Areas of Expertise

Judgment and decision-making, reporting and auditing complex estimates, mindsets, social norms, ESG

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., Accounting, Emory University, 2013
• M.A., Accounting, Brigham Young University, 2008
• B.S., Accounting, Brigham Young University, 2008

Professional Experience

• Blanche “Peg” Philpott Fellow, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University 2024-present
• Associate Professor, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2022-present
• Assistant Professor, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2017- 2022
• Assistant Professor, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-2017
• Instructor and Research Assistant, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 2009-2011

Selected Publications

• Burke, J., Towry, K., Young, D., and J. Zureich. (2023). Ambiguous Sticks and Carrots: The Effect of Contract Framing and Payoff Ambiguity on Employee Effort. The Accounting Review, 98(1), 139-162. View Full Text
• Johnson, J. A., Martin, P. R., Stikeleather, B., and Young, D. (2022). Investigating the Interactive Effects of Prosocial Actions, Construal, and Moral Identity on the Extent of Employee Reporting Dishonesty. Journal of Business Ethics, 181, 721–743. View Full Text
• Young, D. (2021). How Social Norms and Social Identification Constrain Aggressive Reporting Behavior. The Accounting Review, 96(3), 449–478. View Full Text
• Griffith, E., Kadous, K., and Young, D. (2021). Improving Complex Audit Judgments: A Framework and Evidence. Contemporary Accounting Research, 38(3), 2071-2104. View Full Text
• Johnson, J., Theis, J., Vitalis, A., and Young, D. (2020). The Influence of Firms’ Emissions Management Strategy on Investors’ Valuation Judgments. Contemporary Accounting Research, 37(2), 642-664 View Full Text
• Emett, S., Guymon, R., Tayler, B., and Young, D. (2019). Controls and the Asymmetric Stickiness of Norms. Accounting Horizons, 33(4), 119-143.  View Full Text
• Griffith, E., Kadous, K., and Young, D. (2016). How insights from the ‘new’ JDM research can improve auditor judgment: Fundamental research questions and methodological advice. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 35(2), 1-22. View Full Text
• Griffith, E., Hammersley, J., Kadous, K., and Young, D. (2015). Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates. Journal of Accounting Research, 53(1), 49-77. View Full Text
• Kadous, K., Tayler, W., Thayer, J., and Young, D. (2014). Individual Characteristics and the Disposition Effect: The Opposing Effects of Confidence and Self-Regard. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 15(3), 235-250. View Full Text

Edited on July 25, 2024