Factors that Affect the Performance of Internal Auditors: The Case of Some Selected Government Ministries in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Alem, Hagos (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meskerem, Getahun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-27T12:05:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T07:57:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-27T12:05:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T07:57:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03 | |
| dc.description | A Project paper Submitted to theDepartment of Accounting and finance College of Business and EconomicsPresented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Accounting and Auditing | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors that affect internal auditor performance in theEthiopian government ministries. To this end, the following basic research objectives have been set: to examine the effect of internal auditor’s Competency on performance of internal auditors, to assess the effect of salary and benefit on performance of internal auditors, to examine the effect independence on performance of internal auditors, to find out how working environment influence performance of internal auditors, to assess the effect of management support on performance of internal auditors and to examine the influence of having industry specialization on performance of internal auditors.The study was descriptive in nature and data were gathered through questionnaires. The study was continued byfederal government ministries. The respondent was 74 internal auditors.The sample was selected 7government ministries by purposive sampling selection techniques from 23government ministries. Data collected with thestructured questionnaire was analysis by both descriptive and inferential statistics.The result of correlation indicated that the correlation between dependent variable and Salary and Benefits was positively correlated which is highly correlated than the other variables. This suggests that employees (internal auditors) effectiveness decreases unless they are getting enough fair salary and benefits. So, Salary and Benefits can highly positively associate with the performance of internal auditors than the other independent variables. Moreover, all the independent variables are found to be apositive correlation with dependent variables. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/13305 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Audit competence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Industry Specialization | en_US |
| dc.subject | Independence | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors that Affect the Performance of Internal Auditors: The Case of Some Selected Government Ministries in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |