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The Role of Internal Control Components in the Maintenance of Public Funds: Applied Study on the Jordanian Ministry of Justice – North Province as Perceived by the Workers of Internal Control and Accounting Departments

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  • Hani Ali Aref Al-Rawashdeh

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This study aims at identifying the internal control components at the Jordanian Ministry of Justice (North Province) as well as identifying the role of those components in maintaining public funds and measuring the impact of said role. The study population consisted of all the workers of the accounting and internal control departments at the Jordanian Ministry of Justice (North Province) who counted (81) employees. The study sample was chosen from that population where (70) questionnaires were distributed, (66) questionnaires were retrieved and (3) questionnaires were excluded for the reason of short information which made the study sample reach at (63) male and female employees at the rate of (%90) of the study population. Of the most prominent results of the study is that there is a role of the internal control components at the Jordanian Ministry of Justice (North Province) in the maintenance of public funds in a medium level. Moreover, the internal control context received the highest arithmetic mean in maintaining public funds as a component of internal control at the Jordanian Ministry of Justice (North Province); monitoring, as an internal control component, attained the highest effect in comparison with the other internal control components, while the least effect was for the component of the internal control environment. The study produced several recommendations most significantly the importance of concentrating on internal control in general to elevate its efficiency in maintaining the public funds at the Jordanian Ministry of Justice (North Province).

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  • Hani Ali Aref Al-Rawashdeh, 2017. "The Role of Internal Control Components in the Maintenance of Public Funds: Applied Study on the Jordanian Ministry of Justice – North Province as Perceived by the Workers of Internal Control and Acco," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(5), pages 189-201, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ibrjnl:v:10:y:2017:i:5:p:189-201
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    accounting; auditing; public funds;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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