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Factors affecting the quality of external auditing services

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  • Alaraji Fedaa Abd Almajid Sabbar

    (Craiova University, Craiova, Romania)

  • Al-Dulaimi Zaid Yaseen Saud

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania)

  • Sabri Thamer Mahdi Muhamed

    (Ministry of Higher Education, Iraq)

  • Ion Elena Iuliana

    (Craiova University, Craiova, Romania)

Abstract

This study is aim to adopt knowledge the specific concept to external audit quality and which are the factors that affecting on those qualities in the State of Iraq. As well as, to knowledge the range of depend this job in Iraq on international or local criterion to external audit quality or not. Also, to identify the satisfaction of interested parties about job of audit on service of external audit or not. According to viewpoint external audit the workers in this job and interested parties about external audit in Iraq where practice the profession of external audit under the supervision and control of the board of the profession consists of members appointed by the government ministries no are elected. The study reached to a set of many conclusions, most important of all that the realization external audit in Iraq for importance of external audit quality. Although no existence no concept of specific criterion for quality, whether international or local. Therefore, this study recommends a set of recommendations necessary to adopt uniform criterion for the quality of the external audit job in Iraq, whether international or local, to achieve high quality in audit services and achieving satisfaction of interested parties on those services.

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  • Alaraji Fedaa Abd Almajid Sabbar & Al-Dulaimi Zaid Yaseen Saud & Sabri Thamer Mahdi Muhamed & Ion Elena Iuliana, 2017. "Factors affecting the quality of external auditing services," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 11(1), pages 557-568, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:poicbe:v:11:y:2017:i:1:p:557-568:n:60
    DOI: 10.1515/picbe-2017-0060
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