Mohammad, Aram Jawhar (2015) The effect of audit committee and external auditor characteristics on financial reporting quality. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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Abstract
This study aims to examine the relationship between audit committee characteristics and external auditors’ characteristics (independent variables) and financial reporting quality (dependent variable). Past studies related to the financial reporting quality has limited scope with regard to Malaysian background. The novelty of this research, therefore, is that it accounts for two different dimensions of audits characteristics i.e. audit committee characteristics and external auditors’ characteristics that are examined in the same schema. The study used the sample firms from the Bursa Malaysia, explicitly top 100 performing firms according to the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange. The analysis of annual reports has proven that audit committee (independence, expertise, and diligence) has the prediction capability to financial reporting quality. Although results indicate that industry leader has significant impact on financial reporting quality, but on other side, large audit firms do not have any significant
effect on financial reporting quality. This study adds the knowledge of audit committee practices and procedures in accounting literature regarding Malaysian context. The results of this study cannot be generalized because study used top 100 performing firms from Malaysia. The results of this study might be changed if future researches use different set of sample firms
Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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Supervisor : | Abdul Manaf, Kamarul Bahrain |
Item ID: | 5581 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Audit Committee, External Auditor, Financial Reporting Quality |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce. > HF5601-5689 Accounting |
Divisions: | Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business |
Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2016 02:40 |
Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2021 07:43 |
Department: | Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business |
Name: | Abdul Manaf, Kamarul Bahrain |
URI: | https://etd.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/5581 |