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The Loss Of Information Associated With Binary Audit Reports: Evidence From Auditors’ Internal Control And Going Concern Opinions*, Brant E. Christensen, Stevanie S. Neuman, Sarah C. Rice

Faculty Publications

This study provides evidence that binary signals in audit reports are unable to fully communicate underlying risks that are inherently continuous in nature. Specifically, we find that companies whose audit reports signal an improvement in internal control effectiveness relative to the prior year are still more likely to subsequently restate the current year’s financial statements than companies with no material weaknesses in either year. Similarly, companies deemed to no longer have substantial doubt of continuing as a going concern are still more likely to declare bankruptcy than companies with no going concern opinion in either year. Results in both settings …

Shadow It Use, Outcome Effects, And Subjective Performance Evaluation, Drew Allen, F. Greg Burton, Steven D. Smith, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

The use of shadow IT (information technology systems not sanctioned or monitored by a company’s IT department) may be seen as either a form of organizational misbehavior or proactive and creative problem-solving. We examine whether these differing possible perceptions have implications for the subjective evaluation of subordinate performance. In our experiment, participants choose whether to award a bonus to an employee when different IT systems are used (normal vs. shadow IT) across different outcome levels (high vs. low outcomes). We find that employees using shadow IT are less likely to receive the bonus in both high and low outcome conditions …

The Effects Of Different Types Of Internal Controls On Employee Self-Control, Drew Allen, William G. Heninger, Scott L. Summers, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

One key reason companies implement internal controls is to reduce the likelihood of unethical behavior. Yet, research on ego depletion from psychology suggests that some controls may cause reductions in employees’ self-control, which could lead to increases in unethical behavior. Therefore, this study examines how different types of controls—namely preventive, detective with immediate feedback, and detective with delayed feedback—impact self-control and ethical judgments. Based on the results of three different experiments with 462 participants, we find no significant relation between self-control and the types of internal controls tested. Furthermore, we find that the types of controls tested have no effect …

Factors That Influence The Perceived Use Of The Internal Audit Function's Work By Executive Management And Audit Committee, Marc Eulerich, Joleen Kremin, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

The internal audit function (IAF) is an important component of high-quality corporate governance. We study how the head of internal audit perceives the executive management team and the audit committee to rely on the IAF's work. It is not obvious from prior work or professional anecdotes whether the IAF satisfies the needs of both groups. If multiple factors influence the IAF's work, chief audit executives (CAEs) may find themselves in a situation with competing demands, which could then compromise quality for all stakeholders. Based on a unique dataset from CAEs, two logistic regression models identify factors that influence the degree …

The Role Of The Business Press In The Pricing Of Analysts’ Recommendation Revisions, Minkwan Ahn, Michael S. Drake, Hangsoo Kyung, Han Stice

Faculty Publications

We investigate the information-dissemination role of the business press by examining the coverage of analyst recommendation revisions. Consistent with the press providing wider dissemination of analyst reports, we find evidence that coverage of analyst recommendation revisions significantly increases the initial market reaction to these revisions and decreases the subsequent price drift. Furthermore, we find that news flash coverage, rather than in-depth coverage, of a recommendation revision drives both the initial market reaction results and drift results. Finally, we show that broader press coverage influences the activities of large-trade institutional investors but not highfrequency traders. Overall, our findings suggest a complementary …

Occupational Fraud: Executive Compensation And Enforcements Against Auditors And Perpetrators., Erlina Papakroni

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation is comprised of three studies that examine the association of executive compensation with financial statement fraud and enforcements pursued against the independent auditor and the principal perpetrators when occupational fraud is detected.

The first study examines competing, though non-mutually exclusive, hypotheses for the path that equity compensation follows on its way to financial misreporting. We find that firms that experience financial statement fraud pay their executives higher levels and a higher proportion of equity compensation across the entire executive’s tenure. This starts in the first year of an executive’s tenure and continues up until the fraud period. These …

Disclosure Overload? A Professional User Perspective On The Usefulness Of General Purpose Financial Statements*, Michael S. Drake, Jeffrey Hales, Lynn Rees

Faculty Publications

We survey a broad group of professionals who use financial statements as part of their job to assess the extent to which they believe financial reports suffer from disclosure overload. Consistent with the claims made by regulators, auditors, and preparers, we find that a significant portion of professional financial statement users believe disclosure overload is a problem. However, this group is in the minority, with about twice as many professional users believing that overload is not a problem and that more information should be disclosed in financial statements. This dichotomy presents a difficult challenge to standard setters aiming to improve …

Is There Information Content In Information Acquisition?, Michael S. Drake, Darren T. Roulstone, Bret A. Johnson, Jacob Thornock

Faculty Publications

In this study, we examine whether investors’ actions to acquire accounting information are predictive of future firm performance because these actions partially reveal investors’ private expectations of this performance. Using a database of EDGAR downloads, we find some evidence that information acquisition of accounting reports by EDGAR users is, on average, predictive of future firm performance. We then determine the identity of the EDGAR user and examine whether different users’ private expectations will be relatively more predictive of subsequent performance. We find that the information acquisition activities of more sophisticated institutional users (e.g., hedge funds, investment banks) are more strongly …

The Value Relevance Of Taxes: International Evidence On The Proxy For Profitability Role Of Tax Surprise, Jon Kerr

Faculty Publications

Despite evidence that tax surprise is incrementally value relevant, the literature has done little to broaden the investigation beyond the United States or examine circumstances that affect informativeness. After extending to the international setting, I examine the impact of tax enforcement. I report strong results of greater value relevance when tax enforcement is high and that the value relevance of tax surprise is mostly contained within its interaction with tax enforcement. These findings highlight the importance of tax enforcement in determining the information content of tax surprise and suggest that extant and future discussions should be broadened to include it.

Rank And File Equity Compensation And Earnings Management: Evidence From Stock Options, D. Kip Holderness Jr., Adrienna Huffman, Melissa F. Lewis-Western

Faculty Publications

The wide-spread use of rank and file equity-based compensation suggests that executives believe that rank and file employees can affect firm outcomes, and some research supports this view. If equity-based incentives influence rank and file employees’ productive efforts, they might also influence their earnings management decisions. We find that increases in rank and file employees’ option-based compensation—our proxy for equity-based compensation—are associated with increases in earnings management and that this relation is attributable to real activities (as opposed to accrual) earnings management. Cross-sectional tests indicate that the relation is stronger when rank and file option compensation is likely to generate …

Does Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Help To Promote Audit Quality? Evidence From Auditor Reporting Of Internal Control Weaknesses*, Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Timothy Seidel, Jian Zhou

Faculty Publications

In this study, we examine whether audit committee accounting expertise helps to promote audit quality by motivating auditors to conduct diligent internal control audits and make appropriate internal control assessments because audit committee accounting expertise safeguards auditors from dismissal following adverse internal control opinions. Among clients with existing and likely internal control material weaknesses (as proxied by future restatements of audited financial statements), we find a greater likelihood of adverse internal control audit opinions when the audit committee has greater accounting expertise (measured by the proportion of accounting experts on the audit committee). Among all clients, we find a lower …

Robotic Process Automation In Public Accounting, Lauren A. Cooper, D. Kip Holderness, Trevor L. Sorensen, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

This study investigates the adoption and use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software— often referred to as bots—in the public accounting industry. Accounting firms use RPA software to automate the input, processing, and output of data across computer applications in order to streamline repetitive and mundane business processes. We conducted individual, semi-structured interviews with 14 accounting professionals including at least two RPA leaders at each of the Big 4 accounting firms to gain insights into how RPA software is currently being used. Interviewees note that bots are implemented in all areas of the firm but have gained the most traction …

Reward Type And Performance: An Examination Of Organizational Wellness Programs, William G. Heninger, Steven D. Smith, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

We examine organizational control in the context of wellness programs—organizational initiatives designed to improve the physical and mental health of employees. In a field study setting, we examine the associations of three different types of incentives (cash, gift cards, and tangible rewards) with wellness program performance. We find that employees who successfully complete program challenges are associated with greater weight loss. We also find participants choosing gift cards are associated with the greatest program success, even though cash rewards are selected more than twice as often as gift cards. Tangible rewards are the least frequently selected reward and are associated …

Mekanisme Penghitungan Kembali Pajak Masukan Bagi Pengusaha Kena Pajak Yang Melakukan Penyerahan Terutang Dan Dibebaskan Dari Pajak Pertambahan Nilai, Hadining Kusumastuti, Dinda Alisya Putri

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

The Mechanism of Recalculation of Input Tax conducted by PT X and the Tax Office and the appropriateness of the Input Response Mechanism in accordance with the applicable regulations, namely Regulation of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia No. 135 / PMK.011 / 2014 on Guidelines for Counting Income Tax Crediting for Taxable Entrepreneurs Submitting Unpaid Taxes and Submissions. Data collection techniques used in the preparation of this final assignment is using Library Studies and Field Research. Through the analysis that has been done can be deduced that in terms of the regulation applicable mechanism of Input …

Implementasi Tanggung Jawab Pialang Asuransi Dalam Penyelesaian Klaim, Karin Amelia Safitri, Zefanya Oscar Mahaputra

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

Implementation Of Liability Of Insurance Manufacturers In Completion Of Claim. The responsibility of insurance brokers is very important in providing an appropriate solution in identifying the risks that exist on the insured. As representatives of the insured, the responsibility of insurance brokers as representatives of the insured party is entitled to act in liaison between the insured party and the insurance company. This study aims to describe the responsibility of insurance brokers related to Law No.40 of 2014 on how to solve customer problems. The method used is qualitative method, to know the clear picture about the problems studied. Data …

Kolaborasi Antara Universitas, Industri Dan Pemerintah Dalam Meningkatkan Inovasi Dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat: Konsep, Implementasi Dan Tantangan, Basuki M. Mukhlish

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

In the study of inter-organizational relationships, there is a tendency to look at relationships between two organizations (dyadic), and social networks are considered to be a combination of a number of dyadic relationships. There are often third parties who play a role in influencing the relationship between the two organizations, so the relationship becomes triadic. The third party referred to here is a relationship counselor who has a go-between role to safeguard, cultivate and develop social capital, help, adjust and resolve relationships between the two parties. One of the institutions that have a third role are innovation centers that have …

Proses Akuisisi Koleksi Buku Di Perpustakaan Bank Indonesia, Niko Grataridarga, Radityo Kusumo Santoso, Alif Rizky Ramadhani

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

This study discusses the collection acquisition of books in the library of Bank Indonesia to see the course of the process. Acquisition process used various methods such as collection purchases, grants or gifts, information resource sharing, and independent publications. This research method used qualitative method with case study at Bank Indonesia Library where they have Collection Development Division. Data collection is done by way of observation participation, interview, and documents observation. The results that can be reviewed are acquisition processes at Bank Indonesia including purchasing activities and independent publications of the parent organization. The conclusion is that Bank Indonesia Libraries …

Penyelesaian Piutang Negara Pada Perusahaan Bumn: Sebuah Peran Penting Kementerian Keuangan Republik Indonesia, Vindaniar Yuristamanda Putri, Vionika Apriliasta Ginting

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

The purpose of this paper is to describe the role of The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia in the settlement process of state receivable which sourced from RDI (Investment Fund Account) on State Owned Enterprises (case study of PT.X). This research uses qualitative and quantitative method with a descriptive approach to answer the research questions. Investment in SOE company (PT.X) has some issues regarding of repayment by the company. This needs to be resolved by the Ministry of Finance through Directorate of Investment Management System. The settlement process of state receivables are regulated in PMK No.13/PMK.05/2016 by …

Efektivitas Program Pelatihan Program Pengendalian Infeksi (Ppi) Melalui Evaluasi Pre Test Dan Pos Test Di Bagian Diklat Rumah Sakit Pusat Otak Nasional (Rsp Pon), Nur Fadilah Dewi, Yulial Hikmah

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

Education and Training National Brain Center Hospital is the part that takes care of all matters related to education and training of hospital staff. One type of training is held, namely the Training of Prevention and Control of Infection. Prevention and Control of Infection training is a systematic and planned effort to control the spread of hospital infections. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of infection control program training to employees of National Brain Center Hospital by using pre-test method before training and post-test after training. Research subjects amounted to 30 participants. This research is a quantitative research by …

Analisis Implementasi Se No.26/Pj/2015 Tentang Penegasan Penggunaan Nomor Seri Faktur Pajak Dan Tata Cara Pembuatan Faktur Pajak Ditinjau Dari Asas Ease Of Administration (Studi Kasus Pt Mi), Elsie Sylviana Kasim, Poppy Viendya

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

This study discusses the implementation analysis of SE No. 26 / PJ / 2015 on the affirmation of the use of the Tax Invoice number and the procedure for making the Tax Invoice from the principle of ease of administration (case study of PT MI). Data collection techniques used in this study is literature studies (Library Research) and field studies (Field Research). The results of research and analysis can be concluded as follows SE implementation No. 26 / PJ/ 2015 does not provide certainty to the Taxpayer, not efficient because the Taxpayer is required to pay a fine, not convenience …