Corporate governance research in accounting and auditing: Insights, practice implications, and future research directions

JV Carcello, DR Hermanson… - Auditing: A journal of …, 2011 - publications.aaahq.org
Over the past two decades, the corporate governance literature in accounting and auditing
has grown rapidly. To better understand this body of work, we discuss 12 recent literature …

The governance role of audit committees: Reviewing a decade of evidence

C Ghafran, N O'Sullivan - International Journal of Management …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Even though audit committees have traditionally been a key component of corporate
governance regulation, the last decade has witnessed a greater emphasis on audit …

Internal audit quality and financial reporting quality: The joint importance of independence and competence

LJ Abbott, B Daugherty, S Parker… - Journal of Accounting …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In light of the growing importance of internal audit functions (IAF) and the limited archival
evidence on internal audit quality, we examine an interactive model of IAF quality …

A synthesis of empirical internal audit effectiveness literature pointing to new research opportunities

R Lenz, U Hahn - Managerial Auditing Journal, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a synopsis of what academic literature says
about internal audit (IA) effectiveness ten years after Bailey et al.(2003) presented research …

The association between sustainability governance characteristics and the assurance of corporate sustainability reports

GF Peters, AM Romi - Auditing: A Journal of Practice & …, 2015 - publications.aaahq.org
This study provides evidence on whether sustainability-oriented corporate governance
mechanisms impact the voluntary assurance of corporate sustainability reports. Specifically …

The impact of internal audit function characteristics on internal control quality

AA Oussii, N Boulila Taktak - Managerial Auditing Journal, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the association between internal audit function (IAF)
characteristics and internal control quality. Design/methodology/approach Using data …

Drivers of stakeholders' view of internal audit effectiveness: Management versus audit committee

L Erasmus, P Coetzee - Managerial Auditing Journal, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the differences in perception of the key
stakeholders on the drivers of internal audit effectiveness, namely, senior management and …

Internal audit assistance and external audit timeliness

LJ Abbott, S Parker, GF Peters - Auditing: A Journal of …, 2012 - publications.aaahq.org
Professional standards guide external auditors to consider the effect of the client's internal
audit work and opportunities to utilize the direct assistance of the internal audit function …

The impact of audit committee characteristics on the implementation of internal audit recommendations

A Alzeban, N Sawan - Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Regulators and others highlight the importance of the interaction between the audit
committee and internal audit. One of the roles of the audit committee is to review and monitor …

New perspectives in internal audit research: A structured literature review

M Roussy, A Perron - Accounting perspectives, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This structured literature review adopts a multimethod and multitheoretical approach to
identify current knowledge about internal audit as well as related knowledge gaps. To that …