Relationship between corporate governance and audit quality in the industry sector: Moderating role of firm performance
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Received August 6, 2024;Accepted September 17, 2024;Published September 30, 2024
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Author(s)Link to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-2108Link to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-3706Link to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0103-9719
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.22(3).2024.49
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This study explores the relevance of corporate governance mechanisms in determining audit quality, with a specific focus on the moderating role of firm performance in the Jordanian industrial sector. Audit quality is essential for ensuring transparency and accountability in financial reporting, making this analysis highly relevant for stakeholders aiming to strengthen corporate governance. The study sample included 64 manufacturing companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange for the study period (2014–2022), with a total of 474 firm-year observations. The regression analysis is used to investigate the study hypotheses, including the key variables related to corporate governance, board performance, and audit quality. The findings show that company size has a significant positive effect on audit quality. There is no significant impact of CEO duality, independent directors, and ownership concentration on audit quality within the Jordanian industrial sector. The R² value of 0.067 indicates that approximately 6.7% of the variance in audit quality is explained by the study variables, while the F-value of 6.633, with a significance level of 0.00, suggests that the overall model is statistically significant, even though the explanatory power is relatively low. The study shows that company size is important to improve audit quality; other governance mechanisms may not have the same impact in the Jordanian industrial sector.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)G34, M42, L25, G32
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References30
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- Table 1. Descriptive statistics
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- Table 3. Results for the first model
- Table 4. Results for the second model
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Conceptualization
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Data curation
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Formal Analysis
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Funding acquisition
Mohammad Fawzi Shubita, Nahed Habis Alrawashedh, Mohammad Ahmad Alqam
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Methodology
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Resources
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Writing – original draft
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Writing – review & editing
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