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Laurence Daoust

HEC Montreal

3000, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine

Montréal, Quebec H3T2A7

Canada

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How the Organizational Identity Orientation of Mid-tier Public Accounting Firms Affects Their Stakeholder Relationships

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2026
Laurence Daoust, Tim Fogarty, Candice Hux and Ally Zimmerman
HEC Montreal, Case Western Reserve University, Northern Illinois University and Florida State University - Department of Accounting
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public accounting firms, melting pot, professional service firms, employee empowerment, client service, organizational identity, organizational identity orientation, mid-tier accounting firms

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Caught Between Two Worlds: Big 4 Professionals Moving to Non-Big 4 Firms

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Laurence Daoust, Candice Hux and Ally Zimmerman
HEC Montreal, Northern Illinois University and Florida State University - Department of Accounting
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public accounting firms, professional services firms, Bourdieu, doxa, habitus, illusio, reflexivity, career transitions, elite firms, non-elite firms

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When the Client Is a Former Auditor: Auditees’ Expert Knowledge and Social Capital As Threats to Staff Auditors’ Operational Independence

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When the Client Is a Former Auditor: Auditees’ Expert Knowledge and Social Capital As Threats to Staff Auditors’ Operational Independence

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 26 Nov 2019
Laurence Daoust and Bertrand Malsch
HEC Montreal and Queen's University - School of Business
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Auditee-auditor relationship, Expert knowledge, Independence, Social capital

When the Client Is a Former Auditor: Auditees’ Expert Knowledge and Social Capital As Threats to Staff Auditors’ Operational Independence

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 07 Jan 2020
Laurence Daoust and Bertrand Malsch
HEC Montreal and Queen's University - School of Business

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auditee-auditor relationship, Expert knowledge, Independence, Social capital

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Craftwork and dirty work in small and medium-sized firms: A longitudinal study of auditors' professional integration

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Apr 2026
Cynthia Allaire, Laurence Daoust and Pier-Luc Lajoie
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, HEC Montreal and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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commercialism, craftwork, dirty work, novice auditor, professional integration, small and medium-sized accounting firm

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Struggles Over Auditors’ Socialization: The Disruption of the Audit Heterotopia

Posted: 10 Nov 2023
Oriane Couchoux, Laurence Daoust and Bertrand Malsch
Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, HEC Montreal and Queen's University - School of Business

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Audit, auditor, heterotopia, learning, professional service firms, socialization