting quality, as it facilitates task performance and information sharing. We examine whether auditors’ acquisition of knowledge from prior year workpapers, a primary means for learning on the job, is negatively affected by the...

In this paper, we develop sixteen testable propositions about variables that moderate a positive relation between monetary incentives and task performance. The propositions are derived from a comprehensive review of the literatures in accounting, economics, finance, management, psychology, and...