Accountants can be employed by the organizations for which they prepare the financial reports or by accounting firms, whereas auditors work in audit firms where they often have duals roles as both professionals and managers. Accounting and auditing are therefore closely related occupations, but where the role and the organization in which one works differs.
My research and teaching include both accounting and auditing. My thesis focused on the audit profession from a social identity perspective and includes for example studies on the attractiveness of the profession and the audit firms among students. I conduct both quantitative and qualitative research and currently my research mainly focuses on accounting, but also accounting and auditing ethics. My teaching mainly on accounting, but I also teach in subjects such as research methods and supervise theses in accounting and management accounting.
