Effect of the auditor’s behavioral and individual characteristics on integrated reporting quality: evidence from European companies
International Journal of Law and Management
ISSN: 1754-243X
Article publication date: 23 October 2020
Issue publication date: 10 February 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to consist in examining the effect of the auditor’s behavioral and individual characteristics on the integrated reporting quality, in regard to a sample involving 130 European industrial companies, relevant to the year 2017.
Design/methodology/approach
The present study’s adopted methodology rests on the hypothetico-deductive approach. The relevant data applied are analyzed by means of multiple linear regression models.
Findings
The reached results prove to indicate well that both auditor specialization and auditor ethics factors appear to have a significantly positive effect on the integrated reporting quality. Noteworthy, also, is the fact that the audit firm size and auditor behavior have been discovered to have a positive and insignificant effect on the integrated reporting related quality.
Originality/value
Faced with the scarcity of studies linking the auditor characteristics and the integrated reporting quality, the present study is elaborated to provide some kind of modest contribution, whereby, the determinants of integrated reporting are distinguishably highlighted
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Editor and the two anonymous referees of the “International Journal of Law and Management” for their insightful comments that have greatly benefitted the paper.
Citation
Chouaibi, J. and Hichri, A. (2021), "Effect of the auditor’s behavioral and individual characteristics on integrated reporting quality: evidence from European companies", International Journal of Law and Management, Vol. 63 No. 2, pp. 195-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLMA-04-2020-0109
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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