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Sally Wright, D.B.A., C.P.A
Professor of Accounting
617-287-7682
sally.wright@umb.edu

 


EducationProfessor Wright
D.B.A., Boston University
M.B.A., Northeastern University
B.S., The University of Colorado

Areas of Expertise
Accounting Information Systems, Financial Statement
Analysis, Managerial Accounting, Financial Auditing

Background
Six years experience with an international “Big 4” firm: audit and consulting
Chief Financial Officer for a 250 bed acute care hospital

Courses Taught
Managerial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Financial Auditing, Accounting for Managers

Research Interests
Effects of Continuous Financial Reporting and Audit, Assurance on Earnings Management and the Market, Audit Negotiation, Control Impacts of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems,Waived Audit Adjustments

Selected Publications
Chan, S. and S. Wright. 2007. “More Frequent Interim Reporting: A Field Study Informed Survey of In-Company Accountants and IT Professionals” Journal of Information Systems.

Trotman, K., Wright, A. and S. Wright. 2005. “Auditor Negotiations: An Examination of the Efficacy of Intervention Methods", The Accounting Review.

Hunton, J., Wright, A. and S. Wright. 2004. “Are Financial Auditors Overconfident in Their Ability to Assess Risks Associated with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems?” Journal of Information Systems.

Hunton, J., Wright, A. and S. Wright. 2004. “Potential Ramification of Continuous Reporting and Continuous Assurance on Investor Behavior,” Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting.

Hunton, J., Wright, A. and S. Wright. 2004. The Supply and Demand for Continuous Reporting. 2004 PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Monograph:
Trust and Data Assurances in the Capital Markets: The Role of Technology Solutions.

Wright, S. and A. Wright. 2002. “Information System Assurance for Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Unique Risk Considerations,”
Journal of Information Systems.

Bierstaker, J. and S. Wright. 2000. “An Investigation of Practical Problem-Solving Ability as a Predictor of Performance in Auditing Tasks, “
Behavioral Research in Accounting.

Wright, S. 1999. “Letsgo Travel Trailers: A Case for Incorporating the New Model of the Organization into the Teaching of Budgeting,”
IMA/AAA Cases for Management Accounting Practice.

Professional Activities
Associate Editor: Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research (AABR)
Editorial Review Board: Journal of Information Systems (JIS), Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory Reviewer: Behavioral Research in Accounting (BRIA), The Accounting Review
AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award Committee

Honors
Visiting Research Fellow: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (Spring 1991, Summer 1994)
Visiting Professor: University of Washington (Fall 2000), Arizona State University (Spring 2001)
Joan Moon Teaching Award (2003)

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