The Accounting Journal of Binaniaga
Vol 7, No 1 (2022): June 2022

Bonus Compensation and Real Earnings Management: Audit Committee Effectiveness as Moderation Variable

Suhardjo Suhardjo (Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Pelita Indonesia)
Nicholas Renaldo (Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Pelita Indonesia)
Andi Andi (Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Pelita Indonesia)
Sudarno Sudarno (Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Pelita Indonesia)
Marice Br. Hutahuruk (Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Master)
Suharti Suharti (Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Pelita Indonesia)
Kristy Veronica (Institut Bisnis dan Teknologi Pelita Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2022

Abstract

This study analyzes the effect of bonus compensation on real earnings management, with the audit committee effectiveness as a moderating variable in manufacturing companies in Indonesia. The sample of this research is manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2018 to 2020. The research sample was selected by the purposive sampling method. Hypothesis testing is done by using panel data regression and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The results showed that bonus compensation had a positive effect on real earnings management, while the effectiveness of the audit committee did not weaken the effect of bonus compensation on real earnings management. The findings of this study provide an overview to the company's stakeholders that bonus compensation is one of the factors that motivates company management to practice earnings management, especially earnings management related to the company's real activities. In addition, this study also provides an overview of the effectiveness of the implementation of corporate governance mechanisms in the sample companies, in particular the ineffectiveness of the supervisory function related to earnings management practices carried out by the audit committee.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Accounting

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

The Accounting Journal of Binaniaga (Acc. J. Binaniaga) is an international peer-reviewed and open access journal that focuses on the fields of management fields such as Office Management, Production Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Personnel Management, Strategy Management ...