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An Empirical Study of the Impact of E-Audit Implementation on Auditors Performance

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Abstract

This study examined empirically the impact of e-audit implementation on auditor’s performance in the Nigeria Public Accounting Firms. To accomplish this, the study made use of questionnaires which were distributed to eleven auditing firms in Yenagoa and Port Harcourt city and the data were analyzed using the OLS regression techniques. The finding shows that e-audit implementation has positive and significant impact on auditor’s performance. Thus, auditor’s performance was affected by e-audit factors at (66.9%) with a correlation test of (89.5%), indicating a strong positive relationship between the analyzed variables. Therefore, the study recommend that audit firms should adopt e-audit as well as train and retrain their auditors on how to use and implement modern information technology in processing audit reports and information in order to improve performance.


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