Behaviour models of audit quality reduction associated with auditor’s work stress
Behaviour models of audit quality reduction associated with auditor’s work stress

Summary/Abstract: The current study’s main aim is to examine a behaviour model of reducing audit quality in relation to auditor work stress. The study was performed in 2020 and the cases in the current research were auditors of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK), auditors of the Development Finance Audit Board (BPKP) and public accounting firm (KAP) auditors in South Sulawesi Province. The sample numbers is determined according to the sample size needed via data investigation employing the Partial Least Square approach, using a random sampling method. The data collected by utilizing a questionnaire and questionnaire data, which can be analyzed as many as 97. The output of this study indicate: (1) the long period pressure cause increase auditor working stress; (2) the long period pressure cause the reduction of audit quality behaviour; (3) the long period conflict cause increase auditors’ working stress; (4) the high role conflict cause increasement the audit quality reduction behaviour; (5) external locus of control cause increasement auditors’ working stress; (6) external locus of control will increase audit quality reduction behaviour, and (7) high work stress cause reduction of audit quality behaviour.

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