Like Jiang

Associate Professor Like Jiang serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. She holds the position of Co-Director of the PhD program in Accounting and teaches auditing and advanced financial accounting subjects. Like Jiang earned her PhD from ESSEC Business School in Paris, France, prior to joining the University of Melbourne. Her research specializations include corporate governance, external audit, internal audit, individual auditor expertise and independence, audit quality, audit pricing, the horizon issue faced by top managers and individual investors, and corporate social responsibility and ethics. These interests reflect her focus on enhancing audit practices and ethical considerations in financial reporting and corporate management.

Like Jiang's academic contributions are evidenced by her publications in leading journals. Key works include 'Partner-Level Cumulative Industry Expertise and Audit Quality' (Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2025, co-authored with Vic Naiker, Yu Wang, and Shafu Zhang), which investigates how partners' industry experience impacts audit outcomes; 'Local government official competition and financial analyst forecasts' (European Financial Management, 2024); 'How job-hopping managers undermine corporate culture' (Pursuit, 2024, with Professor Margaret Abernethy AM and Associate Professor Chung-Yu Hung), analyzing managerial tenure effects on team culture; 'Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas: A Look at Financial Reporting by Firms Facing Product Harm Crises' (Journal of Business Ethics, 2021, with Shafu Zhang, Michel Magnan, and Lixin Nancy Su), exploring earnings management during crises; 'An International Study of Internal Audit Function Quality' (2017); 'The Validity of Auditor Industry Specialization Measures' (2015); and 'Audit Office Labor Market Proximity and Audit Quality' (The Accounting Review, 2022). Her Google Scholar profile records over 600 citations, underscoring her influence in accounting research. Like Jiang has acknowledged financial support from the Faculty of Business and Economics for several projects, contributing to advancements in auditor performance, ethical reporting, and governance mechanisms.

Professional Email: like.jiang@unimelb.edu.au