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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

The Effects of Incomplete Outcome Feedback on Auditors' Self-Perceptions of Judgment Ability.

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WWWilliam S. WallerTulane UniversityWFWilliam L. FelixUniversity of Arizona

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Implication

Tests incomplete outcome feedback's impact on auditors' self-perceived judgment ability, suggesting implications for learning and decision-making.

Key Points

  • The research aims to explore how incomplete outcome feedback influences auditors' self-perceptions of their judgment ability and its effects on their decision-making.
  • Conducted an experiment with professional auditors
  • Examined their internal control judgments under incomplete feedback
  • Analyzed the relationship between self-perceived and actual judgment ability
  • Auditors' self-perceptions were significantly influenced by incomplete feedback
  • Factors unrelated to actual judgment ability affected their self-assessment
  • Findings support the hypothesis about the impact of feedback on learning

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Waller et al. (1984) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba427c4e9516ffd37a2bf4https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4483381
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  1. 1Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Accountability on Auditor Judgments.1991
  2. 2Re-Examining the Outcome Effect: Do Performance Evaluations Discourage Auditors’ Professional Skepticism?2026 · 1 citations
  3. 3The Effect of Accountability on Judgment: Development of Hypotheses for Auditing.1992 · 1 citations
  4. 4Audit Judgment Confidence.1991
  5. 5An Investigation of Auditor Judgment in Analytical Review.1985