IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aif/journl/v5y2021i4p59-79.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Effects of Competence and Motivation on Audit Quality with Ethical Orientation as a Moderating Variable

Author

Listed:
  • Jeivi Brenda Andolo

    (Student of Economics and Business Faculty, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana (UKSW), Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.)

  • David A. A. Pesudo

    (Lecture of Economics and Business Faculty, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana (UKSW) , Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.)

Abstract

This current period of audit internal government require to be more competence, clear, responsibility, and other with the aim to provide good service on public sector. And also Internal auditor of BPKP must uphold the ethical standard in running their duties and responsibilities. Thereafter, the purpose of this research is to examine the effects of competence and motivation on audit quality with ethical orientation as a moderating variable in BPKP (Badan Pengawasan Keuangan dan Pembangunan), North Sulawesi. The analysis technique is used descriptive analysis, classic assumption tests and hypothesis test, and with total respondent of questionaries’ are 65 auditors of BPKP and the data analysis technique was multiple linear regression analysis. Hence, the result of this study found that the competence and motivation has significant positive effect on audit quality, the competence with ethical orientation as a moderating variable has a significant positive effect on audit quality, and the motivation with ethical orientation as a moderating variable has significant positive effect on audit quality.

Suggested Citation

  • Jeivi Brenda Andolo & David A. A. Pesudo, 2021. "The Effects of Competence and Motivation on Audit Quality with Ethical Orientation as a Moderating Variable," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 5(4), pages 59-79.
    • Handle: RePEc:aif:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:4:p:59-79
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ijsab.com/wp-content/uploads/706.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ijsab.com/volume-5-issue-4/3716
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Neni Meidawati & Arden Assidiqi, 2019. "The influences of audit fees, competence, independence, auditor ethics, and time budget pressure on audit quality," Jurnal Akuntansi dan Auditing Indonesia, Accounting Department, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia, vol. 23(2), pages 117-128, DESEMBER.
    2. DeAngelo, Linda Elizabeth, 1981. "Auditor size and audit quality," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(3), pages 183-199, December.
    3. DeFond, Mark L. & Lennox, Clive S., 2011. "The effect of SOX on small auditor exits and audit quality," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(1), pages 21-40, June.
    4. A. Greenfield & Carolyn Norman & Benson Wier, 2008. "The Effect of Ethical Orientation and Professional Commitment on Earnings Management Behavior," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 83(3), pages 419-434, December.
    5. Rindu Rika Gamayuni, 2018. "The effect of internal auditor competence and objectivity, and management support on effectiveness of internal audit function and financial reporting quality implications at local government," International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(3), pages 248-261.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Kitto, Andrew R., 2024. "The effects of non-Big 4 mergers on audit efficiency and audit market competition☆," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(1).
    2. Sanoran, Kanyarat (Lek), 2018. "Auditors’ going concern reporting accuracy during and after the global financial crisis," Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(2), pages 164-178.
    3. Imen Fakhfakh Sakka & Anis Jarboui, 2016. "Audit reports timeliness: Empirical evidence from Tunisia," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1195680-119, December.
    4. Comprix, Joseph & Huang, Huichi, 2015. "Does auditor size matter? Evidence from small audit firms," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 11-20.
    5. Ahmed A. Diab & Samir I. Abdelazim & Aref M. Eissa & Eid Mahmoud Abozaid & Mona Mohamed Elshaabany, 2021. "The Impact of Client Size and Financial Performance on Audit Opinion: Evidence from a Developing Market," Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Richtmann Publishing Ltd, vol. 10, January.
    6. Desai, Vikram & Bucaro, Anthony C. & Kim, Joung W. & Srivastava, Rajendra & Desai, Renu, 2023. "Toward a better expert system for auditor going concern opinions using Bayesian network inflation factors," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 49(C).
    7. Abdul Rahman A. Altwaijry & Ahmed Y. Abdel Kheir, 2015. "Internal Audit Quality in Saudi Arabia: A Categorical Regression Analysis," International Journal of Management Sciences, Research Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 5(6), pages 420-430.
    8. Maroun, Warren & Atkins, Jill, 2014. "Section 45 of the Auditing Profession Act: Blowing the whistle for audit quality?," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(3), pages 248-263.
    9. Agustín J. Sánchez-Medina & Félix Blázquez-Santana & Jesús B. Alonso, 2019. "Do Auditors Reflect the True Image of the Company Contrary to the Clients’ Interests? An Artificial Intelligence Approach," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 155(2), pages 529-545, March.
    10. Ku He & Xiaofei Pan & Gary Tian, 2017. "Legal Liability, Government Intervention, and Auditor Behavior: Evidence from Structural Reform of Audit Firms in China," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 61-95, January.
    11. Yitang (Jenny) Yang & Roger Simnett & Elizabeth Carson, 2022. "Auditors’ propensity and accuracy in issuing going‐concern modified audit opinions for charities," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(S1), pages 1273-1306, April.
    12. Maroun, Warren, 2015. "Reportable irregularities and audit quality: Insights from South Africa," Accounting forum, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 19-33.
    13. Mihai Carp & Costel Istrate, 2021. "Audit Quality under Influences of Audit Firm and Auditee Characteristics: Evidence from the Romanian Regulated Market," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-16, June.
    14. Löhlein, Lukas, 2016. "From peer review to PCAOB inspections: Regulating for audit quality in the U.S," Journal of Accounting Literature, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 28-47.
    15. Löhlein, Lukas, 2016. "From peer review to PCAOB inspections: regulating for audit quality in the U.S," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 67147, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    16. Bryan, David B., 2017. "Organized labor, audit quality, and internal control," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 11-26.
    17. Jennifer L. Kao & Yan Li & Wenjun Zhang, 2013. "Has SOX Enhanced Non–Big 4 Auditors' Ability to Deal with Client Pressure?," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 12(2), pages 141-164, June.
    18. Ebrahim, Ahmed & Fattah, Tarek Abdel, 2015. "Corporate governance and initial compliance with IFRS in emerging markets: The case of income tax accounting in Egypt," Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 46-60.
    19. Sang Cheol Lee & Mooweon Rhee & Jongchul Yoon, 2018. "Foreign Monitoring and Audit Quality: Evidence from Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-22, September.
    20. Gerry Gallery & Emerson Cooper & John Sweeting, 2008. "Corporate Disclosure Quality: Lessons from Australian Companies on the Impact of Adopting International Financial Reporting Standards," Australian Accounting Review, CPA Australia, vol. 18(3), pages 257-273, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aif:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:4:p:59-79. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Farjana Rahman (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.