Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors

This study aims to investigate the tendency to the use of continuous auditing by internal audits in the companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange. The concept of continuous auditing backs to two decades ago, but despite its numerous advantages, the acceptance and use of it has been much slow. In...

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Autores principales: Sahar Sepasi, Hossein Etemadi, Moslem Shahrabi Farahani
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:39f178d1fb214317975c1aeb1ebdb1822021-11-04T19:52:15ZTendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2017.1560https://doaj.org/article/39f178d1fb214317975c1aeb1ebdb1822017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_1560_50ae6fc7fb01b00509ee5f7f4d84702d.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XThis study aims to investigate the tendency to the use of continuous auditing by internal audits in the companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange. The concept of continuous auditing backs to two decades ago, but despite its numerous advantages, the acceptance and use of it has been much slow. In this study, we interviewed with internal auditors in 75 companies to determine the state of use of continuous auditing. Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, we found that there exist six reasons for the tendencies to the use of continuous auditing by internal auditors. Among them, ease of use, organizational support and social influences are the most important determinants of the tendencies. Also, of the remaining reasons, annual sales volume and voluntary use of auditing services moderate the relationship between organizational support and social influence, significantly. The last reason, promoting auditing function and specialty, could not be considered valid predictor for the proposed tendencies.Sahar SepasiHossein EtemadiMoslem Shahrabi FarahaniShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticlecontinuous auditinternal auditunified theory of acceptanceuse of technologyAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 7, Iss 27, Pp 63-82 (2017)
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topic continuous audit
internal audit
unified theory of acceptance
use of technology
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle continuous audit
internal audit
unified theory of acceptance
use of technology
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Sahar Sepasi
Hossein Etemadi
Moslem Shahrabi Farahani
Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors
description This study aims to investigate the tendency to the use of continuous auditing by internal audits in the companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange. The concept of continuous auditing backs to two decades ago, but despite its numerous advantages, the acceptance and use of it has been much slow. In this study, we interviewed with internal auditors in 75 companies to determine the state of use of continuous auditing. Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, we found that there exist six reasons for the tendencies to the use of continuous auditing by internal auditors. Among them, ease of use, organizational support and social influences are the most important determinants of the tendencies. Also, of the remaining reasons, annual sales volume and voluntary use of auditing services moderate the relationship between organizational support and social influence, significantly. The last reason, promoting auditing function and specialty, could not be considered valid predictor for the proposed tendencies.
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author Sahar Sepasi
Hossein Etemadi
Moslem Shahrabi Farahani
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Hossein Etemadi
Moslem Shahrabi Farahani
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title Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors
title_short Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors
title_full Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors
title_fullStr Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors
title_full_unstemmed Tendency to the Use of Continuous Auditing by Internal Auditors
title_sort tendency to the use of continuous auditing by internal auditors
publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/39f178d1fb214317975c1aeb1ebdb182
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