International Journal of Accounting Information Systems ( IF 4.1 ) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 , DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2023.100638 Vicky Arnold , Philip A. Collier , Stewart A. Leech , Jacob M. Rose , Steve G. Sutton
Recent calls in the information systems research community argue that we know intelligent systems deskill users, and future research should focus on how to design systems that do not deskill, rather than continue to examine whether the phenomenon occurs. This should be a wakeup call for public accounting firms focused on implementing restrictive audit support systems, which leads to de-skilling of novice accounting professionals. Our research focuses on redesigning knowledge-based systems to facilitate expertise development and counteract the de-skilling effects that result from use of such systems. Specifically, we manipulate the design of the system interface by providing information cues in a screen format consistent with expert knowledge representations and manipulate automatic provision versus voluntary use of explanations for users during task completion. Results show that after using the knowledge-based system to complete a series of reenacted client engagements over a three-day period, both the interface design manipulation and automatic provision of explanations had a positive effect on novice accounting professionals’ development of expert-like knowledge structures. The results of the study have important implications for the development of knowledge-based systems intended to support accounting professionals’ (and other knowledge workers’) expertise development processes.
中文翻译:
能否设计基于知识的系统来抵消去技能化效应?
信息系统研究界最近的呼吁认为,我们知道智能系统会降低用户的技能,未来的研究应该集中在如何设计不会降低技能的系统,而不是继续检查这种现象是否会发生。这应该给专注于实施限制性审计支持系统的公共会计师事务所敲响警钟,因为这会导致新手会计专业人员的技能下降。我们的研究重点是重新设计基于知识的系统,以促进专业知识的发展并抵消因使用此类系统而产生的去技能效应。具体来说,我们通过以与专家知识表示一致的屏幕格式提供信息提示来操纵系统界面的设计,并在任务完成期间操纵自动提供与用户自愿使用解释。结果表明,在使用基于知识的系统在三天内完成一系列重新制定的客户约定后,界面设计操作和自动提供解释对新手会计专业人员发展专家般的知识产生了积极的影响结构。研究结果对于旨在支持会计专业人员(和其他知识工作者)专业知识开发过程的知识系统的开发具有重要意义。结果表明,在使用基于知识的系统在三天内完成一系列重新制定的客户约定后,界面设计操作和自动提供解释都对新手会计专业人员发展专家般的知识产生了积极的影响结构。研究结果对于旨在支持会计专业人员(和其他知识工作者)专业知识开发过程的知识系统的开发具有重要意义。结果表明,在使用基于知识的系统在三天内完成一系列重新制定的客户约定后,界面设计操作和自动提供解释都对新手会计专业人员发展专家般的知识产生了积极的影响结构。研究结果对于旨在支持会计专业人员(和其他知识工作者)专业知识开发过程的知识系统的开发具有重要意义。