FACTORS DETERMINING THE INTERNAL AUDIT INTELLIGENCE ORIENTATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM LISTED FIRMS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND

Authors

  • สาธิยา กลิ่นสุคนธ์ คณะการบญัชีและการจัดการ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม
  • กรไชย พรลภัสรชกร คณะการบญัชีและการจัดการ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม
  • คมกริช วงศ์แข คณะการบัญชีและการจัดการ มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม

Keywords:

internal audit intelligence orientation, corporate sustainability vision, top management support, best accounting system, technology acceptance, environmental turbulence

Abstract

Organizations have encountered rapid changes, which the challenges of defining the role of internal audit complicated by a dynamic business environment. Internal audit department adds intelligence to internal audit task can help department alertness to the environment and a timely and appropriate response. This study examines antecedent factors influencing internal audit intelligence orientation of listed firms on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Data was collected from responses to a questionnaire addressed to internal audit executive of 134 listed firms on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Ordinary least squared (OLS) regression analysis examines the association between the five antecedent factors and internal audit intelligence. Results reveal that corporate sustainability vision, top management support, best accounting system, and technology acceptance has a positive effect on internal audit intelligence orientation. This study provides useful information to firms and academics who are interested to identify the determinants of internal auditing intelligence orientation.

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28.06.2018

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กลิ่นสุคนธ์ ส.; พรลภัสรชกร ก.; วงศ์แข ค. FACTORS DETERMINING THE INTERNAL AUDIT INTELLIGENCE ORIENTATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM LISTED FIRMS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND. RMUTT Global Business and Economics Review, Pathum Thani, Thailand, v. 13, n. 1, p. 27–42, 2018. Disponível em: https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/RMUTT-Gber/article/view/241901. Acesso em: 6 may. 2024.

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