Financial Accounting
Zahra Eslami fard; Omid Pourheidari; Amirhossein Taebi naghandari
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Accounting is a reflection of the performance of economic entities, influenced by numerous factors. Culture is one of the most important factors influencing the development of accounting. This study explores how gender and social identity moderate the relationship between Islamic cultural values and ...
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Accounting is a reflection of the performance of economic entities, influenced by numerous factors. Culture is one of the most important factors influencing the development of accounting. This study explores how gender and social identity moderate the relationship between Islamic cultural values and the performance and attitudes within the auditing profession .This research follows an applied approach and employs a descriptive survey methodology. The study's population included all employees of the Audit Organization of Iran and doctoral students in accounting. A statistical sample of 384 individuals, composed of employees from the Iran Auditing Organization and accounting PhD students, was randomly selected based on Cochran’s formula for the year 1400. Data analysis was performed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach with the Smart PLS software. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between Islamic cultural values and employees' job performance and attitude. The study revealed that gender influences the relationship between Islamic cultural values and performance and attitudes within the auditing profession. However, social identity was found to have no significant impact on this relationship. Social identity has no effect on the relationship between cultural values of Islam and the function and attitude of the auditing profession. In conclusion, it is advisable to promote Islamic cultural values within the auditing profession to enhance ethical standards and professional competence.IntroductionThe increasing development and diversification of economic activities have led to the expansion of the capital market and the scope of activities of joint stock companies. Therefore, the duty and responsibility of professional auditors toward society and capital owners necessitates their adherence to a well-defined and consistent professional code of conduct, fostering acceptance, credibility, trust, and social respect (Turner, 2006).Career attitude is essentially an assessment of an individual's job, encapsulating their feelings, beliefs, and attachment to their occupation. Several variables influence the improvement of job attitudes, including age, education level, gender, work environment, years of service, competition, individual skills, job-specific skills, as well as the education and management approaches employed by audit supervisors (Kabir & Parvin, 2011).One of the most important factors influencing the development of accounting in any country is culture.Literature Review2.1. The effect of Islamic cultural values on the function and attitude of the auditing profession.Based on this discussion, the following hypotheses are presented:Hypothesis 1: There is a significant relationship between Islamic cultural values and the employees’ performance.Hypothesis 2: There is a significant relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s job attitudeHypothesis 3: There is a significant relationship between the job attitude and performance of audit staff2.2 The effect of gender on the relationship between Islamic cultural values and the function and attitude of the auditing profession.Hypothesis 4: Gender affects the relationship between cultural values of Islam and auditing staff’s performance.Hypothesis 5: Gender affects the relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s job attitude.Hypothesis 6: Gender affects the relationship between job attitude and audit staff performance.2.3. The effect of social identity on the relationship between Islamic cultural values and the function and attitude of the auditing profession.Hypothesis 7: Social identity affects the relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s workHypothesis 8: Social identity affects the relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s job attitude.Hypothesis 9: Social identity affects the relationship between job attitude and performance of audit staff.MethodologyThe research is applied and descriptive in nature, aiming to describe the effect of research variables during their implementation stages. The research population comprised employees of the Iran Auditing Organization and PhD students in auditing. We randomly selected a sample of 384 individuals based on Cochran's formula.To assess the fit of the measurement models, we employed criteria such as reliability and convergent validity. We evaluated questionnaire reliability using factor loading coefficients, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and composite reliability. Data analysis involved the use of descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics.ResultsThe purpose of this research was to examine the moderating role of gender and social identity in the relationship between Islamic cultural values and the function and attitude of the auditing profession. The results support the presence of a significant relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditor function, which aligns with the findings of Sayadi and Azizi (2016) and Hosseini and Babaei (2017). Additionally, the results reveal a significant connection between Islamic cultural values and auditor job attitudes, consistent with the findings of Sayadi and Azizi (2016) and Hosseini and Babaei (2017). Furthermore, the third hypothesis, suggesting a significant relationship between job attitude and audit staff performance, was confirmed, in accordance with Ali Fari et al.'s (2016) findings.The results indicate that gender significantly influences both Islamic cultural values and the performance of audit staff. Furthermore, gender has an effect on the relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s job attitude. This result is inconsistent with the findings of Bani Mahd and Darvish (2015).The results also show that gender has an effect on the relationship between job attitude and performance of audit staff. This is consistent with the findings of Christensen et al. (2016), Sajjadi et al. (1401).Additionally, the results reveal that social identity does not affect the relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s work. This is inconsistent with the findings of Badpa (2019).The results also show that social identity has no effect on the relationship between Islamic cultural values and auditing staff’s job attitude. This is in line with the findings of Ali Fari et al. (2016).Lastly, the results show that social identity has no effect on the relationship between job attitude and performance of audit staff. This is in line with the findings of Ali Fari et al. (2016). However, it is in contrast with the findings of Ebrahimzadeh et al. (1400) and Haqbin et al. (1401).AcknowledgmentsThe authors of the article express their appreciation and gratitude to the Islamic Azad University of Kerman branch.
zahra fathee; Mahdi Bahar Moghaddam; omid pourheidari
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Auditors use professional judgment throughout the audit process. If the auditor's philosophical thinking has the comprehensiveness, reflection, and flexibility, it will lead to more professional judgment. Also, due to the increasing attention paid by audit firms to timing budgets as a measure of efficiency, ...
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Auditors use professional judgment throughout the audit process. If the auditor's philosophical thinking has the comprehensiveness, reflection, and flexibility, it will lead to more professional judgment. Also, due to the increasing attention paid by audit firms to timing budgets as a measure of efficiency, their difficulties in measuring audit quality have exacerbated the potential conflict between control costs and access to high quality audits. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of auditor's philosophical mentality on the auditor's professional judgment as well as the effect of time budget pressure on auditor's professional judgment and the effect of time budget pressure on the relationship between auditor's philosophical mentality and auditor's professional judgment. The research method was descriptive-survey and data were collected from a questionnaire distributed among auditors of auditing organization and auditing institutes member of CAA including all audit partners, managers and supervisors. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the three dimensions of philosophical mentality and professional judgment in the auditing firms of the member of the Iranian Society of Certified Public Accountants. Due to increased budgetary pressure, non-professional behavior is also more likely to occur. Thus, the mentality of completing the work due to budgetary pressures precludes auditors from applying the optimal philosophical mindset, and this may cause the auditor to judge superficially.
Darioush Akhtarshenas; Ahmad Khodamipour; omid pourheidari
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Promoting corporate sustainability, as an important strategy for companies, is not a coincidence, but can be improved by identifying and considering different factors. Therefore, identifying the effective factors on corporate sustainability is essential. The purpose of this research is to develop a model ...
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Promoting corporate sustainability, as an important strategy for companies, is not a coincidence, but can be improved by identifying and considering different factors. Therefore, identifying the effective factors on corporate sustainability is essential. The purpose of this research is to develop a model to explain the effective factors on corporate sustainability through exploratory combination approach. In the qualitative part of the research, a model for effective factors on corporate sustainability has been provided by interview with specialists and experts and by using a snowball sampling method based on the thematic analysis of the interviews. In the quantitative part, in order to evaluate the validity of the presented model, by using from questionnaire, opinions specialists and experts were obtained and analyzed by one-sample t-test and one-way ANOVA. Also, confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the factor loadings of the indices of each component. The research results showed four dimensions include: company characteristics, management factors, market factors and macro factors, nine components include: structural characteristics, functional characteristics, individual level, organizational level, capital market, business factors, economic factors, social factors and political factors and sixty indicators are affecting on corporate sustainability. In addition to confirming many of identifying factors in previous research, new factors such as community culture, country policy, ethics, legal requirements, corporate social reputation, intellectual capital and product competitiveness have been identified as effective factors of corporate sustainability. The findings have important insights for various stakeholders such as government, legislative bodies, regulatory bodies, companies and researchers. Accordingly, it is recommended to Corporate Audit and the Securities Exchange Organization take the necessary steps for codification corporate sustainability laws and standards.
omid pourheidari; Aref Forughi
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Influence of managers, specifically CEOs which is used as a mean of control the output of accounting information, may lead to management of disclosure quality timeliness and present information quality aligned with management interests. The presented study goal is to examine influence of CEO on disclosure ...
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Influence of managers, specifically CEOs which is used as a mean of control the output of accounting information, may lead to management of disclosure quality timeliness and present information quality aligned with management interests. The presented study goal is to examine influence of CEO on disclosure quality of accounting information in Tehran Stock Exchange Listed Companies. In this paper, CEO tenure, duality of CEO role and mandate of executive board were used to measure management power. To examine the proposed hypothesis in this study, General linear model has been used. The samples were collected from 122 of the Companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange Between 2010 to 2017. Findings suggest that timeliness of accounting data has a negative and meaningful relation with management power. Meanwhile there was no trace of a meaningful relation between disclosure quality of accounting information and capacity of reliability on such accounting data; and management power. Such findings indicate that while managers use their power to timeliness of disclosure of data along with their interests, they refuse to use this power to sabotage the capacity of reliability of accounting information.
alireza kian; Omid Pourheydari; Yahya Kamyab
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Managers use the flexibility of current financial reporting standards to separate or aggregate items of income statement. This feature of the standards has led to separate or aggregate of items in the financial statements as one of the challenging issues for managers. Hence, the purpose ...
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Managers use the flexibility of current financial reporting standards to separate or aggregate items of income statement. This feature of the standards has led to separate or aggregate of items in the financial statements as one of the challenging issues for managers. Hence, the purpose of this research is to investigate thebehavior of managers in applying the theory of mental accounting in income statement reporting. In this regard, this research was conducted through a survey method and in a laboratory environment by distributing a questionnaire between 67 Iranian financial managers participating in IFRS courses in 2016. In this research, a series of experiments related to separate or aggregate information of profit and loss of selling fixed asset were tested to determine whether financial managers preferred to follow the predictions of mental accounting theory or not. To test the hypothesis of the research, repeated measurement of two-way and paired t-test has been used.The results of the research indicate that managers prefer to distinguish mental accounting. Our research has comments to standard setters, legislators, and researchers
omid purhaidari
O. Pourheydari; M. Shahbazi
Volume 6, Issue 24 , January 2009, , Pages 35-51
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This paper investigated the relationship between market return, firm size and book-to-market value of equity with return of equity in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). For this purpose we use Fama-French three factor model (1993) to investigate the effects of market return, firm size and book-to-market value ...
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This paper investigated the relationship between market return, firm size and book-to-market value of equity with return of equity in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). For this purpose we use Fama-French three factor model (1993) to investigate the effects of market return, firm size and book-to-market value of equity on equity return. We use OLS regression to analyzing the collected of data during 1376 to
1383. Our results indicate a significant relationship between three mentioned variable with equity returns.
The relationship between market return, and firm size with return of equity was positive, and the relationship between book-to-market value of equity with return of equity was negative. Also, our findings indicate that investing in firms with big size and low book-to-market value of equity ratio in TSE has more return for investors.
