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Back to where it started?—Do expanded auditor's reports become sticky, generic and boilerplate over time? 回到起点--扩大后的审计师报告是否会随着时间的推移而变得呆板、通用和模板化？
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12343
Andreas Seebeck
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An examination of auditor hypothesis testing strategies in ‘tone at the top’ evaluations: Evidence of diagnostic knowledge structures 对 "高层基调 "评估中审计员假设检验策略的研究：诊断性知识结构的证据
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12340
Regan N. Schmidt
{"title":"An examination of auditor hypothesis testing strategies in ‘tone at the top’ evaluations: Evidence of diagnostic knowledge structures","authors":"Regan N. Schmidt","doi":"10.1111/ijau.12340","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijau.12340","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the tests auditors design to assess a client's ‘tone at the top’. By exploiting conceptual differences in the constructs of ethicality and competence, the study investigates auditor knowledge structures by disentangling auditor hypothesis testing strategies. The results of an experiment document that auditors design tests to yield evidence of unethical and competent, rather than ethical and incompetent, client management behaviour. This overall pattern of results, and in particular auditors' focus on seeking evidence of client management competence, is consistent with a diagnostic hypothesis testing strategy and is not consistent with a conservative testing strategy. Collectively, these results provide insights into how auditors' ‘tone at the top’ knowledge is organized and used.</p>","PeriodicalId":47092,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Auditing","volume":"28 3","pages":"562-581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ijau.12340","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139497615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The determinants of linguistic features in key audit matters: Empirical evidence from Europe 关键审计事项中语言特点的决定因素：欧洲的经验证据
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12344
Stephan Küster
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The involvement of internal audit in environmental, social, and governance practices and risks: Stakeholders' salience and insights from audit committees and chief executive officers 内部审计对环境、社会和治理实践及风险的参与：利益相关者的重视程度以及审计委员会和首席执行官的见解
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12341
Romina Rakipi, Giuseppe D'Onza
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Partner narcissism in a private market setting: Consequences for audit reporting decisions and audit pricing 私人市场环境中的合伙人自恋：审计报告决策和审计定价的后果
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12339
Linde Kerckhofs, Marie-Laure Vandenhaute, Kris Hardies
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Drivers for the maturity of integrated governance in organizations—An empirical investigation 组织中集成治理成熟的驱动因素——一项实证调查
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12338
Anne d'Arcy, Marc Eulerich
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Enhancing CPA competencies for internal audit roles 提高注册会计师胜任内部审计工作的能力
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12337
Adam Vitalis, J. Efrim Boritz, Laura Simeoni
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Mandatory disclosure of auditor contracting and financial reporting quality: Initial evidence 强制披露审计师合同与财务报告质量：初步证据
IF 2.1 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12336
Blake D. Bowler, Robert R. Carnes, Hyun Jong Park
{"title":"Mandatory disclosure of auditor contracting and financial reporting quality: Initial evidence","authors":"Blake D. Bowler,&nbsp;Robert R. Carnes,&nbsp;Hyun Jong Park","doi":"10.1111/ijau.12336","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijau.12336","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Regulation requires US public companies to disclose the pre-approval status of their year-end auditors in their annual proxy statements. Although auditor–client relationships remain <i>at will</i>, the disclosure mandate requires companies to publicly announce their intentions to retain their current auditors. In this paper, we provide initial evidence of the potential implications that these disclosures may have on financial reporting quality. We find that when the disclosures occur later relative to the release of interim reports, interim filings exhibit lower reporting quality. After performing robustness tests, we explore two possible mechanisms that could explain our findings. First, we consider the possibility that audit committee members compromise their independence. Second, we investigate whether auditors delay the performance of certain interim procedures while the disclosures are pending. With the use of audit committee equity compensation to measure audit committee independence impairment and audit fees to measure auditor effort, we find evidence consistent with both explanations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47092,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Auditing","volume":"28 3","pages":"435-457"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135268095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Flexible CPA staffing in non-Big 4 audit firms: Its determinants and implications for audit fees and audit quality 非 "四大 "审计公司的注册会计师灵活配置：其决定因素及其对审计费用和审计质量的影响
IF 2 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12335
Sehee Kim, Hyungjin Cho, Meeok Cho, Bryan Byung-Hee Lee, Woo-Jong Lee
{"title":"Flexible CPA staffing in non-Big 4 audit firms: Its determinants and implications for audit fees and audit quality","authors":"Sehee Kim,&nbsp;Hyungjin Cho,&nbsp;Meeok Cho,&nbsp;Bryan Byung-Hee Lee,&nbsp;Woo-Jong Lee","doi":"10.1111/ijau.12335","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijau.12335","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, we discuss how small audit firms (i.e. non-Big 4 audit firms) address the staffing crunch during the busy season. Using monthly certified public accountant (CPA) employment data from Korea, we find that the number of CPAs in non-Big 4 audit firms peaks before the busy season but drops afterward, suggesting the prevalence of part-time or short-term employment (i.e. flexible staffing). Flexible CPA staffing is more prevalent in audit firms with lower sales, higher sales growth and lower profitability. We further document that the standard deviation of the changes in monthly CPA numbers within a year is negatively associated with audit fees, implying that flexible staffing enables small audit firms to charge lower fees to clients. Additionally, we find no evidence that flexible staffing significantly impairs audit quality. We also report evidence that non-Big 4 audit firms attract more clients when they are more flexibly staffed than otherwise. Collectively, non-Big 4 firms reduce operating leverage via flexible staffing arrangements and share the benefits with clients without compromising audit service quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47092,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Auditing","volume":"28 2","pages":"364-387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135352329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Corporate political donations and audit fees: Some evidence from Australian audit pricing 企业政治捐款与审计费用：澳大利亚审计定价的一些证据
IF 2 4区 管理学
International Journal of Auditing Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/ijau.12334
Ferdinand A. Gul, Arifur Khan, Karen Lai, Dessalegn Getie Mihret, Mohammad Badrul Muttakin
{"title":"Corporate political donations and audit fees: Some evidence from Australian audit pricing","authors":"Ferdinand A. Gul,&nbsp;Arifur Khan,&nbsp;Karen Lai,&nbsp;Dessalegn Getie Mihret,&nbsp;Mohammad Badrul Muttakin","doi":"10.1111/ijau.12334","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijau.12334","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We examine whether corporate political donations (CPDs) are associated with audit fees in the Australian setting. Our baseline results based on observations of Australian top 500 non-financial companies show that, on average, firms with CPDs are associated with about 9% lower audit fees than firms without CPDs consistent with the strategic investment or resource dependency view. Using path analysis, we next show that high earnings quality resulting from strategic benefits of CPDs explains the association. Overall, these results confirm that firms use CPDs as strategic investments that are associated with lower earnings management, which leads to lower audit risk and hence reduced audit fees.</p>","PeriodicalId":47092,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Auditing","volume":"28 2","pages":"340-363"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135243823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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