Kimberly Walker

Virginia Tech

250 Drillfield Drive

Blacksburg, VA 24061

United States

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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Data Analytics and Skeptical Actions: The Countervailing Effects of False Positives and Consistent Rewards for Skepticism

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2024
Dereck Barr-Pulliam, Joseph F. Brazel, Jennifer McCallen and Kimberly Walker
University of Louisville, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management - Department of Accounting, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting and Virginia Tech
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audit, data analytics, false positives, professional skepticism, rewards

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Imitation without Intention: A Qualitative Analysis of Isomorphic Audit Committee Disclosures

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2025
Lauren M. Cunningham, Sarah E. Stein, Kimberly Walker and Karneisha Wolfe
University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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audit committee, disclosure, proxy statement, isomorphism, legitimacy gap

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Auditor Skepticism in the Virtual Environment: Has the Pandemic Left Auditors Worse Off?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Nov 2024
Kimberly Walker, Dereck Barr-Pulliam and Ally Zimmerman
Virginia Tech, University of Louisville and Florida State University - Department of Accounting
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Embracing a Paradoxical Environment to Promote Technological Advancements in Auditing: Perspectives from Auditors in the Field

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Dec 2022
Kimberly Walker, Dereck Barr-Pulliam and Helen L. Brown-Liburd
Virginia Tech, University of Louisville and Rutgers University, Newark - Rutgers Business School - Department of Accounting and Information Systems
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Paradox theory, digital transformation, qualitative field study  

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Redefining Perceived Boundaries: Insights into the Audit Committee's Evolving Responsibilities

The Accounting Review (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2025
Lauren M. Cunningham, Sarah E. Stein, Kimberly Walker and Karneisha Wolfe
University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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audit committee, corporate governance, evolving responsibilities, boundary work, boundary tactics

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Harnessing humility: The Effects of Partner humility and Surface-Level Diversity on Auditors' Fraud Brainstorming Outcomes

Posted: 03 Apr 2025
Sudip Bhattacharjee, Tisha King and Kimberly Walker
Virginia Tech - Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Waterloo - School of Accounting & Finance and Virginia Tech

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humility, surface-level diversity, partner influence, fraud, brainstorming

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From Compliance to Strategy: Using the Three Lines of Defense Model to Evaluate and Motivate Internal Audit Contributions to Accounting Research

Posted: 29 Jun 2017
Dereck Barr-Pulliam, Porschia Nkansa and Kimberly Walker
University of Louisville, California State University, Los Angeles - Department of Accounting and Virginia Tech

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Internal Audit, Internal Control, Three Lines of Defense, Literature Review