Encouraging Professional Skepticism in the Industry Specialization Era

This paper provides theory and experimental evidence that, under common audit conditions, industry specialization inhibits some aspects of auditors’ professional skepticism. As auditors amass industry experience, they develop extensive knowledge of non-misstatement explanations for unusual financial...

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Main Author: Grenier, Jonathan H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 142, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-256
Further subjects:B Industry specialization
B Self-criticism
B Fraud
B Professional skepticism
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