Ashkan Gholami Fatideh; Kave mehrani; Arash Tahriri
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The purpose of this study is to explore how the auditors' work stress relates to the auditing quality reduction behavior with stressors such as time pressure, work-family conflict and role ambiguity. The philosophy of the existence of auditing firms in capital markets is to play a role in reducing information ...
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The purpose of this study is to explore how the auditors' work stress relates to the auditing quality reduction behavior with stressors such as time pressure, work-family conflict and role ambiguity. The philosophy of the existence of auditing firms in capital markets is to play a role in reducing information asymmetry by providing high quality reporting. The quality of audit reports is largely related to the audit engagement. This research is of quantitative type and is in the category of descriptive studies. A questionnaire was used to collect research data. Due to the uncertainty of the population, 365 questionnaires were received in 2022 from auditors working in auditing firms. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings of the present study indicated that time pressure, work-family conflict and role ambiguity have a positive relationship with the auditor's work stress. Also, time pressure, work-family conflict, and role ambiguity are positively associated with audit reduction behavior. Finally, work stress has a positive relationship with audit quality reduction behavior and plays a role as a mediating variable in the relationship between time pressure, work-family conflict, role ambiguity and audit quality reduction behavior. The results of this study can be used as a criterion for auditing firms to maintain the quality of audit reports by reducing the stressors of auditors.
Iman Soukhakian; Hirad Nazari; Arash Tahriri
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Cash is considered as the most important internal source of any firm under its management’ control. The marginal value of cash is influenced by management ability. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between managerial ability and its impact on the marginal value ...
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Cash is considered as the most important internal source of any firm under its management’ control. The marginal value of cash is influenced by management ability. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between managerial ability and its impact on the marginal value of cash. In this regard, information of 176 firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the period of 2012-2018 was studied. Managerial ability is measured according to the model of Demirjian et al. (2012). Also, Abnormal share returns and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to measure marginal value of cash. The main econometric methods of the research are multiple regression (with robust standard error, plus industry and year fixed effects) as well as a clustering method. The main results of the study show that the managerial ability has a significant positive association with marginal value of cash. In other words, marginal value of cash is higher for firms that hire capable managers, because they make better use of available financial resources, including cash, and greater returns for the firms.
