AJAR (Asian Journal of Accounting Research) (e-Journal)
Volume 3 Issue 1

Independence, professionalism, professional skepticism

Agus Widodo Mardijuwono (Department of Accountancy, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Charis Subianto (Department of Accountancy, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Oct 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to obtain empirical evidence of the relationship of independence, professionalism and skepticism with the quality of audit produced.This research was conducted with questionnaires distributed to all auditors working in KAP Surabaya and Sidoarjo. The population in this study was all auditors working in KAP 45 Surabaya and KAP 1 Sidoarjo. Hypothesis testing was performed by using the partial least square test with the help of SmartPLS software version 3.0.The results from this study found that auditor independence is positively related to audit quality but is not significant. Variable auditor professionalism is positively related to audit quality and proved significant, while the skepticism variable of auditor professionalism is positively related to audit quality and is significant.The results of this study indicate that auditor independence, professionalism and skepticism are positively related to audit quality.

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AJAR

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The Asian Journal of Accounting Research (AJAR) provides a forum for international researchers to publish original articles of high-quality research findings which contribute to academic literature and practice. AJAR welcomes a wide range of methodologies in all aspects of accounting and finance in ...