Internal audit quality, audit committee independence, growth opportunities and firm performance
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores whether the relation between internal audit quality and firm performance is associated with firm characteristics of information asymmetry and uncertainty (growth opportunities) and certain governance controls (audit committee effectiveness). The results from this preliminary study of 60 Malaysian companies show that the association between internal audit quality and firm performance is stronger for firms with high growth opportunities and that this positive association is weakened by increasing audit committee independence. These findings demonstrate the internal auditors conflicting roles and question the governance recommendations that require all members of the audit committee to be non-executive directors.
Source: Corporate Ownership and Control
DOI: 10.22495/cocv7i2p4
Authors: Marion Hutchinson, Mazlina Mat Zain
Institutions: Multimedia University, Queensland University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Accounting
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W176328192