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The ties that bind: Knowledge-seeking networks and auditor job performance
Accounting, Organizations and Society ( IF 4.114 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 , DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2021.101239
Monika Causholli , Theresa Floyd , Nicole Thorne Jenkins , Scott M. Soltis

The dissemination of knowledge in audit firms is a critical process that has gone relatively unexamined by researchers. Using social network analysis to quantify the knowledge-seeking networks in a Big 4 audit firm in the U.S., we examine the association between the types and patterns of knowledge-seeking ties and individual auditor performance. Our initial finding is that auditor job performance is negatively associated with the number of knowledge-seeking ties. Further, our analyses demonstrate that this negative association is being driven by explicit knowledge-seeking rather than tacit knowledge-seeking activities and is stronger for higher-ranked auditors. Thus, knowledge-seeking by auditors may come at a cost, particularly when that knowledge is codifiable and when the seeking is done by those at higher levels of the firm. In a post-hoc analysis, we find that tacit knowledge-seeking ties to managers can be beneficial for auditor performance, and tacit knowledge-seeking ties to senior managers and partners is sometimes detrimental. In sum, this suggests that who is seeking knowledge and who is being sought for knowledge are both important for performance. Our findings may assist researchers to better understand how auditors leverage their social connections to learn, which in turn may affect audit efficiency and effectiveness. Further, audit firms might benefit from better understanding the consequences of knowledge-seeking from different sources and use this understanding to make decisions that maximize desirable information flows.



中文翻译:

绑定的纽带:寻求知识的网络和审计员的工作绩效

在审计事务所中传播知识是一个关键过程,研究人员相对而言没有对其进行审查。我们使用社交网络分析来量化美国四大会计师事务所的知识寻求网络,研究知识寻求关系的类型和模式与审计师个人绩效之间的关联。我们的初步发现是,审计员的工作绩效与寻求知识的联系数量呈负相关。此外,我们的分析表明,这种负面关联是由明确的知识寻求而不是隐性的知识寻求活动驱动的,并且对于更高级别的审计师来说更强。因此,审计师寻求知识可能是有代价的,特别是当该知识可编纂并且寻求由公司更高级别的人员完成时。在事后分析中,我们发现与经理的隐性知识寻求联系可能有利于审计师的绩效,而与高级经理和合作伙伴的隐性知识寻求联系有时是有害的。总之,这表明谁在寻求知识和谁在寻求知识对于绩效都很重要。我们的发现可能有助于研究人员更好地了解审计师如何利用他们的社会关系进行学习,这反过来又可能影响审计效率和有效性。此外,审计事务所可能受益于更好地理解从不同来源寻求知识的后果,并利用这种理解来做出最大化所需信息流的决策。与高级管理人员和合作伙伴的隐性知识寻求联系有时是有害的。总之,这表明谁在寻求知识和谁在寻求知识对于绩效都很重要。我们的发现可能有助于研究人员更好地了解审计师如何利用他们的社会关系进行学习,这反过来又可能影响审计效率和有效性。此外,审计事务所可能受益于更好地理解从不同来源寻求知识的后果,并利用这种理解来做出最大化所需信息流的决策。与高级管理人员和合作伙伴的隐性知识寻求联系有时是有害的。总之,这表明谁在寻求知识和谁在寻求知识对于绩效都很重要。我们的发现可能有助于研究人员更好地了解审计师如何利用他们的社会关系进行学习,这反过来又可能影响审计效率和有效性。此外,审计事务所可能受益于更好地理解从不同来源寻求知识的后果,并利用这种理解来做出最大化所需信息流的决策。我们的发现可能有助于研究人员更好地了解审计师如何利用他们的社会关系进行学习,这反过来又可能影响审计效率和有效性。此外,审计事务所可能受益于更好地理解从不同来源寻求知识的后果,并利用这种理解来做出最大化所需信息流的决策。我们的发现可能有助于研究人员更好地了解审计师如何利用他们的社会关系进行学习,这反过来又可能影响审计效率和有效性。此外,审计事务所可能受益于更好地理解从不同来源寻求知识的后果,并利用这种理解来做出最大化所需信息流的决策。

更新日期:2021-02-08
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