Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Prof.of Accounting, Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Ph.D. Candidate of Accounting, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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MSc of Accounting, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
10.22034/iaas.2025.222691
Abstract
Objective: Promoting employees' job performance is one of the most important goals that managers of organizations are looking for. As in the audit profession, the success and failure of audit firms depends on the performance of its staff. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the source of control and general characteristics on the job performance of auditors.
Methods: The required data were collected by 174 employees of auditing institutions, members of the Iranian Society of Certified Accountants, including assistant auditors, auditors, senior auditors, supervisors, senior supervisors, managers, and partners in 2018 and 2019 and analyzed using the structural equation technique.
Results: The results of the research indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between the internal control source and the level of education with the job performance of the auditors, and there is a negative and significant relationship between the external control source and the job performance. Also, there was no relationship between organizational side, experience and gender with job performance.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, it is suggested to audit firms to further oversee and supervise the work of auditors with external outsourcing and to use them in less important work, and encouraging programs, for example, to provide monthly school hours at the university without deducting the salary for continuing education of their auditors.
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