Scott A. Emett
 605 Winston Court Apt. 1 Ithaca, NY 14850  (801) 864-3542  sae67@cornell.edu 
Education
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
2011- present
Ph.D. Candidate, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
2007-2011
M.A., Professional Accounting, Marriott School of Management (2011)
 Graduated with highest honors
 Selected by faculty as one of two top graduating students
B.S., Accounting, Marriott School of Management (2011)
 Graduated summa cum laude
 Graduated with a minor in Economics, Department of Economics (2011)
Research
Refereed Publications
Libby, R., and S. A. Emett. 2014. Earnings Presentation Effects on Manager Reporting Choices
and Investor Decisions. Accounting and Business Research 44 (4): 410-438.
Emett, S. A., and W. B. Tayler. 2013. Is Your Strategy Evaluation Biased? The Balanced
Scorecard May Be The Cause—And The Cure. Strategic Finance 95 (11): 27-34 (cover
article).
Christ, M. H., S. A. Emett, S. L. Summers, and D. A. Wood. 2012. The Effects of Preventive and
Detective Controls on Employee Performance and Motivation. Contemporary Accounting
Research 29 (2): 432-452.
Burton, F. G., S. A. Emett, C. A. Simon, and D. A. Wood. 2012. Corporate Managers’ Reliance
on Internal Auditor Recommendations. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 31 (2):
151-166.
Emett, S. A., and D. A. Wood. 2010. Common Question-Evasion Tactics. Journal of
Accountancy. July: 36-39.
Working Papers
Emett, S. A., and M. W. Nelson. 2014. Reporting Accounting Changes and Their Multi-Period
Effects.
Scott A. Emett
 605 Winston Court Apt. 1 Ithaca, NY 14850  (801) 864-3542  sae67@cornell.edu 
Christ, M. H., S. A. Emett, W. B. Tayler, and D. A. Wood. 2014. Compensation or Feedback:
Motivating Performance in Multidimensional Tasks. (Currently revising for second round at
Accounting, Organizations, and Society).
Emett, S. A., R. N. Guymon, W. B. Tayler, and D. Young. 2014. Controls and the Asymmetric
Stickiness of Norms.
Works in Progress
Emett, S. A., M. W. Nelson, and M. K. Thomas. 2014. Illusions of Reliability: Investors’
Reactions to Numerical Precision in Estimates.
Nelson, M. W., R. Libby, and S. A. Emett. 2014. Determining Required Adjustments and
Management Bias in Accounting Estimates.
Bloomfield, R. J., and S. A. Emett. 2014. Vocal Persuasion in Organizations.
Research Presentations
Accounting Research Symposium at Brigham Young University: November 2013.
Cornell University: August 2013.
American Accounting Association AIS Midyear Conference: January 2010.
Accounting Research Symposium at Brigham Young University: November 2010.
Utah Government Auditors Association Annual Training: June 2010.
Research Awards and Grants
Excellence in Ethics Best Paper Award, presented by the Excellence in Ethics Research
Conference at the University of Notre Dame for “Controls and the Asymmetric Stickiness of
Norms,” 2013.
Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award, presented by the Accounting, Behavior, and
Organizations Section of the American Accounting Association for “Compensation or
Feedback: Motivating Performance in Multidimensional Tasks,” 2012.
Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) Grant Recipient, Brigham Young
University, 2010
Work Experience
Research Assistant to Mark Nelson
Cornell University
2011- present
Scott A. Emett
 605 Winston Court Apt. 1 Ithaca, NY 14850  (801) 864-3542  sae67@cornell.edu 
Research Assistant to Bob Libby
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
2012- present
Instructor- Financial Accounting
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
2013- present
Instructor- Principles of Accounting 2
Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
2011
Research Assistant to David Wood
Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
2009 to 2011
Audit Intern
KPMG (Salt Lake City, UT)
2010
Teaching Evaluations
Financial Accounting at Cornell University: 4.7/5.0, Spring 2014
Financial Accounting at Cornell University: 4.9/5.0, Fall 2013
Principles of Accounting 2 at Brigham Young Unviersity: 7.3/8.0, Spring 2011
Educational Awards and Honors
Graduated with Highest Honors from Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young
University, 2011
Graduated Summa cum Laude, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University,
2011
Outstanding MAcc Professional Stem Student, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young
University, 2011
Masters of Accounting Scholarship Recipient, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young
University, 2010-2011
Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar (the university’s most prestigious scholarship for upperclassmen),
Brigham Young University, 2009-2010
Academic Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2007-2010
Marriott School Dean’s List, Brigham Young University, various years