During the last couple of months, numerous personnel members of the Department of Auditing attended and presented papers at various conferences across the globe. First on the list was the British Accounting and Finance Association’s 27th Audit and Assurance Conference, which was hosted in London on 4 and 5 May 2017. Carla Coetzee presented a paper, titled “Conflicting institutional logics: a small and medium-sized audit firm perspective”, which originated from her recently completed master’s degree at this conference.

 

The next stop was the European Accounting Association’s 40th annual conference held in Valencia, Spain from 10 to 12 May 2017, where three of the Department’s personnel members presented papers. Prof Karin Barac presented a paper titled “Diversity in professional teams: structuring a diverse audit team”,  while Carla Coetzee’s paper addressed small and medium-sized audit firm issues resultig from the change in company’s audit requirements. Rolien Kunz presented one of the papers from her master’s degree dealing with the work-readiness of first-year trainee accountants and specifically with the professional skills requirements. The conference was attended by delegates from around the world, which provided excellent network opportunities and valuable feedback were received on the presented papers.