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Lead auditors, their client portfolios and performances

Year: 2016

Type: dissertation

Abstract: This thesis focuses on lead auditors' differences in terms of client portfolios and performances. First, lead auditors are surveyed and their responses on professional scepticism linked to their performances. Second, survey and archival data are combined to check whether self-control is related to performance. Third, lead auditors' client portfolios are examined with regard to industry similarity, portfolio dispersion and client grouping. Finally, auditors' independence is tested in the private firm setting. Overall, the findings indicate that performance is not homogenous across lead auditors in the same (tier) audit firm(s), and that the characteristics of lead auditors and accounting firms are determinants that partly explain the differences.

Source: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Author: Amin Salimi Sofla

Language: English

Topic: Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance

Subfield: Accounting

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2529026925

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