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  1. Why so Inhibited? The Influence of Cynicism on Auditors’ Performance of Effortful Actions

    Article • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory, June 2026, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  2. The Value of Theory-Based Research in Accounting

    Article • The Accounting Review, November 2025, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  3. Why Do Investors Rely on Low-Quality Investment Advice? Experimental Evidence from Social Media Platforms

    Article • Behavioral Research in Accounting, March 2025, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  4. Maximizing the Contribution of JDM-Style Experiments in Accounting

    Article • March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Kathryn Kadous

  5. Learning in the auditing profession: A framework and future directions

    Article • Accounting Organizations and Society, December 2024, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  6. Does Status Equal Substance? The Effects of Specialist Social Status on Auditor Assessments of Complex Estimates

    Article • The Accounting Review, August 2024, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  7. Do as I Say: A Look at the Supervisor Behaviors that Encourage Upward Communication on Audit Teams

    Article • Accounting Horizons, March 2023, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  8. Theory Testing and Process Evidence in Accounting Experiments

    Article • The Accounting Review, December 2021, American Accounting Association

    Robert Libby, Kathryn Kadous

  9. Do Managers’ Nonnative Accents Influence Investment Decisions?

    Article • The Accounting Review, July 2021, American Accounting Association

    Leonardo Barcellos, Kathryn Kadous

  10. The Sounds of Silence: A Framework, Theory, and Empirical Evidence of Audit Team Voice

    Article • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory, June 2021, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  11. Auditors' cognitive processing habits

    Article • The Accounting Review, May 2021, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  12. Friends in low places: How peer advice and expected leadership feedback affect staff auditors’ willingness to speak up

    Article • Accounting Organizations and Society, November 2020, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  13. Fraud Brainstorming Group Composition in Auditing: The Persuasive Power of a Skeptical Minority

    Article • The Accounting Review, July 2020, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  14. It Goes without Saying: The Effects of Intrinsic Motivational Orientation, Leadership Emphasis of Intrinsic Goals, and Audit Issue Ambiguity on Speaking Up

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, October 2019, Wiley

    Kathryn Kadous

  15. How Does Intrinsic Motivation Improve Auditor Judgment in Complex Audit Tasks?

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, December 2018, Wiley

    Kathryn Kadous

  16. Grounding the professional skepticism construct in mindset and attitude theory: A way forward

    Article • Accounting Organizations and Society, May 2018, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  17. Using dual-process and goal frameworks in auditor judgment research

    Article • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory, May 2016, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous, Emily Griffith

  18. Are Juries More Likely to Second-Guess Auditors under Imprecise Accounting Standards?

    Article • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory, February 2016, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  19. Motivating Auditor Skepticism

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  20. Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates

    Article • Journal of Accounting Research, December 2014, Wiley

    Emily Griffith, Kathryn Kadous

  21. Audits of Complex Estimates as Verification of Management Numbers: How Institutional Pressures Shape Practice

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, November 2014, Wiley

    Emily Griffith, Kathryn Kadous

  22. Individual Characteristics and the Disposition Effect: The Opposing Effects of Confidence and Self-Regard

    Article • Journal of Behavioral Finance, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Kathryn Kadous

  23. How Do Auditors Weight Informal Contrary Advice? The Joint Influence of Advisor Social Bond and Advice Justifiability

    Article • The Accounting Review, November 2013, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  24. Does the Communication of Causal Linkages Improve Employee Effort Allocations and Firm Performance? An Experimental Investigation

    Article • Journal of Management Accounting Research, December 2012, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  25. Do Financial Statement Users Judge Relevance Based on Properties of Reliability?

    Article • The Accounting Review, July 2012, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  26. Can Reporting Norms Create a Safe Harbor? Jury Verdicts against Auditors under Precise and Imprecise Accounting Standards

    Article • The Accounting Review, March 2012, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  27. The impact of risk and affect on information search efficiency

    Article • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, January 2012, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  28. Are Juries More Likely to Second-Guess Auditor Judgment under Imprecise Accounting Standards?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  29. How Do Audit Seniors Respond to Heightened Fraud Risk?

    Article • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory, August 2011, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  30. Is There Safety in Numbers? The Effects of Forecast Accuracy and Forecast Boldness on Financial Analysts' Credibility with Investors

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, August 2009, Wiley

    Kathryn Kadous

  31. Contracting on Contemporaneous versus Forward-Looking Measures: An Experimental Investigation

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, September 2008, Wiley

    Kathryn Kadous

  32. Do Effects of Client Preference on Accounting Professionals' Information Search and Subsequent Judgments Persist with High Practice Risk?

    Article • The Accounting Review, January 2008, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  33. Using Counter‐Explanation to Limit Analysts' Forecast Optimism

    Article • The Accounting Review, March 2006, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  34. Quantification and Persuasion in Managerial Judgement Discussion of "Quantification and Persuasion in Managerial Judgement"

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, October 2005, Wiley

    Kathryn Kadous

  35. The Efficacy of Third-Party Consultation in Preventing Managerial Escalation of Commitment: The Role of Mental Representations Discussion of "The Efficacy of Third-Party Consultation in Preventing Managerial Escalation of Commitment: The Role

    Article • Contemporary Accounting Research, April 2004, Wiley

    Kathryn Kadous

  36. The Role of Incentives to Manage Earnings and Quantification in Auditors' Evaluations of Management‐Provided Information

    Article • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory, March 2004, American Accounting Association

    Urton L Anderson, Kathryn Kadous

  37. The Effect of Quality Assessment and Directional Goal Commitment on Auditors' Acceptance of Client‐Preferred Accounting Methods

    Article • The Accounting Review, July 2003, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  38. The Effects of Audit Quality and Consequence Severity on Juror Evaluations of Auditor Responsibility for Plaintiff Losses

    Article • The Accounting Review, July 2000, American Accounting Association

    Kathryn Kadous

  39. Cognitive and Strategic Components of the Explanation Effect

    Article • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, May 1997, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous

  40. The Joint Effects of Task-Related Negative Affect and Task Difficulty in Multiattribute Choice

    Article • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, May 1997, Elsevier

    Kathryn Kadous, Dan Stone

  41. The explanation effect: Cognitive and strategic components

    Article • January 1995, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Kathryn Kadous