IIA Chapter- and Institute-Sponsored Research Projects

YEAR

AWARD

TITLE/CHAPTER

First Place
Second Place

Improving Organizational Governance Through Implementing Internal Audit Standard 2110 (Austin)
Internal Audit's Value Addition Approach - A Study in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area (Dallas)

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Second Place
Third Place

Internal Audit's Role in Promoting a Positive Tone @ the Top (Austin)
Impact of the Economy: A Local Area Study in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Region (Dallas)
Locus of Causality for Dissatisfaction or Satisfaction of Internal Auditors (St. Louis)

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Second Place
Third Place

Performance Measures for Internal Audit Functions: A Research Project (Austin)
A Study of the Voluntary External Turnover of Internal Auditors (St. Louis)

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Second Place

Increasing Meeting Effectiveness for Internal Auditors (St. Louis)
Confirmation Bias - Risk Perception Among Auditors in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area (Dallas)

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Second Place

Insider Trading from the Internal Auditor's Perspective (Dallas)
Survey on Audit Committee Relationships: A Research Project (Austin)

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Second Place

"Whistleblower Mechanisms:A Study of the Perceptions of "Users" and "Responders" (Dallas)
"Survey on Ethics and Governance: A Research Project" (Austin)

2005

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Second Place

"Quality Assessment Review Readiness" (Dallas)
"Situational Interviewing" (Chattanooga)

2004

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Second Place

2003

First Place
Second Place

"Internal Audit Independence and Corporate Governance" (Chicago)
"Usefulness of Industry Risk Factors to Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga)

2002

First Place
Second Place

"Questions for Internal Auditors " (Chattanooga)
"Innovative Uses of Computer Audit Techniques and Continuous Auditing" (Dallas)

2001

First Place

"Benefits of an IIA Endowed Program" (Dallas)

2000

First Place
Second Place

"Audit Department Management" (Dallas)
"Leadership Skills for Internal Auditors"(Chattanooga)

1999

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Second Place

"The Current Emphasis on Value-Added Services in the Cincinnati Area and How It Impacts Internal Auditors' Job Security and Satisfaction" (Cincinnati)
"Soft Controls: A Dallas/Fort Worth Perspective" (Dallas)

1998

First Place
Second Place

"The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An International Perspective" (IIA Italy)
"Internal Auditing Now and the Future" (Dallas)

1997

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Second Place
Third Place

"Fraud Auditing" (Illiana)
"An Analysis of Internal Control Reporting" (Chicago)
"The State of Construction Contract Auditing in the Cincinnati Area" (Cincinnati)

1996

"Auditor Independence: An International Perspective" (Chicago)
"1995 State and Local Government Fraud Survey" (Tidewater/Central Virginia) 

1995

"Entity's Internal Control Reporting: An International Perspective" (Chicago)
Sexual Harassment Survey Results (Washington, D.C.)
"New Directions For Governmental Auditing" (Austin)

1994

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Second Place

Third Place
Honorable
Mention

"The Audit Committee: An International Perspective" (Chicago)
"The Benefits of CIA Designation: A Survey in Recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the CIA Program" (Tucson)
"Corporate Policies & Reporting Requirements: Prohibited & Fraudulent Activities" (Central Illinois)
"Facilitating Control Self-Assessment Groups" (Chattanooga)

1993

First Place (tie)

Second Place
 

"The IIA Code of Ethics: An International Perspective" (Chicago)
"Applying TQM to the Post-Audit Conference" (Chattanooga)
"An Empirical Examination of the Relationships Among Job Characteristics, Role Stress, and Professionalism in Internal Auditing" (Greater Cleveland/Akron)

1992

"Internal Audit's Contribution to the Management of Quality/ Productivity" (Ottawa)
"An Empirical Evaluation of the Importance of Professionalism in Internal Auditing" (Greater Cleveland/Akron)
"What Causes Unethical Behaviors in Business: Breakdowns in the Formal or Informal Systems?" (Calgary)

1991

First Place
Second Place
Third Place - Tie

"Assessing the Negotiating Skills of Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga Area)
"What will be the Profile of Internal Auditing in the Year 2000" (Greater Cleveland/Akron)
"The Interaction of Audit Committees with Internal Auditing" (Chicago)
"Resolving Problems in Ethics and Management" (San Francisco)

1990

First Place
Second Place
Third Place

"Developing the Complete Auditor" (Greater Cleveland/Akron)
"Usefulness of Treadway Commission Risk Factors to Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga Area)
"A Study of the Distinguishing Characteristics of Effective Internal Audit Departments with Particular Emphasis on the Treatment of Corrective Action within Audit Reports" (Montreal)