Corporate Governance on the Performance of Internal Auditors in Thailand Public Limited Company

Sutana Narkchai,Sompon Thungwha,Faudziah Hanim Binti Fadzil

doi:10.22158/jbtp.v6n2p118

Abstract

<em>The issue of performance of internal auditors is important since Thailand was also affected by the accounting scandals. The expanded scope in the definition of internal auditing and new regulatory requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 has increased the demands on internal auditing. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the corporate governance on the performance of internal auditors in Thailand public limited companies. In this study, corporate governance relates to the board of directors size and audit committee size to the performance of the internal auditor. To achieve this objective, two hypotheses were developed based on previous studies and the agency theory. Survey questionnaires were sent to the Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) to determine the effectiveness on their performance based on the professional standards issued by the IPPF (2017) indicators. A total of 520 questionnaires were distributed, but only 146 were usable. Multiple regressions were used to test the relationship between the variables. The result showed that there is insignificant relationship between board of director’s size and internal auditors’ performance. This study however found that audit committee size has a positive relationship on the performance of internal auditors. Therefore, audit committee need to increase higher responsibility with regard to corporate governance by overseeing financial reporting and internal control matters.</em>

Highlights

Performance of internal auditors can be encountered with significant diversity and vagueness in their work
Objective of the Study Base on the above discussion, the objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the corporate governance (Board of Director size and Audit Committee size) on the performance of internal auditors in Thailand public limited companies
An increase in the board of director is expected a change of -.148 on the dependent variable, which is the performance of internal auditors since the Beta sign is negative

Summary

Introduction

Performance of internal auditors can be encountered with significant diversity and vagueness in their work. 3. Objective of the Study Base on the above discussion, the objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the corporate governance (Board of Director size and Audit Committee size) on the performance of internal auditors in Thailand public limited companies. The internal auditing function of internal auditors has an important role in assisting the board of directors monitor the effectiveness of its governance. This study focuses on the internal audit function of Thailand public limited company in response to the pressure from supervisory agencies Their impacts on performance of internal auditors are evaluated through agency theory recently proposed. The following is the hypothesis: Hypothesis 2: There is a positive relationship between the audit committee (size) and the performance of internal auditors

Result

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Findings

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