Investigating the Impact of Digitalization of Clients and the Expertise of Auditing Firms in the Digital Field on Audit Quality: Evidence from Iran (مقاله پژوهشی دانشگاه آزاد)
درجه علمی: علمی-پژوهشی (دانشگاه آزاد)
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Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Auditing and Finance,Vol. 1, No 2, Summer 2023
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Objective: This study examines the relationship between the degree of digitalization of clients and the expertise of audit firms in the digital field on audit quality. It considers the role of auditors in this digital era. Methodology: This research has been carried out using annual data of listed firms on the Tehran Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2022. Multivariate linear regression has been used based on panel data was used to test the research hypotheses. Results: The results show that clients with high digitalization have high audit quality when they are audited. Also, expert auditors in the digital field provide a higher audit quality. In addition, the results of this research show that clients with high digitalization have high audit quality when audited by a firm with evolved and advanced information technology. The expertise of auditors in the digital field reduces the audit risk and increases the quality of the audit. Innovation: The results of this study can be transformed by how external auditors can transform through digitalization and the use of newly developed digital tools. The development of new digital tools can also help the audit profession as one of the corporate governance mechanisms.تبلیغات
