Effect Of Independence, Integrity And Accountability Auditors On Audit Quality With Ethics Of Auditor As Moderating Variable (Study At Public Accountants Office In Medan)
Journal Title: Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Studies - Year 2021, Vol 4, Issue 08
Abstract
The purpose of this research to test and analyze the influence of auditor independence, integrity and accountability on audit quality moderated by ethics. This research approach is quantitative with associative research type. This research was conducted using a survey method by distributing questionnaires to auditors who work at the Public Accounting Firm in Medan. Sampling using purposive sampling, with a total sample of 90 respondents. The data were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation model (SEM-PLS). The results of this study indicate that auditor independence has a significant and positive effect on audit quality. Auditor integrity has no effect on audit quality, and auditor accountability has a significant and positive effect on audit quality. In addition, this study also found that ethics did not moderate the influence of auditor independence on audit quality, ethics did not moderate the effect of auditor integrity on audit quality and ethics did not moderate the effect of accountability on audit quality. For this reason, auditors are expected to continue to improve their independence, integrity, accountability and ethics in order to improve audit quality, by continuing to carry out technical training that is sufficient to cover technical aspects as well as general education. The novelty of this research is that the researcher uses the majority of auditors to be in the category of young adults, which can be one of the factors causing the integrity variable to not affect audit quality.
Authors and Affiliations
Melisa, Galumbang Hutagalung, Enda Noviyanti Simorangkir
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- DOI 10.47191/jefms/v4-i8-17
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