This experimental study explores the impact of hierarchal team decision processing in face-to-face (F2F) and computer … mediated communication (CM) settings on auditors' risk assessment and financial statement adjustment decisions. Results … indicate that while hierarchal team processing of issues does not significantly impact auditor risk assessments, team …

Prior research suggests that team member communication based on mutual monitoring can improve team performance by … extract from such communication is affected by differences in the type of information available to team members. Specifically … the usefulness of team member communication and, thus, team performance. Consistent with our predictions, our experimental …