Stephen Perreault

Associate Professor

Contact Information:

sperreau@providence.edu

401.865.1892

Ryan Center for Business Studies 356

Education:

Ph.D. - Accounting University of Massachusetts

Area(s) of Expertise:

Auditing

Selected Publications:

Kuselias, S. Earley, C. Perreault, S. The Impact of Firm Affiliation on Accountants’ Error Reporting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation. Accounting Organizations & Society.

Kuselias, S. Perreault, S. Shafer, M. (2021) The Financial and Tax Considerations of Social Security and Early Retirement. Journal of Wealth Management, The.

Lauck, J. Rakestraw, J. Perreault, S. Wainberg, J. (2021) Strategic audit inquiry: The impact of timing and the promotion of statutory protections on client fraud disclosures. Accounting Horizons.(34), 153-167.

Berger, L. Perreault, S. Wainberg, J. (2017) Hijacking the moral imperative: How financial incentives can discourage whistleblower reporting. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.(36), 1-14.

Perreault, S. Luippold, B. Wainberg, J. (2017) The impact of client error-management climate and the nature of the auditor-client relationship on external auditor reporting decisions.. Behavioral Research in Accounting.(29), 37-50.

Perreault, S. Kida, T. Piercey, D. (2017) The relative effectiveness of simultaneous versus sequential negotiation strategies in auditor-client negotiations. Contemporary Accounting Research.(34), 1048-1070.

Bline, D. Perreault, S. Zheng, X. (2016) Do accounting faculty characteristics impact CPA exam performance? An investigation of nearly 700,000 examinations. Issues in Accounting Education.(31), 291-300.

Wainberg, J. Perreault, S. (2016) The unintended consequences of whistleblower protections: How explicit protections activate implicit threats. Behavioral Research in Accounting.(28), 83-93.

Perreault, S. Kida, T. (2011) The relative effectiveness of persuasion tactics in auditor client negotiations. Accounting Organizations & Society.(36), 534-547.

Selected Presentations:

Buchanan, J. Griffith, E. Lambert, T. Perreault, S. Audit Midyear Meeting. American Accounting Association, Austin, TX - "Dark Triad Traits and the Audited Financial Statements: An Operating, Reporting, and Assurance Framework" January, 2023

Kuselias, S. Earley, C. Perreault, S. Hawaiian Accounting Research Conference. , Honolulu, HI - "The Impact of Firm Affiliation on Accountants’ Error Reporting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation" January, 2022

Kuselias, S. Earley, C. Perreault, S. International Symposium of Audit Research. , Maastrict, Netherlands - "The Impact of Firm Identity on Accountants’ Error Reporting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation" June, 2018

Kuselias, S. Earley, C. Perreault, S. American Tax Association Midyear Meeting. , New Orleans, LA - "The Impact of Firm Identity on Accountants’ Error Reporting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation" February, 2018