The Effects of Audit Committee Financial Accounting Expertise and Recognition versus Disclosure on Chief Audit Executives' Tolerance for Financial Misstatements

<p>The present study examines and finds that internal auditors, particularly Chief Audit Executives, recognize financial accounting expertise as a significant base of audit committee (AC) power in the financial reporting process. However, such an AC expertise (i.e., financial accounting expertise) does not "counterbalance" internal auditors' perceived dependency on management or influence their decisions to monitor financial reporting quality. Instead, the cost-benefit analysis affects their decisions: (1) benefits of staying resolute to monitor financial reporting quality (i.e., "psychological empowerment"), and (2) costs of potential adverse reactions of management who exerts power over the internal audit. In addition, this study examines and finds that the financial reporting location (recognition vs. disclosure) has significant impacts on both internal audit reporting decisions and decisions to correct misstatements. Specifically, internal auditors' tolerances for disclosed misstatements reveal that they also feed the "vicious circle" of reliability expectations as external auditors do in a prior study (Libby, Nelson and Hunton, 2006).</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Only Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Accountancy

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Suh, Ikseon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rose, Jacob

• Audit committee
• Financial accounting expertise
• Internal auditors
• Misstatements
• Power
• Recognition vs Disclosure

Repository record dc:identifier

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/281

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-1281