تاثیر اثربخشی کمیته حسابرسی بر پیچیدگی گزارشگری مالی

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی دکترای حسابداری، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی

2 استادیار گروه حسابداری، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران

3 استادیار گروه حسابداری، دانشکده مدیریت و حسابداری، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران

4 استادیار گروه مدیریت صنعتی و فناوری اطلاعات، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی

چکیده

پیچیدگی در گزارشگری مالی می‌تواند مانع ارتباط موثر از طریق گزارشهای مالی بین شرکت و سهامداران آن شود. کمیته حسابرسی به عنوان یکی از مهمترین مولفه‌های راهبری شرکتی نقش بسزایی در زمینه نظارت بر فرآیند تهیه و ارائه قابل فهم گزارشگری مالی دارد. بر همین اساس هدف از انجام پژوهش حاضر، بررسی تاثیر اثربخشی کمیته حسابرسی بر پیچیدگی گزارشگری مالی است. در همین راستا اطلاعات 60 شرکت از شرکتهای پذیرفته شده در بورس اوراق بهادار تهران طی دوره زمانی 1392تا 1401با استفاده از روش حداقل مربعات پایدار(RLS)مورد آزمون قرار گرفت. جهت اندازه‌گیری پیچیدگی گزارشگری مالی از تعداد صفحات گزارش فعالیت هیات مدیره به عنوان معیار پیچیدگی(گزارشهای طولانی‌تر؛ پیچیدگی بیشتر) استفاده شده است. یافته‌های حاصل از پژوهش نشان داد که هرچقدر اثربخشی کمیته حسابرسی شامل؛ اندازه، تخصص حسابداری، استقلال و تجربه اعضاء، بیشتر شود، پیچیدگی گزارشهای مالی کاهش می‌یابد.
واژه‌های کلیدی: پیچیدگی گزارشگری مالی، کمیته حسابرسی، اثربخشی کمیته حسابرسی، تخصص حسابداری اعضای کمیته حسابرسی

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله [English]

Influence of audit committee effectiveness on financial reporting complexity

نویسندگان [English]

  • Pouyan Mohammadi 1
  • Hamideh asnaashari 2
  • mohamadhosein safarzadeh 3
  • Abbas Raad 4
1 Accounting Ph.d candidate, Shahid Beheshti University
2 assistant of prof. shahid beheshti university. tehran. iran
3 Assistant Prof. in accounting, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
4 Assistant Professor of Industrial management, Shahid Beheshti University
چکیده [English]

Complexity in financial reporting can hinder effective communication through financial reports between the company and its shareholders. The audit committee, as one of the most important components of corporate governance, plays a significant role in monitoring the process of preparing and understandable presentation of financial reporting. Based on this, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the audit committee on the complexity of financial reporting. In this regard, the information of 60 companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange during the period of 1392 to 1401 was tested using the Robust Least Squares (RLS) method. In order to measure the complexity of financial reporting, the number of pages of the activity report of the board of directors has been used as a measure of complexity(longer reports; more complexity). The findings of the Study showed that as the effectiveness of the audit committee includes; the size, accounting expertise, independence and experience of members increases, the complexity of financial reports decreases.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • financial reporting complexity
  • audit committee
  • audit committee effectiveness
  • accounting expertise of audit committee members
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