Audit firm culture: Recent developments and trends in the literature

CT Alberti, JC Bedard, O Bik… - European Accounting …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper synthesizes research on audit firm culture (AFC) over the past decade, reviewing
recent developments in research on factors instilling culture in audit firms, and how culture …

Auditing in family firms: Past trends and future research directions

M Gil, T Uman, MRW Hiebl, S Seifner - Journal of Small Business …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This systematic literature review synthesizes and maps existing research on auditing in
family firms across multiple areas of study. The review includes 71 systematically selected …

Digital transformation and accountants as advisors

O Yigitbasioglu, P Green, MYD Cheung - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the role of accountants as advisors in
professional services firms (PSFs), and it examines the impact of digital transformation on …

Client use of blockchain technology: exploring its (potential) impact on financial statement audits of Australian accounting firms

MC Dyball, R Seethamraju - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper reports on a study that investigated the (potential) impact of client use of
blockchain technology on financial statement audits of Australian accounting firms …

Professionalizing the assurance of sustainability reports: the auditors' perspective

O Boiral, I Heras-Saizarbitoria… - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the professionalism and
professionalization of sustainability assurance providers based on the experiences and …

The effects of auditors' knowledge, professional skepticism, and perceived adequacy of accounting standards on their intention to use blockchain

AH Juma'h, Y Li - International Journal of Accounting Information …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines factors that influence auditors' intention to use blockchain. From the
dual-factor perspective, it argues that auditors' knowledge about the implications of …

Playing the Big Four recruitment game: The tension between illusio and reflexivity

L Daoust - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2020 - Elsevier
Using Bourdieu's sociology, this study investigates students' experience of the public
accounting recruitment process. It is based on interviews with Canadian undergraduates …

Internal auditors' perceptions of their role as assurance providers: a qualitative study in the Tunisian public sector

I Khelil, H Khlif - Meditari accountancy research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The objective of this paper is to provide insights into internal auditors' perceptions
and experiences regarding their role as assurance providers in the Tunisian public sector …

'It's complicated': Professional opacity, duality, and ambiguity—A response to Noordegraaf (2020)

J Alvehus, N Avnoon, AL Oliver - Journal of Professions and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In this comment to Noordegraaf's 'Protective or connective professionalism? How connected
professionals can (still) act as autonomous and authoritative experts', we argue that …

Reliance on the internal auditors' work: experiences of Swedish external auditors

D Argento, T Umans, P Håkansson… - Journal of Management …, 2018 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to explore how external auditors experience their decision to
rely on internal auditors' work. This study employs both qualitative and quantitative methods …