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The influence of auditor narcissism and moral disengagement on risk assessments of a narcissistic client CFO
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy ( IF 3.3 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2021.106826
Eric N. Johnson , D. Jordan Lowe , Philip M.J. Reckers

Global capital markets rely heavily on independent and skeptical auditors as gatekeepers to provide assurance that corporate financial reports are free of material fraud. The rise of narcissism among the ranks of both client and audit professionals challenge this gatekeeper function. In addition, auditor moral disengagement may undermine auditor skepticism, further eroding public confidence in the integrity of financial reporting and the audit process. We conduct a quasi-experiment with 118 auditors from three international audit firms. In a simulated interview with a client CFO, we examine whether auditors underestimate risks of fraudulent financial statements due to the interactive effects of (1) client narcissism (manipulated verbally and nonverbally) and (2) auditor narcissism. We also examine the influence of auditor moral disengagement on client risk assessments. Results indicate that CFO verbal and nonverbal narcissism significantly influenced auditors’ assessment of management-related client risk. Moreover, auditor narcissism was found to interactively influence client risk inferences such that auditors higher in narcissism exhibited narcissistic tolerance (lower risk assessments) when the hypothetical CFO displayed high verbal narcissism. Auditor moral disengagement was negatively associated with client risk assessments. We discuss the implication of these findings on future audit judgment research, audit firm policy and training on maintaining auditor skepticism, and the audit oversight role of standard-setters.



中文翻译:

审计师自恋和道德脱离对自恋客户 CFO 风险评估的影响

全球资本市场严重依赖独立且持怀疑态度的审计师作为守门人,以确保公司财务报告不存在重大欺诈。客户和审计专业人士中自恋的兴起对这种看门人的功能提出了挑战。此外,审计师的道德脱节可能会削弱审计师的怀疑态度,进一步削弱公众对财务报告和审计过程完整性的信心。我们与来自三个国际审计公司的 118 名审计师进行了准实验。在与客户 CFO 的模拟访谈中,我们检查审计师是否由于 (1) 客户自恋(口头和非语言操纵)和 (2) 审计员自恋的相互作用而低估了财务报表造假的风险。我们还研究了审计师道德脱节对客户风险评估的影响。结果表明,首席财务官的言语和非言语自恋显着影响审计师对管理相关客户风险的评估。此外,发现审计师自恋会交互影响客户风险推断,因此当假设的首席财务官表现出高度的语言自恋时,自恋程度较高的审计师表现出自恋容忍度(较低的风险评估)。审计师道德脱离与客户风险评估呈负相关。我们讨论了这些发现对未来审计判断研究、审计事务所政策和保持审计师怀疑的培训的影响,以及标准制定者的审计监督作用。结果表明,首席财务官的言语和非言语自恋显着影响审计师对管理相关客户风险的评估。此外,发现审计师自恋会交互影响客户风险推断,因此当假设的首席财务官表现出高度的语言自恋时,自恋程度较高的审计师表现出自恋容忍度(较低的风险评估)。审计师道德脱离与客户风险评估呈负相关。我们讨论了这些发现对未来审计判断研究、审计事务所政策和保持审计师怀疑的培训的影响,以及标准制定者的审计监督作用。结果表明,首席财务官的言语和非言语自恋显着影响审计师对管理相关客户风险的评估。此外,发现审计师自恋会交互影响客户风险推断,因此当假设的首席财务官表现出高度的语言自恋时,自恋程度较高的审计师表现出自恋容忍度(较低的风险评估)。审计师道德脱离与客户风险评估呈负相关。我们讨论了这些发现对未来审计判断研究、审计事务所政策和保持审计师怀疑的培训的影响,以及标准制定者的审计监督作用。发现审计师自恋会交互影响客户风险推断,因此当假设的首席财务官表现出高度的语言自恋时,自恋程度较高的审计师表现出自恋容忍度(较低的风险评估)。审计师道德脱离与客户风险评估呈负相关。我们讨论了这些发现对未来审计判断研究、审计事务所政策和保持审计师怀疑的培训的影响,以及标准制定者的审计监督作用。发现审计师自恋会交互影响客户风险推断,因此当假设的首席财务官表现出高度的语言自恋时,自恋程度较高的审计师表现出自恋容忍度(较低的风险评估)。审计师道德脱离与客户风险评估呈负相关。我们讨论了这些发现对未来审计判断研究、审计事务所政策和保持审计师怀疑的培训的影响,以及标准制定者的审计监督作用。

更新日期:2021-02-22
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