Biography
Emily Griffith received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in May of 2014. She is a CPA with three years of public accounting experience and a member of the first-ever class in the AICPA Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program. Griffith’s research interests include auditor judgments about non-verifiable information. Her most recent work has involved examining factors that help auditors compile information from multiple sources to find problems within estimates. She has appeared as a presenter at both the AAA Auditing Section and the ABO Section mid-year meetings and has published research in The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory.
Research
Selected Accepted Journal Articles
Griffith, E. & Kadous, K. & Young, D. (2020). Improving Complex Audit Judgments: A Framework and Evidence Contemporary Accounting Research
Griffith, E. & Kadous, K. & Proell, C. (2020). Friends in Low Places: How Peer Advice and Leadership Feedback Quality Affect Staff Auditors' Willingness to Speak Up Accounting, Organizations and Society
Selected Published Journal Articles
Griffith, E. (2020). Auditors, Specialists, and Professional Jurisdiction in Audits of Fair Values Contemporary Accounting Research
Griffith, E. & Nolder, C. & Petty., R. (2018). The Elaboration Likelihood Model: A Meta-theory for Synthesizing Auditor Judgment and Decision Making Research Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Griffith, E. (2018). When Do Auditors Use Specialists’ Work to Improve Problem Representations of and Judgments about Complex Estimates? The Accounting Review
Griffith, E. & Kadous, K. & Young, D. (2016). How Insights from the “New” JDM Research Can Improve Auditor Judgment: Fundamental Research Questions and Methodological Advice Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Griffith, E. & Hammersley, J. & Kadous, K. (2015). Audits of Complex Estimates as Verification of Management Numbers: How Institutional Pressure Shape Practice Contemporary Accounting Research
Griffith, E. & Hammersley, J. & Kadous, K. & Young, D. (2015). Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates Journal of Accounting Research
Working Papers
Griffith, E. & Bauer, T. & Estep, C. (2019). The Effects of Psychological Ownership on Team Member Judgments and Communication
Griffith, E. & Hammersley, J. (2019). How Do Auditors Use Valuation Specialists in Audits of Fair Values? Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Presentations
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting (2018) Ego depletion and using specialists' work to audit complex estimates
AAA ABO Research Conference (2016) The effect of psychological ownership on specialists' judgments and communication
Invited Presentation, Northeastern Behavioral Audit Research Series (Bentley University) (2016) When do auditors use specialists’ work to develop richer problem representations of complex estimates?
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting (2016) When do auditors use specialists’ work to develop richer problem representations of complex estimates?
Invited Presentation, Queen's University (2015) How do auditors use valuation specialists when auditing fair values?
AAA ABO Research Conference (2015) When Do Auditors Use Specialists' Work to Develop Richer Problem Representations of Complex Estimates?
AAA Annual Meeting (2015) How do Auditors Use Valuation Specialists when Auditing Fair Values?
UW-Madison Doctoral Alumni Conference (2015) How do Auditors Use Valuation Specialists when Auditing Fair Values?
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting (2014) How do Auditors Use Valuaton Specialists When Auditing Fair Values?
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting (2012) Auditing Complex Estimates: Understanding the Process Used and Problems Encountered
AAA ABO Research Conference (2011) Auditing Complex Estimates: Understanding the Process Used and Problems Encountered
Service
Professional Organizations
American Accounting Association
American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants
Editorial and Reviewing Activities
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory - Since October 2020
Ad Hoc Editor
Review of Accounting Studies - Since January 2018
Ad Hoc Reviewer
The International Journal of Accounting - Since January 2017
Editorial Board Member
Behavioral Research in Accounting - Since January 2016
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Critical Perspectives on Accounting - January 2016 - December 2016
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journal of Accounting Research - Since January 2016
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Contemporary Accounting Research - Since January 2016
Editorial Board Member
Journal of Business Ethics - Since January 2016
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Accounting, Organizations & Society - Since January 2016
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory - Since January 2015
Editorial Board Member
The Accounting Review - Since January 2014
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Accounting Horizons - Since January 2014
Ad Hoc Reviewer