1996 Regional Meeting Paper Presentations

AAA Southeast Region
Richmond, VA

• "Work-Personal Life Balance Variables and Turnover in Big 6 Public Accounting Firms, " Paula B. Thomas, Middle Tennessee State University; Karen L. Hooks, University of South Florida; William D. Stout, University of South Florida.
• "A Gender-Based Comparison of the Influence of Work Stressors and Stress Arousal on Job Dissatisfaction and Turnover Intentions Among Public Accounting Professionals," Kenneth J. Smith, Salisbury State University; Barbara R. Stewart, Towson State University; Jeannette A. Davy, Wright State University.
• "The Relationship Between Accountants' Organizational Commitment and Professional Commitment: A MetaAnalysis," John A. Brierley, University of Wales.
• "The Effect of an Individual Auditor's Commitment to the Audit Client on Audit Results," Lorraine McClenny Wright, North Carolina State University; Clarence Coleman, Winthrop University; Hubert D. Glover, Enterprise Advisory Services, Inc.
• "Using Attribution Analysis to Explain Performance Evaluations, " Michael P. Bradley, Augusta College.
• "The Measurement of Latent Constructs in Behavioral Tax Research: The Methodology and an Example of its Application," David Mason, East Carolina University.
• "An Examination of Contingent and Non-Contingent Rewards in a Tax Compliance Experiment," Debra S. Callihan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Roxanne M. Spindle, Virginia Commonwealth University.
• "Mentoring For Tax Professionals: An Examination of Stress During a CPA Firm Merger, " Philip H. Siegel, Monmouth University; Joseph Hagan, East Carolina University.
• "Performance Evaluation and Compensation Issues in Multinational Companies," Jessica Nicholson, University of Toronto; Carolyn George, Campbell College; Pamela Church, Rhodes College.
• "The Effect of Fairness Perceptions on Tax Compliance by Individual Taxpayers," Kim Galligan Key, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
• "Judgments of Tax Structure Fairness and Tax Compliance Behavior: A Test of Inequity Theory," G. Thomas Turman, Old Dominion University.
• "Mentoring in Accounting Doctoral Programs: Someone Help Me To Meet This Self-Imposed and Totally Unnecessary Challenge, " Gary D. Burkette, East Tennessee State University; Martha M. Pointer, East Tennessee State University.
• "The Budget-Related Behavior of United States, Spanish and Chinese Business Managers," J. Ralph Byington, Georgia Southern University; Gene H. Johnson, Louisiana Tech University; Stanley Y. Chang, Arizona State University-West Campus.
• "How German Bankers Perceive the Quality of Auditors' Reports in Germany: An Empirical Investigation," Hans J. Dykxhoorn, Western Michigan University; Kathleen E. Sinning, Western Michigan University.
• "An Empirical Investigation of Why Auditors Often Fail to Issue Going Concern Opinions for Bankrupt Finns and How to Improve Auditors' Predictions of Bankruptcy," Benjamin Foster, University of Louisville; Terry Ward, Middle Tennessee State University.
• " Signaling and Optimal Demand for Insurance in the New Equity Issues Market," Minwoo Lee, Western Kentucky University.

Southwestern Federation of Administrative Disciplines (SWFAD)
March 6-9, 1996
San Antonio, TX

• "Relationships Between Senior Auditor Behaviors and Staff Auditor Time Budget Pressure, " Tim Kelley, University of San Diego; Loren Margheim, University of San Diego.
• "The Career Orientation of CPAs: An Empirical Analysis, " J. Russell Hardin, Gardner-Webb University; Morris H. Stocks, University of Mississippi; 0. Finley Graves, University of Mississippi.
• "An Analysis of the Impact of the Mentoring Process on MAS Professionals During a CPA Firm's Restructuring," Philip H. Siegel, Monmouth University; John T. Rigsby, Mississippi State University; J. David Spiceland, University of Memphis.
• "Video Simulation of an Audit: An Experiment in Experiential Learning Theory, " Philip H. Siegel, Monmouth University; Khursheed Omer, University of Houston-Downtown; Surendra P. Agrawal, University of Memphis.
• "The Auditor's Going Concern Modification as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy: A Discrete-Time Survival Analysis," Timothy J. Louwers, University of Houston; Frank M. Messina, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Michael D. Richard, Mississippi State University.