Investigating Determinant Factors Triggering Audit Quality Performance The Insights Cultivated from Indonesia Auditors

Investigating Determinant Factors Triggering Audit Quality Performance The Insights Cultivated from Indonesia Auditors

Penulis

  • Manatap Berliana Lumban Gaol Universitas HKBP Nommensen
  • Vebry M. Lumban Gaol Universitas HKBP Nommensen
  • Lasando Lumban Gaol Universitas HKBP Nommensen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33603/jka.v10i1.10953

Kata Kunci:

Perilaku etis pribadi, Profesionalisme auditor, Kompetensi auditor, Faktor kognitif, Kondisi terkait fraud, Kinerja kualitas audit

Abstrak

Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki anteseden (perilaku etis pribadi, profesionalisme auditor dan kompetensi auditor) dari kinerja kualitas audit. Untuk memperkuat hubungan ini, faktor kognitif dan kecurangan (diusulkan untuk memiliki kejadian kecurangan yang rendah) sebagai variabel mediasi. Populasi penelitian adalah auditor junior, senior, internal dan eksternal di beberapa provinsi di Indonesia.

Metode: Pengambilan sampel dengan teknik purposive digunakan untuk pengumpulan data. Kuesioner didistribusikan melalui email dan Google form. Untuk meningkatkan tingkat pengembalian kuesioner, pengumpulan data berlangsung selama 6 bulan. Sebanyak 380 responden valid untuk dianalisis lebih lanjut. Pemodelan Persamaan Struktural dengan AMOS 22 digunakan untuk analisis data. Temuan Hasil statistik menunjukkan bahwa Perilaku Etis Pribadi, Profesionalisme Audit, Kompetensi Audit secara parsial dan simultan dapat mendeteksi dan mengurangi kecurangan. Temuan lain juga mengungkapkan bahwa rendahnya tingkat kecurangan secara signifikan mempengaruhi kinerja kualitas audit dan juga faktor kognitif.

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2026-08-27

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Lumban Gaol, M. B., Lumban Gaol, V. M., & Lumban Gaol, L. (2026). Investigating Determinant Factors Triggering Audit Quality Performance The Insights Cultivated from Indonesia Auditors. Jurnal Kajian Akuntansi, 10(1), 138–154. https://doi.org/10.33603/jka.v10i1.10953

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