ABSTRACT This article analyzes the leader's management style effect on relationship between personal factors and role conflict in internal audit function. It sheds light per se regarding presence of audit, addressing effects that various styles leader can cause previously addressed literature characteristics conflict. Evidence shows skills expertise leading executives impact played by auditors,...

Corporate accounting failures and regulatory proceedings that led to the enactment of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 increased the scrutiny of auditors. We investigate whether these events resulted in a change in auditor behavior with respect to going concern reporting. Generally speaking, we find that non-Big N auditors became more conservative while Big N auditors became more accurate. Specif...

Internal control systems and auditing obligations have changed and transformed dramatically due to recent trends. Computer-assisted audit techniques and ERP computer auditing systems are being designed to address growing demands in auditing. These assist auditors in performing their auditing work where information technology is in place. However, they possess some technical limitations that are...

In the model there are two types of financial auditors with identical technology, one of which is endowed with a prior reputation for honesty. We characterize conditions under which there exists a “two-tier equilibrium” in which “reputable” auditors refuse bribes offered by clients for fear of losing reputation, while “disreputable” auditors accept bribes because even persistent refusal does no...

This paper analyzes political agency with endogenous information collection and revelation by third-party auditors. While increasing incentives for auditors to provide information straightforwardly improves political control, a small amount of pro-incumbent bias can also be useful for maintaining high levels of control. When the equilibrium level of control is high, most investigations uncover ...