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The influence of audit committee characteristics on investment in internal audit: the moderating role of family ownership

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  • Muqaddam Oyetunji Ali
  • Wan Amalina Bt. Wan Abdullah

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This paper examines the influence of audit committee (AC) characteristics on investment in internal audit function (IAF) in Malaysia. Furthermore, the moderating role of family ownership on the relationship between investment in IAF and AC characteristics was examined in this study. A balanced panel data was employed. The data was obtained from the annual reports of the top 150 public listed companies in Bursa Malaysia from 2011 to 2019. The findings shows that investment in IAF is positively related to the frequency of AC meetings, but negatively related to the presence of accounting expert, percentage of independent directors and the average tenure of AC members. Also, the findings show that family ownership moderates the relationship between the characteristics of AC and investment in IAF. This result has implications for policymakers as the study suggest that IAF and AC are important corporate governance mechanism in ensuring quality of financial reporting.

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  • Muqaddam Oyetunji Ali & Wan Amalina Bt. Wan Abdullah, 2022. "The influence of audit committee characteristics on investment in internal audit: the moderating role of family ownership," International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(4), pages 295-322.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:injmfa:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:295-322
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