Anna Cianci, Associate Professor of Accounting, graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University, a M.A. in Pastoral Theology at St. Joseph's College, a M.A. in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a Ph.D. in Accounting from Duke University. Anna's academic research primarily focuses on judgment and decision making behavior in financial accounting and auditing settings. She is published in numerous journals, including, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting, Organizations and Society and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Anna's teaching interests include financial accounting, managerial accounting and auditing.

• MA, St. Joseph's College (Pastoral Theology) - 2004
• MA, Wake Forest University (Psychology) - 2003
• Ph D, Duke University (Accounting) - 2000
• BS, Villanova (Accounting) - 1985

• Cianci, A., Kuselias, S., Lowe, J.,  Tsakumis, G. (Forthcoming). The Impact of Audit Committee Strength on the Influence of Management Team Likeability. Behavioral Research in Accounting.
• Cianci, A., Reichert, B., Sedatole, K.,  Tsakumis, G. (2024). The immunization effect of internal control system transparency following a supplier's violation of buyer trust. Journal of Management Accounting Research
• Cianci, A.,  Tsakumis, G. (2024). Principles-Based Standards and Accountants' Financial Reporting Judgments:Does Work Experience Matter? Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting
• Cianci, A., Convery, A. M., D'Arcy, J.,  Tsakumis, G. T. (2021). "I Expected More From You": Navigating Client Trust Violations. California Management Review Insights, Forthcoming
• Schaubroeck, J., Peng, A., Hannah, S., Ma, J.,  Cianci, A. (2021). Struggling to meet the bar: Occupational progress failure and informal leadership behavior. Academy of Management Journal
• Cianci, A., Convery, A., Evans, M., Hughen, L.,  Werner, E. (2021). The Impact of Costly Regulation on R&D Investment Levels and Productivity. Advances in Accounting
• Canace, T., Cianci, A., Liu, K.,  Tsakumis, G. (2020). Paid for looks when others are looking: CEO facial traits, compensation, and corporate visibility. Journal of Business Research
• Cianci, A., Clor-Proell, S.,  Kaplan, S. (2019). How do investors respond to restatements? Repairing trust through managerial reputation and corrective actions. Journal of Business Ethics, 158 (2)
• Beaudoin, C., Cianci, A., Hannah, S.,  Tsakumis, G. (2019). Bolstering managers' resistance to temptation via the firm's commitment to corporate social responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 157,  303-318.
• Campbell, J., Cecchini, M., Cianci, A., Ehinger, A.,  Werner, E. (2019). Tax-related mandatory risk factor disclosures, future profitability, and stock returns. Review of Accounting Studies, 24 (1),  264-308.
• Cianci, A., Houston, R., Montague, N.,  Vogel, R. (2017). Audit partner identification: Unintended consequences on audit judgment. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
• Beaudoin, C. A., Cianci, A.,  Tsakumis, G. T. (2015). The impact of CFOs' incentives and earnings management ethics on their financial reporting decisions:The mediating role of moral disengagement. Journal of Business Ethics
• Cianci, A., Hannah, S., Roberts, R.,  Tsakumis, G. T. (2014). The effects of authentic leadership on followers' ethical decision-making in the face of temptation:An experimental study. The Leadership Quarterly
• Cianci, A., Kaplan, S. E.,  Samuels, J. A. (2013). The moderating effects of incentive system and performance measure on managers' and their superiors' expectations about the manager's effort. Behavioral Research in Accounting
• Arel, B., Beaudoin, C.,  Cianci, A. (2012). The impact of ethical leadership, the internal audit function, and moral intensity on financial reporting decisions. Journal of Business Ethics, 109 (3),  351-366.
• Cianci, A., Fernando, G.,  Werner, E. (2011). The differential CEO dominance-compensation and corporate goverance-compensation relations: Pre- and post-SOX. Advances in Accounting, 27 (2),  213-222.
• Cianci, A., Schaubroeck, J.,  McGill, G. (2010). Achievement goals, feedback, and task performance. Human Performance, 23 (2),  131-154.
• Hsiao, H., Chang, H., Cianci, A.,  Huang, L. (2010). First financial restructuring and operating efficiency: Evidence from Taiwanese commercial banks. Journal of Banking and Finance, 34 (7),  1461-1471.
• Cianci, A.,  Kaplan, S. (2010). The effect of CEO reputation and explanations for poor performance on investors' judgments about the companies' future performance and management. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 35 (4),  478-495.
• Cianci, A., Klein, H.,  Seijts, G. (2010). The effect of negative feedback on tension and subsequent performance: The main and interactive effects of goal content and conscientiousness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95 (4),  618-630.
• Cianci, A.,  Culbertson, S. (2010). The impact of motivational and cognitive factors on optimistic earnings forecasts. Handbook of Behavioral Finance. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. (publisher) (Chapter 11),  215-240.
• Cianci, A.,  Bierstaker, J. (2009). Auditors' efficiency motivated evaluation. Advances in Accounting, 25 (1),  20-27.
• Asare, S. K.,  Cianci, A. (2009). The effect of goals on auditors' judgments and their perceptions of and conformity to other auditors' judgments. Managerial Auditing Journal, 24 (8),  724-742.
• Cianci, A.,  Bierstaker, J. (2009). The effect of performance feedback and client importance on auditors' self- and public-focused ethical judgments. Managerial Auditing Journal, 24 (5),  455-474.
• Cianci, A.,  Bierstaker, J. (2009). The impact of positive and negative mood on the hypothesis generation and ethical judgments of auditors. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 28 (2),  119--144.
• Cianci, A.,  Kaplan, S. (2008). The effects of management's preannouncement strategies on investors' judgments of the trustworthiness of management. Journal of Business Ethics, 79,  423-444.
• Asare, S. K., Cianci, A.,  Tsakumis, G. (2008). The impact of competing goals and experience, and litigation consciousness on auditors' judgment. International Journal of Auditing, 13 (3),  223-243.
• Cianci, A. (2008). The impact of investor status on investors' evaluation of negative and positive, separate and combined information. The Journal of Behavioral Finance, 9 (3),  117-132.
• Cianci, A.,  Falsetta, D. (2008). The impact of investors' status on their evaluation of positive and negative, past and future information. Accounting & Finance, 48 (5),  719-733.
• Ashton, R. H.,  Cianci, A. (2007). Motivational and cognitive determinants of buy-side and sell-side analysts' earnings forecasts:An experimental study. The Journal of Behavioral Finance, 8 (1),  9-19.
• Ashton, R. H.,  Cianci, A. (1998). Contributions of the "Research Opportunities in Auditing" program: An empirical assessment. Accounting Horizons, 12 (2),  120-138.

• 2010 - 2010 Literati Network Awards for Excellence: Highly Commended Award Winner, Emerald Literati Network (Managerial Auditing Journal)
• 2010 - 2010 Outstanding Paper Award, Emerald LiteratiNetwork (Managerial Auditing Journal)
• - 2012 Wake Forest University Research Award, Wake Forest University