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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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