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THE EFFECT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE ON AUDIT QUALITY

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CHAPTER ONE: Introduction                                                                                               1 

1.1       Background to the Study                                                                                            1 

1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                                           4 

1.3       Objective of the Study                                                                                                4 

1.4       Research Questions                                                                                                    5 

1.5       Research Hypotheses                                                                                                  5 

1.6       Significance of the Study                                                                                           5 

1.7       Scope and Limitations of the Study                                                                           6 

1.8       Operational Definition of Terms                                                                                6 

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review                                                                                    7 

2.1       Conceptual Review                                                                                                     7 

2.1.1    Concept of Audit Committee (AC)                                                                            7 

2.1.2    Elements of Audit Committee                                                                                    10 

2.1.3    Functions of audit committee                                                                                                 14 

2.1.4    Audit Committee and Its Qualitative Characteristics                                                 15 

2.1.5    Concept of Audit Quality                                                                                           16 

2.1.6    Measurement of Audit Quality                                                                                   20 

2.1.7    Audit Committee Size and Audit Quality                                                                  22 

2.1.8    The relevance of audit quality to financial reporting                                                 23 

2.1.9    Auditor’s independence and audit quality                                                                  23 

2.1.10  Firm Size and Audit Quality                                                                                      26 

2.1.11  Firm Profitability and Audit Quality                                                                          27 

2.1.12  Accounting Ethics and Audit Quality in Nigeria                                                       27 

2.1.13  Financial Reporting                                                                                                    29 

2.1.14  Global Economy Meltdown                                                                                       30 

2.2       Theoretical Review                                                                                                    32 

2.2.1    The Agency Theory                                                                                                    32 

2.2.2    The Institutional Theory                                                                                             34 

2.2.3    Stakeholder Theory                                                                                                    35 

2.2.4    Positive Accounting Theory (PAT)                                                                            36 

2.3       Empirical Review                                                                                                       38 

2.3.1    Effect of Audit Committee Meetings on Audit Quality                                             38 

2.3.2    Effect of Financial Expertise of Audit Committee on Audit Quality                                    39 

2.3.3    Effect of audit Committee Tenure on Audit Quality                                                 40 

2.3.4    Effect of Level of Education of Audit Committee on Audit Quality                                    44 

CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology                                                                        45 

3.1       Research Design                                                                                                         45 

3.2       Population of the Study                                                                                              45 

3.3.1      Sampling and Sample Techniques                                                                             45 

3.4       Source of Data                                                                                                                        46 

3.5       Re-statement of Hypotheses                                                                                       46 

3.6       Model Specification                                                                                                   46 

3.7       Method of Data Analysis                                                                                            48 

 

CHAPTER FOUR: Data Analysis and Presentation                                                     49 

4.1        Introduction                                                                                                       49 

4.2       Tests of Hypotheses                                                                                                    49 

4.3       Discussion of Findings                                                                                               57 

CHAPTER FIVE: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations                                        59 

5.1       Summary                                                                                                                    59 

5.2       Conclusion                                                                                                                  60 

5.3       Recommendation                                                                                                       61 

5.4       Suggestion for Further Studies                                                                                   62 

References                                                                                                                              63 

APPENDIX                                                                                                                           66 

Abstract

 

This study investigated the effect of audit committee on audit quality for a period of ten years (2007-2016). This research work was necessitated by the fact that quoted manufacturing companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange has undergone many turbulent times caused by the crumbling interest of investors in quoted manufacturing companies with volatile stock prices. This study adopted descriptive research design as it relied on secondary source of data extracted from the annual reports of fourteen quoted manufacturing companies. The population for this study was the Consumer Goods Companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Data from the annual report were basically drawn from the statement of comprehensive income and statement of financial position. The data collected for this study were analyzed Linear Regression with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Result from the analysis showed that that audit committee meetings (β= 0.33, t= 0.449, p˃0.05), financial expertise (β= -0.318, t= -0.765, p˃0.05), tenure (β3= -0.031, t= -0.609, p˃0.05) and level of education (β4 = 0.063, t= 2.092 ρ>0.05) have no significant effect on audit quality. The implication is that audit committees of these companies are yet to rise to their duties in terms of proper oversight function over the accounting and auditing functions of these companies. Since the tests revealed that audit committee does not have significant effect on the audit quality, it is recommended that the structure and duties of audit committee be reviewed for operational efficiency. 

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Keywords: Audit Committee, Meeting, Financial Expertise, Tenure, Level of Education, Audit Quality 

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