Keeping (Sock)TABs on Student Engagement! Using Shark Tank to Explore CVP Analysis
Brian Huels
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Reduce Employee Theft
Kalana Malimage
This research examines if organizations can use corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to alter their internal control environments to reduce the occurrence of employee theft. We hypothesize that CSR activities improve organization’s tone at the...
Does Benefit Corporation Status Matter to Investors? An Exploratory Study of Investor Perceptions and Decisions
Lauren Cooper
This study investigates investors’ perceptions of benefit corporations and how this newly established corporate form impacts their investment choices. We utilize an experimental setting to examine how benefit corporation status impacts investors’ decision...
The Accounting Faculty Shortage: Addressing the Perceptions of Masters of Accounting Students
Abbie Daly
A critical shortage of accounting Ph.D.s exists in academia today. While the shortage’s causes, consequences, and potential solutions have been discussed by the profession and in prior literature, more progress remains to be made. In this study, we explor...
Does Benefit Corporation Status Impact Firms' Earnings Management Behavior?
Lauren Cooper
This study examines the earnings management behavior of publicly traded benefit corporations. Given that archival data for benefit corporations is not currently available, we utilize an experimental research design to examine the extent that managers of b...
Does Benefit Corporation Status Matter to Investors? An Exploratory Study of Investor Perceptions and Decisions
Lauren Cooper
This study investigates investors’ perceptions of benefit corporations and how this newly established corporate form impacts their investment decisions. We utilize an experimental setting to examine how benefit corporation status impacts investors’ choice...
Using Teleological and Budgetary Mechanisms to Reduce the Magnitude of Auditors' Underreporting of Time
Chad Stefaniak
The objective of this study is to propose pragmatic solutions to reduce auditors’ underreporting of time (URT). Over the past few decades, auditing researchers have explored and documented the causes and negative consequences of URT, but have yet to offer...