Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research

Dr. Khondkar E. Karim is a Professor of Accounting and Chair at Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts, USA, and a Certified Public Accountant. Karim’s research interests are in financial accounting, market-based accounting, behavioral accounting, judgment decision making, content analysis, impact of regulatory changes on accounting numbers, audit pricing, audit quality, and cost management.

Chapter 1. Investigating the Effect of Audit Evidence Weighting on Auditor Objectivity; Behrooz Badpa, Omid Pourheidari, Ahmad Khodamipour, and Venkataraman Iyer

Chapter 2. The Influence of Mindfulness and Absorption on Task Performance: An Examination of Attention Breadth Among Accounting Hierarchies; Sandra Cereola, Karen Green, and Edward Lynch

Chapter 3. Career Imprinting: An Evidence of CEOs’ Earnings Management Decisions; Zagdbazar Davaadorj, Bolo Enkhtaivan, Wei Ning, and Albi Alikaj

Chapter 4. Could Community Service Morally License Dysfunctional Auditor Behavior?; Matthew J. Hayes, Michael Killey, and Stephanie Tsui

Chapter 5. Audit Adjustment Disputes: The Effect of Affective Commitment and Tenure on Audit Committee Judgement; Emily S. Keenan and Aaron B. Wilson

Chapter 6. Investment Consensus: How An Important Safeguard in Crowdfunding Could Mislead Investors; Stephen Kuselias and Matthew Starliper

Chapter 7. CFO Ethnicity and Financial Reporting Conservatism; Huan Kuang, Huimin Li, Cody Lu, and Bo Xu