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Dr. Ting Dong, an outstanding scientist at the Stockholm School of Economics has received the SSE Corporate Partners Research Award in 2025 to commemorate her innovative work in the field of talent management research in the field of auditing. The award honors the innovative work of Dr. Dong on the formulation of frameworks and data-informed insights in enhancing the quality of audit, workforce capability, and sustainable leadership pipelines in the professional services industry.
The highly esteemed SSE Corporate Partners Research Award 2025 is an annual award conferred upon a Stockholm School of Economics scholar who has proven to have outstanding academic excellence and practical interest. The award has given Dr. Ting Dong a significant credit regarding the promotion of evidence-based knowledge of the recruitment, retention, and competency development in the case of audit professionals. Her research findings have been extensively used by teachers, audit firms, and regulators who have tried to make strategic human capital efforts consistent with contemporary demands of the global assurance environment.
In an era where the quality of audit and market integrity are being subjected to increased scrutiny, the research by Dr. Dong provides practical audit quality improvement information. Her contribution delves into how the shortage of skills, digital transformation and work-related expectations affect auditor performance. It is based on empirical research, interviews and cross-industry benchmarking that she finds structural solutions that can help firms to nurture talent more effectively, reduce turnover and to strengthen the ethical and technical rigour of the audit role.
Specifically, she demonstrates the significance of competency mapping, lifelong learning, and open-leader interaction. It is important that these strategic levels, postulated in her study, are crucial to the attainment of short and long term stability in firms.
The main strength of the research by Dr. Dong is the measurement of the dynamics of talent that determines the quality of the audit execution. The research provides some new models by relating training investments, professional development path, and cultural considerations to quantifiable results. Combining theory with practice in the field of academia and the industrial realities, Dr. Dong presents talent development as one of the main pillars of audit excellence.
The recommendations she makes are already being spread among major audit networks, especially the ones that are interested in data-driven mechanisms of capacity building. The competency to enhance the efficiency of the workforce in a systematic way is directly associated with more credible audits, enhanced stakeholder confidence, and sustainable increase in the assurance ecosystem.
The award also helps in enhancing the image of SSE as an international centre of demanding inquiry and industry-focused thought leadership. Being a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics, Dr. Ting Dong would be an example of the important values of innovation, curiosity, and academic integrity that characterize the legacy of this institution. Her academic work does not only promote knowledge in the field and when it comes to business executives and regulators, it can guide them through the rapidly evolving demands of audit governance.
With the working forces adjusting to the technological transformation, increased regulatory control, and the transforming talent relationship, the contributions of Dr. Dong will remain effective in the strategic decision-making in the audit profession. The 2025 SSE Corporate Partners Research Award highlights the paramount significance of human capital research to the long-term dependability and contribution to the society of auditing.
