Dysfunctional Behavior In Organizations: Insights From The Management Control Literature

Keywords

Fraud triangle; Management control; Opportunity; Pressure; Rationalization

Abstract

As the scope of the audit continues to broaden (Cohen, Krishnamoorthy, and Wright 2017), research questions in management control and internal control are beginning to overlap. Even so, there is little overlap between these fields in terms of published research to date. The purpose of this paper is to take a step in bridging the gap between the management control and the internal control literatures. We survey relevant findings from the extant management control literature published between 2003 and 2016 on dysfunctional behavior and the ways in which it might be mitigated. We then use the fraud triangle as an organizing framework to consider how the management control literature might help to address audit risk factors identified in SAS 99/AU SEC 316 (AICPA 2002). The outcome of our analysis is meant to identify and classify the extant management control literature of relevance to research on internal control in a manner that researchers new to the management control literature will find accessible. We conclude with a set of future research opportunities that can help to broaden the scope of current research in internal control.

Publication Date

11-1-2018

Publication Title

Auditing

Volume

37

Issue

4

Number of Pages

117-141

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.2308/AJPT-51914

Socpus ID

85062377097 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85062377097

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