Auditing Efficiency of the Certified Public Accountants in Thailand

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Prateep Wajeetongratana

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The purposes of this research were (1) to examine the impact of auditing standards, auditors experience and financial reporting standard update on audit efficiency of the certified public accountants in Thailand; and (2) to measure the influence of audit efficiency on the auditors work success of the
certified public accountants in Thailand. The research method was the mixed method applying both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative method was conducted by using in-depth interview while the data in quantitative method was collected by using questionnaires. The population in this study were 1,384 certified public accountants in Thailand. The sampling method was a multi-stage sampling technique. Data from questionnaires were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) whereas the data from focus group interview was used to confirm the model. The results indicated that the auditing standards, auditors’ experience, and financial reporting standard update had direct effects to auditing efficiency at the 0.01 level statistically significance. The study also found that the auditing efficiency had direct effect to the auditors’ work success at the 0.01 level of statistically significance.

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