Dereck Barr-pulliam
Assistant Professor
Department of Buisness Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America
Biography
Dereck Barr-Pulliam is an Assistant Professor in the Accounting & Information Systems Department within the Wisconsin School of Business. He earned a PhD from the University of Mississippi in 2014. He is a certified public accountant and internal auditor. He spent six years in practice as a senior internal auditor for Federal Express in both its domestic and international operations. Dereck’s research focuses on two primary areas: expertise with a specific emphasis on internal and external auditors as experts and their use of others’ expertise and the strategic interaction between auditors and managers. He uses psychology and economics-based theories and both experimental and archival data to examine various topics within these two primary areas.
Research Interest
emphasis on internal and external auditors as experts and their use of others’ expertise and the strategic interaction between auditors and managers.
Publications
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The Effects of Continuous Auditing and Functional Alignment on Internal Auditors’ Perceptions of the Likelihood of Earnings Management and their Likelihood of Reporting.
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The Effects of the Internal Control Opinion and Use of Audit Data Analytics on Perceptions of Audit Quality, Assurance, and Auditor Negligence.
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Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee on PCAOB Staff Consultation Paper No. 2015-01, The Auditors’ Use of the Work of Specialists.
