This study investigates auditors' reactions to a new audit support system that was designed by a Big-4 firm as a response to a stricter regulatory regime. The system's features guide audit teams to comply with the firm's methodology and auditing standards. Understanding auditors' reactions is...

The extant literature has established that industry-specialist auditors gain performance-enhancing industry-specific sub-specialty knowledge (e.g., Solomon, Shields, & Whittington, 1999) via training and on the job experience. This knowledge has been shown to allow specialists to outperform...

This study uses the slippery-slope framework to understand how an oversight regulator’s enforcement style influences audit firm compliance. Using data from interviews with audit regulators and audit partners, we find that partners perceive the regulator’s enforcement style has shifted from...

This study investigates if different audit support system designs provide firms with competitive advantages when competing in the market for audit services. We examine the association between the extent of structure a system imposes on the audit process and audit pricing. We find that audit...

With increased interest in voluntary sustainability reports from investors and other stakeholders, more companies are having these reports assured. The issue of what is considered material in these assurance engagements is important, and yet research on materiality has focused only on financial...