The Effect of Auditor Ethics, Auditor Experience, Audit Fees and Auditor Motivation on Audit Quality

Auditor Independence and Audit Quality:

This paper reviews literatures related to auditor independence and audit quality. The review is structured based on the four main threats to auditor independence, namely client importance, nonaudit services, auditor tenure, and client’s affiliation with CPA firms. For each of the threats, we discuss findings related to the incentives, perception, and behavior of the auditor and the client, the ...

Auditor Tenure, Auditor Industry Expertise, and Audit Report Lag: Evidences of Iran

The findings of theoretical investigations indicate that short-term auditor tenures may contribute to further audit report lags (ARLs). On the other hand, auditor industry expertise represents one of the determinant factors contributing to audit quality, which has been widely studied in numerous researches. Indeed, the better the quality of audit, the less delayed would be the audit report. As ...

The effect of Internal locus of control on the relationship between psychological empowerment auditor and audit quality

Abstract The high quality of auditing increases investor confidence in financial statements and improves the transparency of financial markets and is seen as an effective regulatory mechanism to prevent managerial opportunistic behavior to reduce representation costs between manager and owner. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of locus of control on the relationship betwe...

Auditor Independence and Audit Risk in the UK: A Reconceptualisation

It is recognised that the fact of auditor independence is generally unobservable and therefore it is only normally when cases of audit failure arise that evidence of lack of independence in fact emerges. However, in advance of investigators’ judgments on the conduct of the audit, the Enron affair and subsequent collapse of Andersen has emphasised the significance of confidence in independence i...

Auditor Independence and Non-Audit Services: A Literature Review