Daniel Zhou

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Accounting, Emory University, 2018
• MAcc, Florida State University, 2009

Positions Held

• Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018 to present
• Lecturer of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2017-2018
• Audit Senior, Ernst and Young LLP, 2009-2012

Recent Publications

• Nelson, M., Proell, C., & Zhou, D. Forthcoming. It's Not Only What You Say... How Communication Style and Team Culture Affect Audit Issue Follow-Up and Auditor Performance Evaluations. The Accounting Review.
• Mocadlo, R., Rich, J., Trimble, M., & Zhou, D. Forthcoming. Practitioner Summary of "Fostering intrinsic motivational orientation: A cost-effective method for encouraging audit staff to speak up". Current Issues in Auditing.
• Kadous, K., & Zhou, D. (2019). How Does Intrinsic Motivation Improve Auditor Judgment in Complex Audit Tasks? Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (1), 108-131.
• Kadous, K., Proell, C., Rich, J., & Zhou, D. (2019). It Goes Without Saying: The Effects of Intrinsic Motivational Orientation, Leadership Emphasis of Intrinsic Goals, and Audit Issue Ambiguity on Speaking Up. Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (4), 2113-2141.

Other Publications

Book Chapters

• Kadous, K., & Zhou, D., T. Libby and L. Thorne (Ed.) (2017). Maximizing the contribution of JDM style experiments The Routledge Companion to Behavioral Research in Accounting.

Presentations

• Zhou, D. (2018). Undue Influence? The effect of social media advice on investment decisions. AAA FARS Section Midyear Meeting.
• Zhou, D. (2018). Counteracting the directional influence of incentives on auditor judgment. AAA Auditing Section Midyear Meeting.
• Zhou, D. (2016). How does intrinsic motivation improve auditor judgment in complex audit tasks? 31st Annual Contemporary Accounting Research Conference.

Working Papers

• Peecher, M., Ricci, M., & Zhou, D. Promoting Proactive Auditing Behaviors.
  
• Zhou, D. Counteracting the directional influence of incentives on auditor judgment.
• Kadous, K., Mercer, M., & Zhou, D. Undue Influence? The effect of social media advice on investment decisions.

Honors and Awards

• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-2020

Research Interests

• Judgment and decision making in auditing and financial accounting; Effects of motivation on decision making; Information processing; Audit litigation