An evaluation of the International Auditing Standards and their applications to the audit of listed corporations in Jordan

  • Waleed Abdel-Qader

Western Sydney University thesis: Doctoral thesis

Abstract

This thesis found that many criticisms were directed to the International Auditing Standards (ISA). Thus, the ISA needs more interpretations and improvements to be more applicable and suitable for Jordan. The thesis concluded that the external auditors in Jordan are complying with the ISA. From the perceptions of external auditors, shareholders, academics, internal auditors, and financial management an audit expectation gap exists in Jordan. External auditors, shareholders and the ISA are responsible for that gap. Improvements are needed to both auditors' performance and the ISA to bridge the audit expectation gap. Furthermore, this thesis introduces recommendations to eliminate the shareholders' unreasonable expectations, which is one of the reasons for the audit expectation gap in Jordan.
Date of Award2002
Original languageEnglish

Keywords

  • auditing
  • Jordan
  • International Auditing Standards
  • expectation gap

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