EFFECT OF AUDITOR QUALITY ON AUDITOR AUDITEE NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of some attributes of auditor quality such as: auditor tenure, auditor industry specialist, auditor experience and the audit firm size on auditor auditee negotiation outcomes. For the entire sample of 81 Tunisians firms, our results indicate positive and significant relationship between auditor tenure, auditor experience and the extent to which the auditee agreed with the auditor over the financial reporting issues. On the other hand, the results indicate a positive but non-significant relationship between the auditor industry specialist and the negotiation outcome. For the audit firm size, we find that auditees are more likely to agree with big 4 audits firms. Indeed, we find no significant relationship between importance, size and performance of the auditee and auditor auditee negotiation outcome.

Keywords: Auditor Auditee Negotiation, Independence, Experience, Specialization, Big4, Tunisia

How to cite this paper: Hadriche Sahnoun, M. H., Zarai, M. A. (2008). Effect of auditor quality on auditor auditee negotiation outcomes. Corporate Ownership & Control, 5(4-3), 373-383. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv5i4c3p4