Board diversity and audit quality: evidence from Turkey

Recent management studies report that demographic and cognitive characteristics of board of directors and corporate performance are related. [7] reported that demographic characteristics of managers influence positively on their voluntary disclosure styles.This study conjectures that demographic di...

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Main Authors: Mustafa, Aree S, Che Ahmad, Ayoib, Chandren, Sitraselvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Akademia Baru 2017
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21823/1/ARBMS%206%201%202017%2050%2060.pdf
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description Recent management studies report that demographic and cognitive characteristics of board of directors and corporate performance are related. [7] reported that demographic characteristics of managers influence positively on their voluntary disclosure styles.This study conjectures that demographic diversity (e.g. gender and age) and cognitive diversity (e.g. interlocking directorship and levels of education) of board of directors impacts on client’s incentive and ability to demand high audit quality proxy by Big4 auditors.Utilizing data from a sample of 415 firm-year observations for the period of 2011 to 2015 of Turkey quoted firms and using random effect estimation model to estimate the regression, we find a positive relationship between director within 36-55 and 46-55 years old and audit quality.The study’s findings also show that interlocking directorship and boards with Master degree holders has a significant positive impact on clients’ demand for high audit quality. This study contributes to provide additional theoretical insight by examining interlocking directorship with audit quality, which to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, have not been addressed in the environment of Turkey.
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spelling uum-218232017-04-20T04:55:03Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21823/ Board diversity and audit quality: evidence from Turkey Mustafa, Aree S Che Ahmad, Ayoib Chandren, Sitraselvi HF5601 Accounting Recent management studies report that demographic and cognitive characteristics of board of directors and corporate performance are related. [7] reported that demographic characteristics of managers influence positively on their voluntary disclosure styles.This study conjectures that demographic diversity (e.g. gender and age) and cognitive diversity (e.g. interlocking directorship and levels of education) of board of directors impacts on client’s incentive and ability to demand high audit quality proxy by Big4 auditors.Utilizing data from a sample of 415 firm-year observations for the period of 2011 to 2015 of Turkey quoted firms and using random effect estimation model to estimate the regression, we find a positive relationship between director within 36-55 and 46-55 years old and audit quality.The study’s findings also show that interlocking directorship and boards with Master degree holders has a significant positive impact on clients’ demand for high audit quality. This study contributes to provide additional theoretical insight by examining interlocking directorship with audit quality, which to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, have not been addressed in the environment of Turkey. Akademia Baru 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21823/1/ARBMS%206%201%202017%2050%2060.pdf Mustafa, Aree S and Che Ahmad, Ayoib and Chandren, Sitraselvi (2017) Board diversity and audit quality: evidence from Turkey. Journal of Advanced Research in Business and Management Studies, 6 (1). pp. 50-60. ISSN 2462-1935 http://www.akademiabaru.com/arbms.html
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